4/19/24 Report - Lost and Left Behind Coins. Digital Communications. St. Augustine Mass in 1565. Gold Spewed In Air.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

At a waste-management facility in Morrisville, Pa., workers load incinerated trash into industrial machinery that separates and sorts metals, then sends them to get hosed down. The reward: buckets of quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies.

Americans toss as much as $68 million worth of change each year, according to Reworld. The sustainable-waste processing company is on a treasure-hunt to find it. The company says that in the seven years since it started the effort, it has collected at least $10 million worth of coins.

Coins are as good as junk for many Americans. Buses, laundromats, toll booths and parking meters now take credit and debit cards and mobile payments. Using any form of physical currency has become more of an annoyance, but change is often more trouble than it is worth to carry around. The U.S. quarter had roughly the buying power in 1980 that a dollar has today.

Because coins can be hard to spend, they circulate slowly through the economy—or don’t circulate at all. More than half of the coins in the U.S. are sitting in people’s homes, according to the Federal Reserve...

Many coins are also getting left behind. At airport checkpoints, the Transportation Security Administration collects hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of them each year. Coins are left in couch cushions or cars, then sucked into vacuums and sent to landfills, said Dominic Rossi, Reworld’s director of finance and business support...

Here is the link for more of that article.

68 millioin in coins thrown away - Search (bing.com)

I've wondered how many coins are lost at the beach and other places.  The number must be huge.

I dislike waste and have as long as I remember.  One of the things I like about metal detecting and treasure hunting, reclaiming things of value.  Coins are returned to circulation.  Metals are found and reccyled.  It is a very green activity, although many detectorists probably don't look at themselves that way.  They are easier on the environment than those who make a living off the cause by talking about it and at the same time consuming unbelievable amounts of energy and consumables.  It seems like the poles have switched in the political universe.  One side talks a good game but lives the opposite, whether the topic is freedom and civility or environmental friendliness.

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Have you ever wondered how an email sent from New York arrives in Sydney in mere seconds, or how you can video chat with someone on the other side of the globe with barely a hint of delay? Behind these everyday miracles lies an unseen, sprawling web of undersea cables, quietly powering the instant global communications that people have come to rely on.

Undersea cables, also known as submarine communications cables, are fiber-optic cables laid on the ocean floor and used to transmit data between continents. These cables are the backbone of the global internet, carrying the bulk of international communications, including email, webpages and video calls. More than 95% of all the data that moves around the world goes through these undersea cables.

These cables are capable of transmitting multiple terabits of data per second, offering the fastest and most reliable method of data transfer available today. A terabit per second is fast enough to transmit about a dozen two-hour, 4K HD movies in an instant. Just one of these cables can handle millions of people watching videos or sending messages simultaneously without slowing down...

Now that is something that really surprised me.  I thought more of it was transferred wirelessly.

Here is the link.

Undersea cables are the unseen backbone of the global internet (msn.com)

That surprised me.  I thought more of it was satellite.

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And for that — as well as for Catholicism as a whole–one can look to the City of Saint Augustine, Florida, which sits right there quietly on an inlet of the Atlantic.

The nation’s “very foundation”?

That’s said because the small (but growing) northern Florida community is the country’s oldest city.

It is also the site of the tallest documented Cross in the world.

It is where the first official Mass was celebrated.

Mendoza sailed across the Atlantic in 1565 alongside Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, who was tasked by the King of Spain to remove French settlers and establish a colony in Florida. “He brought Catholicism to America and gave the first Christian mass in the United States,” says Professor David Arbesú of the University of South Florida...

Here is that link.

In Turbulent Time, Nation’s Oldest City Remains Under The Cross | Spirit Daily Blog

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Just the other day I was watching a TV program where they explained how gold got transported by water that eroded it down the hill and into the valley.  The trouble, as I saw it, was that the valley was many miles wide and the mountains miles away.  I just thought it seemed unlikely that the gold was washed so far across so much flat land unless the landscape had changed a lot since the event or unless it was a huge event like Noah's flood.

Then I saw a headline about a volcano, Erebus, spewing gold into the atmostphere.  Here is an excerpt from that article.

