2/28/18 Report - Button ID in Process. Great Web Site for Identifying Fake Coins. Big Surf Predicted.

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Found on Internet by Alberto S.

The above button is VERY much like the button I asked about yesterday (Shown below for your convenience.).  The differences are very small.

As you can see the button above was conjectured to be either WW I or WW II English/Canadian or from the Royal Italian Navy and rumored to be found at a Civil War site.  Lot of confusion there.  I'm still thinking good possibility of being modern decorative.  The back of the above button is missing while mine is obscured by encrustation.  When the back is cleaned, that should help narrow down the age of the button.  At this point, I'd guess maybe 20th century.

Mystery Button.

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I've been tumbling a lot of coins and cleaning some things lately.  When I was in Harbor Freight the other day I noticed they had a good variety of tumblers.  I'd never think of looking there for tumblers.

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Here is a super web site for identifying counterfeit and fake coins.  It is really exceptional and think you'll want to take a look at it.  It tells how to identify counterfeit coins of all types.  I mentioned it once some years ago.

Here it is.

http://www.coinnews.net/2008/02/01/archaeologists-find-old-gold-coin-worth-45000-in-latrine-at-construction-site-3899/

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"The original idea of the internet was a very decentralized system and a democratic space where everyone could have a place to talk," said Taplin. "The big three online: Google, Facebook and Amazon, are more and more becoming monopolies, so it is a winner takes all business."

We are all internet users and this is something you should know about, The internet is used for commerce communication and influence. Whether you want to sell a coin, do some research, or stick up for your hobby, you should know about the power of the internet. It can change markets, culture and who wins elections. If any of the tech giants throws their weight ever so slightly in one direction or another it can influence the world.

Here is the link to read more about that.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/silicon-valley-faces-make-or-break-moment-amid-big-tech-n847301

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The big news for me is the prediction of a bigger surf starting Sunday.  The predictions seem to be holding steady.  Still a few days left to see if it really happens.

Surf Predictions for Fort Pierce Area
Source: MagicSeaWeed.com

The moon is getting fuller and the tides are getting bigger.  We'll have some pretty good tides today.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

1/30/18 Report - Big Tides and Super Blue Blood Moon Jan. 31. Tumbling Coins. An Excellent Beach Illustration.

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Fort Pierce South Jetty Park Monday
Photo by Gaylen C.

Gaylen C. sent in these great photos of South Jetty Park.  They show the different zones of the beach and how different types of material get piled up in different areas.  The same thing happens with coins and other objects.  They are distributed according to density, shape and the force of water as it increases and decreases at different locations.

South Jetty Park Monday
Photo by Gaylen C.

Here is how Gaylen described it.

Went to check out Fort Pierce again. This was a completely different look as far as the beach went . Very wide low tide, there was a long trough running down the beach that was probably the first drop off under the waves yesterday. A long, wide band of shells ran near the waters edge. A couple of really big scalloped areas to the south, which started an increasing south to north flow in the trough as the tide started to come in. Lot's of debris, a couple of the black sandbags. The dunes had been cut back to vertical and 7-8 ft again at the north end near the jetty, but looked more filled in ,or collapsed, going south. saw one other detectorist in the north corner. I went first to the trough, then the shells at the waters edge. Sand was like quicksand along most of the ocean side of the trough. Really soft dark sand. 

Fort Pierce South Jetty Park Monday.
Photo by Gaylen C.

Thanks for sharing Gaylen.  Great photos.

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Nearly Antique Tumbler With Newly Cleaned Coins.

Above you see an old tumbler with a load of newly tumbled coins.  I don't know how long I've had that tumbler.

Be careful about the coins you tumble.  If a coin is encrusted or something so that you have no idea what it is, don't just throw it in the tumbler.  I once made the mistake of tumbling an old 1715 Fleet pendant that looked like an encrusted coin before it was tumbled.  Good idea to check the coins frequently too.  No use in over tumbling.  For clad you just want them clean enough to inspect and spend.  You don't want to tumble nice old coins or other objects.

