4/3/20 Report - Alternatives to Metal Detecting. Putting Treasure Back. Hoard Uncovered. Seeking and Finding: The Necessity.

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.

Tool - Possibly Paleo.

Photo submitted by JamminJack

4/4/20 correction: I originally described the above item as an archaic point, but JamminJack tells me it is close to six inches long so could be an axe or something else and may be paleo.  Also, it was found by Jack's buddy.


Some people have been doing other kinds of hunting since the beaches have been closed.  I received the following message from JamminJack.

I have been getting back into arrowhead hunting. The field was plowed last week, and was able to find two bags of flint and two archaic period points during one day visit.

Crockpot Shard.

Find and photo by JamminJack.

Today my buddy was already out and found the scraper (not shown) just as he was going back to his car. The scraper is close to 5 inches. 

Small Bottle.

Find and photo by JamminJack.

I found the ceramic crockpot piece and small bottle. Bottle about 2 inches...

Good signs for metal detecting too.  This is obviously a site that was populated or visited by different groups for quite a while.

I know I have that exact same bottle somewhere.

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Underwater archaeologists have returned 52 pre-Hispanic ritual objects to the place where they were found: the bed of one of the two crater lakes of the Nevado de Toluca volcano.

Members of the underwater archaeology team at the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) deposited the mostly spherical and conical resin objects on the bed of the Lake of the Moon earlier this month.

The objects, believed to have been made by the Matlatzinca people between the 13th and 15th centuries and placed in the lake by pre-Hispanic priests, are stored in a specially-made container that allows water and sediment to flow over them. As a result, they are protected from deterioration.

The trove of objects is the first in situ underwater archaeological archive in Mexico, according to an INAH statement. The decision to preserve the objects in their place of origin complies with recommendations in the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage...

Here is the link for more about that.

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/archaeological-objects-deposited-in-lake/

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While removing the floor of the church in Obišovce near Košice, the foundations of the old church were uncovered. After this discovery, the archaeological company Triglav conducted research that took place at the beginning of February 2020, the Regional Monuments Board Košice reported.

During this work, the archaeologists discovered a unique treasure trove of coins, kept in a ceramic mug and covered with a small stone slab, under the original stone floor close to the western entrance of the church.

The hoard consists of more than 500 coins, most of them mining salary plates. The silver coins were wrapped separately, probably in linen clothing. The coins date the treasure to 1702 at the earliest...


Here is the link for more about that.

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22359500/archaeologists-unearth-treasure-in-obisovce.html

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Even when they don't yet see it, treasure hunter's know there is something good out there to be found.  Treasure hunter's by nature must be optimistic.  Not only do they believe that there is something good out there to be found, they also believe that it can be found, and they can do it.

You might have misinterpreted something I said.  It happens, but I never meant to imply that we should not take the threat seriously or that any individual should not be responsible in every action.  It is just the opposite.

I believe that men are not only created with inalienable rights, but they are also created with  minds capable of finding wonderful solutions.  Humans are creative.  That is how they have survived and thrived.

Yes there is evil - great evil, but eventually, through great vision, effort and hardship, mankind generally wins.  Innovators do not blindly accept authority.

You might call me an optimist.  I am a treasure hunter in some small way, although my seeking is not always limited to objects.  Sometimes my seeking is in the stars, or in the thought-ways of the mind.  I like astronomy, and I like thinking.

Some may think we will fail.  I think there is a better way.  I believe that there are ingenious solutions waiting to be found.  I believe in tirelessly seeking those solutions and, remaining open to alternatives ideas, always believing that we can do it, and knowing that we have not only survived in the past, but also improved.

I encourage striving and seeking the smarter and better way.  Thinking is the ultimate weapon.   We can not simply accept fear, sloth, inertia and blind dependence, but must always seek the better solution - the better way.

I seldom believe that what I am told or where I am is the end of the matter.  I  tend to believe that there is usually another and better way to be found, and I believe that it can be found, but only if we believe and strive.

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The Treasure Coast surf predictions have changed a little.  Now Sunday should see something like a 4 - 6 foot surf and Sunday, a 5 - 7 foot surf.   That isn't quite as much as was predicted a few days ago.