An active volcanic peak in the Antarctic is spewing a fortune's worth of gold into the atmosphere every day, as per a report in the New York Post, Mount Erebus, one of Antarctica's 138 active volcanoes, is known for emitting pockets of gas containing approximately 80 grams of crystallized gold each day, valued at almost $6,000 (Rs 5 lakh), according to experts.

The dust is present as far as 621 miles away from the volcano which stands at 12,448 feet. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Earth Observatory, gold dust is just one of many things that are being spewed out of Erebus...

So that amount of fine gold might not seem like a lot, but I can also imagine a mega eruptions in the distant past, maybe like those that formed caldera in Yellowstone Valley, throwing larger particles, perhaps even nuggets great distances. I don't know, but maybe that could explain it.

Here is the link.

This Volcano In Antarctica Is Spewing 80 Grams Of Gold Dust Everyday (ndtv.com)

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Biden's education secretary vows to shut down the largest Christian university in the US.

Here is the link for more about that.

Biden's education secretary vows to shut down the largest Christian university in the US | Fox News

No change in beach conditions expected.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

4/18/24 Report - Dug Encrusted Object In Process of Cleaning. Remington Closes. Creativity and Problem Solving.

 Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

EO Found by Mark G.

Mark G. is still working on this EO he detected some time ago.  Here is what he said.

If you recall I was asking about shipwreck iron and I had a few conglomerates to work on, 2 were modern, the 3^rd was that huge chunk of conglomerate and I’m still working on it. The thing about electrolysis is you need a good connection with the base iron to let the current do it’s work. I tried Muriatic acid to break down the conglomerate, that was messy but got a good start. I then tried CLR which was good for removing the shells and lime deposits in the conglomerate which worked well with a wire brush but to get to the object itself I had to resort to chisel and hammer. I have put it through electrolysis 3 times so far and have some of the object exposed it is going in again. I think I know what it is, it will have to be fully cleaned to suggest it might be from a shipwreck but possible it looks like a part of ships rigging and looks twisted and strained. I will include some pictures but it is not time to play guess what this is yet I don’t think.

 

The parts I have exposed are very fragile it will not be whole when it gets totally cleaned, if I get there, and very puzzling for what I think it is. The metal I’ll call it metal for now probably iron or both. A piece chipped off and it exposed what looks like metal clad in iron or something? The metal center is very strong and what looks like iron clad is very brittle. I’m perplexed could be an modern application, I don’t know?

Same EO After Some Cleaning.

Thanks for the note on your progress. You are to be commended on your patience.

One more note on cleaning EOs.  It is a risky, but you can sometimes remove some of the crust physically.  I like carefully using pliers or a vice instead of striking, which can break the item.

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The Remington gun factory, the nation’s oldest gun manufacturer, is closing its doors in New York after over 200 years and moving to Georgia.

Here is the link for more about that.

America’s oldest gun maker closes after 200 years (msn.com)

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I've talked about this a little before, but it is an important and interesting topic.  Being an old psychology professor, I studied and taught the subjects of perception and cognition and am interested in how those areas of study apply to metal detecting and treasure hunting.  It is good to understand your metal detector, but it is also good to understand the operator.  

As detectorists and treasure hunters we are often faced with the difficult task of identifying unidentified objects.  We also look for clues and try to determine the possible significance. Mystery objects are something like ink blot tests.  Different people will see the ambiguous forms differently.  A persons past experiences, hopes and fears affect their interpretations. 

You often see it on TV programs.  People interpret things in a way that is supported by very little or no evidence.  They see a key or a hinge, and automatically think it must be from a treasure chest, or they find a spike and immediately determine, again with very little or no evidence, determine that it is from a Spanish galleon.

What if you notice some rocks organized as shown below.  What is it?  Well, the first impulse might be to call it a cross, even though there are six points that may or not be related.  

They points can be connected by straight lines in quite a variety of ways to form figures other than a cross.

Below are just a few of the many alternative ways to connect the dots.

The dots could be seen as forming a diamond, arrow, upside down Christmas tree, unraveling bow tie, or any of quite a variety of other shapes.  And all of those takes the view of a vertical orientation with a cross bar near the top of the vertical bar.  The figure could just as easily be oriented horizontally or at a 45-degree angle.  

Changing the orientation presents the following possibility.