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For the first time in 150 years you will have the chance to see a Super Blue Blood Moon on January 31.

...The last Blue Moon occurred in July 2015 and in 2018, we'll experience two of them, a phenomena that won't happen for another 19 years. The second Blue Moon is slated to occur in late March.

The Blood Moon occurs because the Earth is passing between the Moon and the Sun, which gives the Moon a reddish tint to it. It's caused by light bending around the Earth because of gravity passing around a portion of the atmosphere, more commonly known as a lunar eclipse.

A Blue Moon combined with a Supermoon (when the Moon is at its closest point to Earth and appears to be 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than normal) the rare phenomena is called a Super Blue Blood Moon happens. Supermoons generally only occur once every 14 months and will not happen again until January 2019...
Here is the link for more information about that.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/01/29/super-blue-blood-moon-2018-what-when-and-where.html

Along with all of that, we are going to have some big high and low tides.  You can see the nice low tides that have already started in the photos today.


Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

3/3/12 Report - Big Gun, Tumbling Coins & Amendments to Bill

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Browning Machine Gun.

If you remember the WWII Browning Machine Gun Shell metal detector find that I showed a week or two ago, this is a Browning. You can buy it for right around $10,000 in a local gun store in Martin County. Pretty neat. Maybe I'll get one for squirrel hunting. Not!

I also saw some locally found cobs that were being sold in local stores. Maybe I'll post a few photos of those in the near future.

A lot of people tumble their dug modern coins to clean them. I was on TV that these guys actually made a business of cleaning coins using a cement mixer to tumble large batches or coins. Some of the coins they clean come from wishing wells.

Below is a picture of a batch of coins being dumped into a cement mixer for cleaning.

Coins Being Dumped Into Cement Mixer.

These weren't in that bad of shape to begin with. I've been finding a lot of caked pennies lately that are in really bad shape.

If you tumble modern coins make sure you don't have anything good in with them that might be damaged as a result.

Some of the badly discolored coins but not heavily caked coins can be exchanged for new coins in vending machines. Just put in the discolored coin and press the return button and you'll get a nice new shiny coin.

I once asked a guy that had some vending machines, and he said he didn't care if I exchanged my coins in his machines.

Vending machines won't accept coins that are badly worn around the edge.

I used to find a lot of Canadian coins and US silver coins in the return slot when they had the coin baskets on the turnpike. The machines wouldn't accept the Canadian coins or silver coins and people would often leave them in the return so when driving through after dumping my coins into the machine I would always check the change slot.

Gold is about $1712, nearly $200 off of this years high, and silver around $34 or $35 per troy ounce.


As a result of recent threats to the metal detecting and treasure hunting communities via SB 868, some good has resulted. One is that the public has become more aware. WFTV did an interview on the subject with some of our Treasure Coast fellows.

Here is that link.

http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/treasure-hunters-worry-about-state-regulation/nLKNx/%20%20(views:%2041

Thanks to Mitch K., for the submission. He was one of the fellows interviewed.

As he mentioned, they edited out a lot of what he said.

But the big news is that the Florida legislature opened the Bill up for amendments. That would have never happened without all of you making your opinions known.

To sum it up, amendments were offered that would make for a more fair and sensible law. The revised version with the suggested amendments was submitted and will be reviewed next week. The State can then either veto it or make the revisions.

Personnel from the Mel Fisher organization, SEAREX Inc., The Historic Shipwreck Salvage Policy Council of Florida, and others all played key rolls in this, but I doubt this would have happened without the letters, phone calls and support of everyone of you.

This shows you can make a difference when you are informed and active.


Treasure Coast Beach Detecting Forecast and Conditions.

The wind is from the south so we're getting that hot muggy air. I'd like a little more winter actually. The swells are form the east and the seas calm. Beach conditions rate only a 1 (poor).

However Sunday and Monday the seas will increase a little, but what I'm really interested in is the increase in seas that is predicted for this coming Wednesday - 7 feet or more. That is getting near levels that might actually do us some good, depending upon wind direction etc. At least it is something that could do us some good.


Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net