Happy hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net

1/16/17 Report - A Recent Relic Hunt. Memorable Mistakes.

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.

Finds and photo by Dan B.

When the salvage season is over and Dan B. isn't working on the Capitana bringing up gold coins from the 1715 Fleet, he does some relic hunting. Here is a group of finds he made very recently at a railroad site.

There are some neat things in there. Notice, for example, the eagle button and the strap buckles.

I visited an old RR spot today. Since I have already picked the area clean of easy hits, I spent some time hunting the most difficult and messy areas.  Nails and iron are usually enough to deter people including myself from detecting thoroughly. These are usually old structures and hold some goodies if you can differentiate the quality hits. Well worth the time today, but rarely so lucky. 

A lot of people would be scared off by a bunch of nails, but they can protect good finds for the more patient and persistent hunter.

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People often think that you have to be at a site the day it cuts or it is too late.  That is the case sometimes, but not always.  Some really great finds have been made days after people think it is over.

When Turtle Trail recently cut and produced some nice finds last week, most was found in the first couple of days, but not everything.  In fact an eight reale was found Friday - days after the very best hunting.

A lot of things can be found when a site hits its peak, but time after time  great things are still found when most people have given up and think it is over.

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I did a post one day on some of my memorable finds.  They were finds that I always remember for some reason - often because they were firsts of some kind.

Some of my memorable finds were memorable because I made a mistake that I continue to regret. Those are the kinds of things that make you wish you had known better at the time.

One that always sticks out in my mind was a musket hammer.  I don't know what I was thinking, but I didn't pay much attention to the hammer when I found it.  I wasn't sure what it was.  Then I found the flint nearby.  The rusted hammer was my first musket hammer, and I wasn't sure what it was right away, but as I always say, keep anything if you aren't sure you know what it is.  Well, back then I made the mistake and didn't keep the hammer and not even the flint.

I found the musket flint after digging the hammer.  That confirmed to me that it was a musket hammer, but why I didn't keep the hammer or the flint, I don't know, and I still regret it.  I was hot on a trail of some good buttons and things at the time and that might have something to do with the fact that I didn't pay them much attention.

Another regret is an 18th century medallion that was so encrusted when it was dug that I didn't know what it was.  It looked like it could be a coin.  It went into the tumbler with a bunch of coins, and when I took it out, I saw what it really was.  Fortunately it wasn't badly damaged, but it should have been treated better.  It lost some gilt and a little detail in the tumbling  process.  What an idiot!  Hopefully, I wouldn't make that type of mistake today.

As I think about some of the regrets, they were often also firsts.  That is part of the reason the mistake was made.  I didn't recognize or appreciate the item, and as a result didn't save it or properly treat it.

Other regrets came from not properly cleaning and storing items. I can think of couple of very nice items that were not stored carefully enough and broke while in storage.  Store your nice items carefully. Don't have one type of metal touching another.  That can result in discoloratation.  It can happen to reales, for example.  Don't keep a reale touching another type of metal.

Store nice items separately and so they won't be under too much weight.  Coin holders help.  It is also a good idea to keep artifacts in separate plastic boxes or bottles.  You can't be too careful if you don't want any accidental damage.

Another type of regret to avoid, is damaging items during recovery.  Some very nice items can be damaged or destroyed by careless digging.  You might not know what it is until you dig it up, so be careful.  Remember, it might be something precious.  Even metal items can be fragile.  I've made that mistake too.

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The surf will be decreasing for a few days.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

7/24/15 Report - Magnet Fishing: A Tool For Detectorists. Beach Sifting Machines. Metals Used In Coins.

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Good Magnet That I Use

A couple of days ago I mentioned alternate forms of treasure hunting that could be used instead of or in addition to metal detecting.  I talked about airlift dredging as one of those.  Today I'll mention another - magnet fishing.

Have you ever heard of magnet fishing?  It has become somewhat popular in Europe.  It involves using magnets to retrieve items from water.

Europe is the natural place for magnet fishing.  It has a long history and old ferrous relics can be found in rivers and canals.

