8/9/16 Report - More Old 1715 Fleet Finds Including A Fascinating Gold Ring. More On Old Button.

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Photo taken by Darrel S.

Here is an interesting ring from a 1715 Fleet wreck.  It was found by Bob C. years ago north of Seagrape Trail after Hurricane Fay.

You can see how this ring was made.  It is not the finest workmanship.  It is basically a strip of rolled gold.  You can see where the ends overlap  The circles appear to be attached.  The edges might have been applied as gold wire.

Despite the lack of expert workmanship, this is a really excellent find.  To me it is all the more charming because it so personal.

Below is an item that was found in the same area as the above ring.

Button (Front and Back) Found by Bob C.
Photos by Darrel S.

It doesn't look like a button to me, but I haven't seen it in person and the back is corroded and covered by a crust.

Thanks to Darrel S. for submitting the information and photos.

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I received some great emails concerning the old button I posted yesterday.  Thanks everyone.

Here is picture of some similar buttons.

Source: http://vintagebuttons.net/uniform9.html

Similar types of buttons go back to the Civil War and were used for many years.

If you look at the vintagebuttons.net web site, which I recommend, you'll see not only those shown here but also a variety of others.

The backmark is useful in helping determine age.  As you can see, the ones shown here were made by different manufacturers, including Waterbury and Kenyon.  The one shown yesterday was made by Kenyon, which, if I am correct limits the date to after 1884 or later.

I'm not button expert, so if I got any of this wrong, please let me know.

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I took a look at some beaches today but didn't get pictures.

One beach had a broad low front, but the sand was continuing to build on the front beach and in the shallow water.  Another beach looked entirely different.  It had a steep slope on the beach front.

The salvage boats at the Nieves sites were still working to the north, up by the condos.

The surf was calm this morning.  Only about a one foot surf.

No tropical cyclone activity is expected for the next 48 hours.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

6/22/14 Report - Land and Sea Treasures: New Finds By The Capitana Crew At The Green Cabin Wreck and Nice Inland Finds.

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Bronze Shipwreck Artifact Found by the Crew of the Capitana Yesterday.
Photo submitted by Captain Johan Martinez.

I started to write up one topic this morning but didn't complete it.  I couldn't get it organized and ready, so I gave up for a while.  I'll get back to that topic some other time.  Maybe tomorrow.

It actually is better that I put that topic off because as I was writing I was coming up with more and more information.  I might have to break it up and present it in two or three different posts.




In the mean time I got some updates from Captain Jonah and the crew of the Capitana who are still finding some super items on the Green Cabin wreck site.

They found this bronze artifact along with some other artifacts yesterday.  Really neat!  Keep it up guys.

Reale Found by the Crew of the Capitana
Photo submitted by Captain Martinez.

Captain Jonah also sent me pictures of a couple of reales they found.  I'll show one of those today and another some other day.  I'll also get into a discussion of the details and identification at some other time.

Really nice detail showing on this reale!

Great job guys.  Thanks for sharing!

Like we said the last time, there is more out there and will be for a long time to come.













On the Treasure Coast beaches we've been having such poor beach detecting conditions, and no sign that that will change much any time soon.

Things can still be found.  I've been surprised by my rate of jewelry finds on the beach lately despite not finding hardly any coins.

Michael E. and William M. have been doing some inland hunting after calling to get permission from land owners.

Finds included vintage buttons, a merc dime, old shot gun shells, wheat cents, and a lead seal.

Michael says he likes the shot gun shells because you can date them with a little research.  I like them too.  They have different graphics and show a good bit of information.

Then Michael did some water hunting and got his 34th and 35th rings of the year.  Very good for anybody but especially for someone that hasn't been detecting a long time!

Variety of Very Nice Inland Finds
Photo submitted by Michael E.

Tungsten Ring Found by Michael
Photo submitted by Michael E.

Thanks for sharing Michael and William.  Nice finds during poor detecting conditions!

With the high price of gold you'll find a lot of rings made of other metals.

\That is all for today.  I'll be back with more some other time.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net