And we haven't yet considered many other possibilities.

Why is it assumed that the dots are end points rather than midpoints, for example?  The below figure takes the points as being midpoints rather than end points.

I've only addressed a few alternatives so far.   There are many more possibilities.  It could be a dot code or something else.   And there is no reason to believe that all or any of the connecting lines would be straight.  Or that they form one single figure.

I'm not saying that the figure does not represent a cross, but it can be looked at in a variety of other ways.  Do not jump to conclusions.  Creative problem-solving means opening up your mind, not jumping to conclusions.  

We do a lot of processing automatically, which generally works well, but when you are trying to solve a problem, the best solution might not be what seems like the obvious conclusion.

 

Your world is bigger when you open your mind to more possibilities rather that reducing your world to fit your preconceptions.

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We are still having a small surf and moderate tides.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

See a Restored Ancient Roman Helmet—and Two Shiny New Replicas (msn.com)

The progressives are anything but.

Trash. 

Once your parents are gone, you can only go home in your mind.  

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The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 4/28/19 Report - Melted Beer Can or Space Debris? Some Answers and Tests You Can Perform.

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/400-year-old-battle-gear-discovered-metal-detectorist-poland-unique-find   from William K.  400-year-old battle gear.

See a Restored Ancient Roman Helmet—and Two Shiny New Replicas (msn.com)

The progressives are anything but.

Trash. 

Once your parents are gone, you can only go home in your mind.  

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Boswell Embalming Bottle House – Sanca, British Columbia - Atlas Obscura

As far back as 9,400 years ago, hunter-gatherers in what is now Brazil created dozens of stunning rock art designs next to the fossilized footprints of dinosaurs, a new study finds.

Researchers described the petroglyphs and dinosaur tracks, which date to the Cretaceous period (145 million to 66 million years ago), in a study published March 19 in the journal Scientific Reports. They think ancient humans purposefully put the rock art next to the dinosaurs' prints, as many of the petroglyphs are a mere 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) from the fossilized marks and some of the glyphs appear to be illustrations of the prints.  

4/17/24 Report - Treasure Coast Wreck Beach Silver Treasure Find. Excavation Yields Skeletons and Coins. 1715 Fleet Talk.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Lion on Piece of Silver Artifact
 Found on Treasure Coast Beach

Here is a piece of silver I found while metal detecting a Treasure Coast shipwreck beach. It is about an inch high and curved. I don't know what it came from.  I have a couple guesses, but no evidence.

I really like how clean it is and the fact that the lion is complete, and the edge is so nicely scalloped.  To me, it is just a nice little find.  

I didn't have to clean it.  There was almost no corrosion.  That is the way it was found.  Once in a while you find a piece that survived the centuries without much apparent damage.  It reminds me a little of the silver pistol side plate I found, which has similarly raised ornate edges. 

Closeup of Lion on Beach Found Silver Piece.

Here is what one site says about the lion in Spanish symbolism.

The lion is a symbol of great importance in Spanish symbolism, representing strength, courage and nobility. The rampant lion, with its majestic and powerful posture, is an emblem present in the coats of arms of numerous Spanish cities and regions, as well as in the coat of arms of Spain. In addition, the lion is associated with the medieval history of the country and with the figure of the king, representing royal power and authority.

Here is the link to that site.  ▷ Spanish Symbology: 10 Signs, Origins and Myths (mythology.guru)

Of course, it may not be of Spanish origin although that is what you think of when you think of the Treasure Coast and the 1715 Fleet wrecks.  The lion is a common symbol in many cultures.  It could be British, for example.  Lions are also stapples in heraldry, symbolizing nobility, strength, royalty, power, and valor.

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Gaylen C. sent me this notice of an upcoming 1715 Fleet talk at the Brackett Library in Vero.

Thanks Gaylen.

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So archaeologists weren’t surprised when a construction project at the church uncovered several skeletons — but the grave held an 800-year-old mystery, too.

Archaeologists began excavations at the Brahekyrkan church in Visingsö to prepare for the installation of a geothermal heating system...

On the first day of the excavation, the team found two skeletons, Anna Ödéen, an archaeologist with the museum, said in the release. One belonged to a man between 20 and 25 years old, but the other was not identified.