Of course magnets won't pick up silver or gold coins, but if you are a relic hunter, you might want to give magnet fishing a try.

If you have a particularly junky location that is littered with a bunch of iron junk, you might use magnets to clean it up some to get the iron junk out of the way before detecting.  That can be done either on land or in the water.  For land use they actually make magnetic rakes for picking up iron trash.  They are used by roofers, for example, to pick up nails and debris after a job.  It would be good for site preparation.

Magnetic Rake.

But magnets will pick up some coins and medals.  Some foreign coins are ferrous, as is the steel U. S. cent.

The magnet shown at the top is one that I've used for magnet fishing.  A good rope was attached to the top.  Some flotation should be added to the top so that when you throw the magnet out in the water and drag it back, the bottom of the magnet stays on the bottom of the river or whatever.

Without some flotation device, this magnet would turn on its side as you drag it back.

Of course you'll pick up a bunch of junk, but it you are where there was once a historic battle or something like that you might get all kinds of interesting objects.

I've seen where people have found gun parts, knives, swords, and even a motorcycle.

Good strong magnets are made for industrial purposes such as recovering tools and things like that.

You want a good strong magnet, or perhaps better yet, and array of magnets, but you don't want the absolute strongest magnet you can get.  If you get a 300 pound pull, the magnet can attach to a sunken car or something and you'll have trouble getting it back.

Here is a video showing how one man made a magnet fishing rig and how he used it.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-build-a-magnet-retrieval-tool-for-use-on-la/

It is also a good way to quickly test a site without diving.  If you are looking for an old crossing or battle site, you'll probably pick up a few things that will tell you if that is the site.  If you are looking for the location of an old bridge or dock, you'll probably find some nails in a hurry.  If you are looking for an old picnic grounds and swimming hole, you'll probably pick up some old rusted bottle caps in just a short time.

If you locate a nice old historic area, or want to recover some lost tools or something, magnet fishing can be worthwhile. In any case, it is fun even if you don't find anything valuable, and it does help clean up the place.

If you want to know what coins are ferrous or what other metals are used in coins or medals, here is a good listing.

http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/pics/metal.html

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Beach Cleaner

The most efficient and effective means for keeping beaches safe and healthy is “lift and sift” mobile screening. This is a mechanical process whereby the beach sand is screened. The entire top layer of beach sand and debris are lifted and carried up over an oscillating, sifting screen. Everything larger than the selected screen-hole size is loaded into the machine’s hopper for removal, while the sand is immediately returned, cleaned, aerated and fluffy, back to the beach. 


That paragraph comes from the following linked web site.

http://en.envirocitiesmag.com/articles/pdf/waste_management_eng_art7.pdf

They have all sizes of these things.  Some are remote controlled.  I bet the operators occasionally get a nice bonus.

http://www.cherrington.net/

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You will notice that I recently added a poll to the blog.  I am more interested in the level of detector that you purchased than the actual number of dollars.  That is why I asked for the new price of detectors even if you purchased them used.  Thanks for your participation.

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Well, well, well!  It looks like the Treasure Coast surf will be increasing.  Don't get excited though, it is only going to be something like two feet.  I never thought I'd see the day when that would be an increase.  We've had an unbelievable spell of smooth surf.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

6/5/15 Report - More Coin and Relic Finds. Five Bullion Wrecks & The S. S. Central America Salvage Project

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May 2015 Finds by Richard O.
Photo submitted by Richard O.

As you know the Treasure Coast beaches have been sanded in.  As a result older items are not generally being found on those beaches.  Richard O., who has made some great finds lately said... All the Beaches I've been detecting are still sanded in. One spot must have 5 feet of new sand since last November. Plus all the beach re-nourishments all along the Florida Coast.

30 and 50 Caliber Shells Found by Richard O.
Photo submitted by Richard O.

He said, This group of Finds are from May 2015 and found in one day on the Relics and the New York Militia Plate. The pictures of the 30 and 50 caliber shells were also found in (1) day. I had to lug these around for 5 hours in my backpack because they filled up my digging pouch real fast.

In the black box, all the items on the left side of the case are flat buttons from the 1800's and on the right side of the case is a couple of large cents.

Also you can see there a seated dime and a shield nickel, which were found near where a New York Militia Plate was found.

The New York Militia Plate, shown below, was found about 4 -5 hundred yards from where a South Carolina Palmetto Plate was found last year.

New York Militia Plate
Find and photo by Richard O.

Super finds Richard!

A lot of people do the same thing no matter what.  And a lot of people just do the easiest thing.  That is fine, but it will limit your finds.

Congratulations Richard!  And thanks much for sharing.






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Site analysis always helps.  I have some posts on site analysis planned.  One is on shipwreck site analysis.  I've had that one on my mind for some time, but haven't put it together yet.  I have a great article from a nautical archaeology journal that is a big help.

I also plan to look at other types of sites and have one of those other ones almost ready to go.

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I also heard from Joe D.   Joe said, ...Had been wanting to check this place out for awhile! Had to hike in a bit, but I figured that not many people had done that to detect this location! No coins yet, but I'm in the process of researching a date range for what I did find!

By the way, great Memorial Day post! Keep up the good work, the knowledge that you share with us is priceless!

Here is a picture of what Joe saw at the site.  Broken glass and ceramics is often one of the first and signs of an good site.

Photo of Undisturbed Inland Site by Joe D.

On the left is shown some of the ceramics and on the right some of the metal items found there by Joe D.

When you are on an old site, you never know what might pop up.


The shot gun shells might give you a good date range.  They are usually easy to research.

The finds I got on my West Virginia site spanned hundreds of years.  There were Native American items as well as much more modern items.  Items from a single site can be found very close together, and sometimes the older items will be on top of the newer items.  There are ways that can happen.

Thanks for sharing Joe.  Way to go!  Its always fun to explore a new site.  And it can be worth getting out away from the crowd.

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Coins On Site Of S. S. Central America
Source: link found below.

Odyssey Marine Exploration said it completed search and preliminary inspection operations for its "Olympus" project in the Northern Atlantic, which contains five 20th-century shipwrecks believed to be carrying silver and gold bullion.

The company noted all shipwrecks have been located and that its team collected data on each wreck including multibeam surveys, sub-bottom imaging and visual inspections with a remotely operated vehicle.

"The data collected will allow us to plan the most cost-efficient recovery plan utilizing the Odyssey Explorer and a leased vessel," said CEO Mark Gordon.

Here is a link for more on the Olympus project here is a link.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/odyssey-marine-exploration-successfully-completes-olympus-project-search-and-inspection-operations-in-the-north-atlantic-2015-06-02

After hitting a peak of over $4.00 per share, Odessey Marine stock fell to under 50 cents per share.  It has recently increased, probably as a result of this and other news.

They also continue to salvage the S. S. Central America.  Here is a good report on that.

http://www.shipwreck.net/documents/OMECourtReport14-1FINAL_000.pdf

A complete cargo listing of the S. S. Central America can also be found on the site.

Here is a list of items recovered from the S. S. Central America during the specified period.  The list is from the link immediately above.

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I was sorry to hear that the mother of Joan T. passed away.  Joan has contributed to this blog over the years.  Sorry for your loss Joan.

Joan sent this link.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sunsentinel/obituary.aspx?n=mary-a-rivnyak&pid=175006261&fhid=10590

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Unfortunately there is absolutely no change on the Treasure Coast beaches and none expected soon.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

5/9/14 Report - Relics and Vintage Jewelry Finds, Minelab SDC 2300 and The Value of Digging Beach Junk

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exlusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.

Finds From a Turn of the Century Site.
Finds and photo by William M.

As the most recent blog poll showed, many of the blog's readers hunt dry land sites.  William M. is one who is digging a lot of nice old relics. 

Here are some of William's finds.



American Defense Society Button
Find and photo by William.

Wikipedia says that the American Defense Society was ... a nationalist American political group founded in 1915. It advocated American intervention against Germany during Word War I and opposition to the Bolsheviks when they came to power in Russia after the October Revolution of 1917.



Gold Color Pin Dug by William

William says he doesn't get excited by modern finds, but likes to dig older items.  He did however get excited when he saw the gold color of he pin shown here.  These items haven't been tested yet.