As they cleaned the grave, three silver coins emerged, Ödéen said. Then, more coins surfaced near the skeleton’s left foot...

Here is the link for more about that.

Rare 800-year-old silver artifacts found at church in Sweden — and spark a mystery (yahoo.com)

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I hope you enjoyed the real versus fake cob quiz I posted yesterday.

The surf will continue to be small this week.  And the tides are nothing special.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

4/16/24 Report - Imitations and Real Cobs: A Fun Quiz For You. Detectorists Find Important Image and Buckle.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Metal detectorists have discovered a "unique" artifact that archaeologists say features a depiction of Alexander the Great, and is mystifying the experts surprised at the location of the find.

Finn Ibsen and Lars Danielsen came across the object in question, a small bronze fitting measuring around an inch across, near Ringsted—a city located centrally on the island of Zealand, Denmark.

"[A] mysterious and absolutely incredible find in the field," Museum West Zealand said in a Facebook post. "Finn and Lars were out with the metal detector in a field near Ringsted, and their eyes widened when it dawned on them what they had suddenly found. It is tiny and absolutely spectacular."

The bronze disk is thought to date to around the year A.D. 200 and bears a portrait of Alexander—one of the greatest rulers of antiquity—on one side...

Here is the link for the rest of the story.

Metal Detectorists Find "Incredible" Artifact Depicting Alexander the Great (msn.com)

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Here is a little game for you that will test your cob identification skills.  See if you can identify which of the following cobs are imitations and which are real. 

Study each of the following five coins and decide if each is real or an imitation.   I'll give you the answers later.

A: Real or Imitation?

B: Real or Imitation?

C: Real or Imitation?

D: Real or Imitation?

E: Real or Imitation?

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A SHOE buckle thought to have belonged to a Jacobite clan chief wounded in battle at Culloden has been discovered by archaeologists among other artefacts.

Among the discovered artefacts are a large number of musket balls and grapeshot which were uncovered in a 60 square-metre area close to what was the British government frontline at Culloden Battlefield...

Here is the link for more about that.

Scottish archaeologists find potential buckle of Culloden clan chief | The National

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You can use the following link to find some antique maps of Florida.

C[Florida Territory] North America XIV Florida - Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. (raremaps.com)areening - Wikipedia

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I hope you enjoyed my little game.  There are a lot of different kinds of fakes.  There are toys, reproductions or copies, and counterfeits.  I think the term imitation most closely corresponds to counterfeit.  Copies, or reproductions, on the other hand, are often marked and not meant to deceive.

The five coins shown above are all listed lots in the current Sedwick auction and are called imitations.  Some imitations are more realistic and convincing than others.  

A - D are all described as imitations in the Sedwick catalog, while E is the only genuine cob of the five.

Here is the link to the auction site where you can get more detail on each. Upcoming Live Online Auctions - Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC (sedwickcoins.com)

The lots shown above are lot numbers 1207, 1441,1446, 1447, and 807.

Too often detectorists get fooled by a souvenir treasure coin sold in local shops.  It has happened to me.  I remember a couple times when I was a newbie that I was fooled for quite some time.  It cana be disappointing to discover what you thought was a nice treasure coin is actually a fake.  There are many very good fakes that you can buy online by mistake.

To learn to identify fakes, study the real thing.  “Federal agents don’t learn to spot counterfeit money by studying the counterfeits. They study genuine bills until they master the look of the real thing. Then when they see the bogus money they recognize it.”  That is one reason I like to browse auction catalogs.  You learn to recognize the real thing.  When you do that, you'll learn to quickly identify many fakes, which  "just don't look right."

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The surf will be small all week, and the tides are moderate.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

4/15/24 Report - Glass Bottle Treasure From SS Republic and Treasure Coast. Silver Pieces and Other Small Metal Bits.

 Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Lot No. 1568 in Current Sedwick Auction.
Stafford's Olive Tar Bottle From SS Republic

The auction estimate for this Olive Tar bottle from the SS Republic, which sank in 1865, is $250 - $375.   I'm showing this bottle because over the years I've found three Stafford's Olive Tar bottles on the Treasure Coast.  I've found other bottles on the Treasure Coast like those from the SS Republic that were also sold in Sedwick auctions.  Two examples include some Arnold stoneware ink bottles and two or three Lea and Perrine Worcestershire Sauce bottles.  Without being documented to any shipwreck source, the bottles I found, although essentially the same, would sell for very little. 