A Piece of Vintage Costume Jewelry
dug by William.

 

 



Roofing Hatchet dug by William at the same site.

Despite the large number of relics, William says this site has only yielded three old coins so far.

Thanks for sharing all of the photos William.

A site like this can produce some real surprises if you keep at it.







One More Vintage Piece
dug by William at the same site.

 

The new Minelab SDC 2300 metal detector should be available soon.  You might have heard about that, but if not here is a link giving some of its features.

http://www.minelab.com/consumer/knowledge-base/news?article=215928



I'm probably not like most people, but I don't like a detector with a lot of features, programs, gidgets, gadgets, and doodlebobs.  For my main detector I want a simple sturdy reliable machine that does one job extremely well - detecting small gold and other precious and common metals very well in a variety of environments.  Some people like to play with a lot of adjustments, settings and programs - not me. 

I've talked about discrimination a lot.  You probably know that I seldom use it.  It isn't that I don't use it at all - I do, but I don't use it nearly as much as most people.  I used it too much before I learned better.

On the wet beach or in the shallow water, I almost never use any discrimination because I prefer to know exactly what is in the ground, how far down, and in what type of sand or layer a particular type of item is in.  It matters to me if a piece of junk is on the surface or down a few inches.  I want to know that.  It matters to me if the junk, as well as good targets, is in a one type of sand or layer or another.  I want to see that.  That information is critical to me and tells me where to go. 

What I focus on more than anything is finding the spots where the dense targets have settled and accumulated.  If I am where there are a lot of light junk targets, that simply tells me I'm not in the kind of area that I want to be in and tells me something about where to go.  Junk provides important information that I don't want to miss.

There are times when I'll resort to hunting dry sand or mucking around in less than optimal junky areas, but that is not my primary type of detecting.   That is not the type of detecting that I prefer, and it is far from the most efficient and productive type of hunting.

When you get in the right type of spot, you won't be digging junk anyhow.  You might have to dig a few pieces of junk before you get to that spot, but once there, there will be very little junk.  The junk that you do dig before you get to that spot will help tell you if you are getting closer to where you want to be.


Here is an article from Kovels about the new record for oldest message found in a bottle.

http://www.kovels.com/news-news-news/beer-bottle-found-with-oldest-message-in-a-bottle.html?utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=http%3a%2f%2fwww.kovels.com%2fnews-news-news%2fbeer-bottle-found-with-oldest-message-in-a-bottle.html&utm_campaign=Kovels+Komments%3a+5+Mother%27s+Day+Gifts+a+Collector+Would+Love


On the Treasure Coast we are still stuck with East/Southeast winds, very small surf and flat tides.  None of that adds up to any improvement in beach detecting conditions.

Rip currents can cause good detecting spots by removing a lot of sand, however, as I explained the other day, unless you are very comfortable in the water and know about rip currents that is not the place to be.  Don't get into situations you can't handle.  The first time I got into a rip current, I was surprised by how hard it was to get out of it.  I didn't really know what to do then. 

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

4/24/14 Report - Treasure Hunter's Cookout Sat., New Relic Finds, Puffed Up Sandy Beaches, and More

 
Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.

Don't forget the treasure hunter's cookout, which will be this Saturday the 26th.

Kellyco will be there.  There are  donations from RTG Scoops, First Texas and Garrett (not metal detectors) that will be raffled off along with miscellaneous treasure and treasure related items.

There will be live music.(Caribbean style).

Bring your own beer and a covered dish to share potluck style.   There will be bbq ribs, pulled pork, burgers, hot dogs, chicken wings and sodas to drink.

Anyone can set up a table and buy/sell/swap treasure and treasure hunting related items.

Chuck said, Some of the regulars will be attending the robert marx lecture on the 25th and the meeting to discuss the new legal issues in regards to wreck salvage, I'm sure this will be discussed heavily at the cookout and maybe we will finally get organized and become proactive rather than reactive!!!!

If you don't know what that is about, go back and read the previous post in this blog.

Relic detector finds and photo by William M.

William M. is still hot on that relic trail.  Here are the latest finds.  His favorites from this group include a Sterling silver Bailey Banks and Biddle spoon and a Father Johns bottle.

Keep it up William.  Thanks for sharing.

Notice the other neat little finds in there.


Yesterday I posted a mystery photo for you to figure out and asked if you could tell what it is.

Below is a photo showing the entire item.

Fish Exo-skeleton.

 

I found this fish exo-skeleton.  It is very delicate and composed of little plates.

It is about to fall apart.  Just thought it was neat.

I don't know the name of the type of fish.  I should look it up.  Maybe someone will tell me.

Just one of the things I found while not detecting.


Below is another miscellaneous visual find from the same walk.

Copper Bow Running Light.

Yesterday morning I took a quick look at a couple of beaches.  I didn't take my detector out of the car at either of them.

The beach looked like an August beach.  I hope that is not an indication of what the rest of the summer is going to be like.

The treasure beaches haven't been much good since November, and that is almost half a year ago.  Can you believe it?

The one good thing about beach conditions now is that the surf is smooth.  Just some very small swells slowly running in.  Perfect for very easy water hunting.

There was a lot of sand on the beach though.  Take a look at the photo below.  That is not what you want to see from a treasure beach.  If you had tons of tourists running around on it, you could pick up some modern stuff.  I don't find that type of hunting nearly as interesting any more, although I do it when treasure beach conditions are poor.

I didn't bother to take my detector out of the car at the wreck beaches that I looked since the beach conditions were so poor, but I felt like swinging my detector a little, I stopped at one of the tourist beaches and hunted the dry beach.  I hit a piece of gold in just a few minutes.  Modern, of course,   It was one of those cases when it was a good thing that I was not discriminating.  The gold was about seven inches right under a bottle cap.  Seemed like someone had already detected there and picked up everything but the bottle caps. 

That is all for today.  Take a look at the overview of laws concerning underwater cultural materials in my previous post and enjoy the cookout this Saturday.  Beautiful weather for a cookout.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
 

3/29/14 Report - Treasure Coast Gold Coin, Mystery Object and Several Older Items From the Treasure Coast

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.

Source of picture:
http://www.coinstudy.com/indian-2-5-dollar-gold-coin-values.html

I got word that a $2.5 gold piece similar to the one shown here was recently found in the Vero area.  This is not the found coin.  The found coin was a 1927, which in fine condition would be worth something like $225.

 In the picture of the found coin that I saw it didn't look in that good of condition.  Still, a really great find.

As I always say, you never know what might pop up.











Mystery Object
Find and photo by Dan B.

Here is a mystery object.  Can you help identify it?  Please let me know if you have any ideas.



The mystery object was found by Dan B.

Looks like roses or flowers in the middle circle.

As you can see there are some good objects coming in from off-beach sites lately.











Here is a very good list of books and resources on the topic of Spanish Florida.  Several can be access totally online.  A good number are written in the Spanish language.

http://uwf.edu/jworth/spanfla_bib.htm

Here is one book from that list that was published in 1905, entitled The Spanish Settlements Within the Present Limits of the United States Florida 1562 - 1574.

Most of us are familiar with some of the history of the 1715 Fleet, but many are not familiar with some of the other earlier history.  This book provides a lot of good information from the 16th Century.

Here is the link.

https://archive.org/details/spanishsettlements00lowe

A chapter on the treasure fleets starts on page 9 and concludes on page 27.  Also on page 9 you'll find mention of some pirates that you might not know about.

This is a history book of the early days of Spanish Florida, 1562 - 1574.    Well worth browsing.



Here are some more nice older Treasure Coast finds from William M.  All of the photos below are by William M.

 

 

 Great finds Dan and William!

Thanks for sharing the finds and photos.

You can find old places that aren't hunted out by doing some research.  That is why I gave you the bibliography today.


On the Treasure Coast we'll have a higher high tide today and a low low.  That might help the beaches a little.

Tomorrow there will be a pretty smooth surf too.

Combining the tides and smooth surf should provide a few opportunities.

Don't forget to give you ideas on the mystery object.


Happy hunting.
TreasureGuide@comcast.net