Here is a link to more information on the SS Republic wreck.

SS Republic (1853) - Wikipedia

I went out for a little bottle hunt Sunday morning and found the following four bottles.  One that was older than these was badly damaged, and I didn't keep it.  Too bad.  

These four are my only keepers from the hunt.

Four Bottles Found on Treasure Coast Sunday.

Left to right are an Adophus Busch Glass Manufacturing Company bottle, a Stuart Bottling Works bottle, an American Bottle company bottle, and a Bubble Up soda bottle.  I only kept the soda because the paint was unusually nice for a bottle from a waterway.  

The ABGMCo mark on the first bottle was used from 1802 -1916.

The Stuart Bottling Works began around 1913 and was in operation just a few years.

The American Bottle Co., having the slanted AB maker's mark, would date from 1906 - 1909.

And the Bubble Up bottle had a date code of 1962 on the bottom.

So the first three are over a hundred years old.  The first and third (probably beer bottles) show a lot of nice bubbles from being hand blown.  

I have a quite a few Stuart Bottling Works bottles, but I haven't found much information on them.  I would like to find more history about that company.  You can see what I have learned about them at TGBottleBarn.blogspot.com site.

I also found an old Coca Coal bottle, but the bottom was completely broken off, and one older rectangular bottle like the Stafford's, but half of it was missing too.

Here is a site that gives some history on Bubble Up.

History of Bubble Up | Dad's Root Beer (dadsrootbeer.com)   

I'm surprised by the many citrus and lemon-lime drinks there were.  When I think of soda drinks, I think of things like Coca Cola, Pepsi, Root Beer rather than citrus or lemon-lime drinks.

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A few days ago I posted some small finds made by Shane S.  Included were some small silver/grey bits.

They could possibly be either melted aluminum or titanium, or they could even be lead or silver.

Small Bits of Silver Found Years Ago On a Treasure Coast Beach.

Above are some small silver pieces I've found on a Treasure Coast wreck beach.

Of course you can test for silver, and a previous post I did gave some tests for titanium.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 4/28/19 Report - Melted Beer Can or Space Debris? Some Answers and Tests You Can Perform.

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The surf on Monday will be small, only one or two feet.  The tides are moderate.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

4/14/24 Report - Treasure Auction Begins Online. T. C. Metal Detectors. Preserved Shipwreck. Spanish Colonial Culture.

 

Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Here is the big news for today. Sedwick Coin and Treasure Auction no. 35 is now online and available for viewing. Some lots already have nice bids.

Not only is this an opportunity to buy treasure, but if you prefer finding your own, it is still a good opportunity to study a wide variety of treasure items. You can learn by studying the auction lots. Not only will you become informed on different types of treasure, but the lot descriptionsw also tell you where things have been found.

Here is the link where you can find all of that.

Upcoming Live Online Auctions - Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC (sedwickcoins.com)

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If you are thinking of buying a new metal detector or scoop, you should check out Treasure Coast Metal Detectors in Jensen Beach.  Having a local shop gives you a chance to get your hands on the choices you are considering rather than buying a pig in a poke.  You'll get personal service to help you make your decision and answer your questions.   

I generally don't do advertisements, but I've been hearing good things from my readers.  Not only is this NOT a paid advertisement, but Gary doesn't even know I am doing this. 

Here is his link.

Buy Metal Detectors Online for Hobby & Security (treasurecoastmetaldetectors.com)

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Maritime archaeologists in northern Germany have discovered the wreckage of a 400-year-old cargo ship that "sank almost standing," escaped decay from ravenous shipworms and still has the barrels of lime it was carrying for the stone-building industry centuries ago.

Here is that link.

Rare 400-year-old ship found in German river is a stunningly preserved 'time capsule' | Live Science

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Margaret Boyle describes a new book by her and Sarah Owens by saying the book "focuses on how health and medical practices in early modern Latin America and Spain are represented through cultural artifacts, including literature, recipe books, the Inquisition and convent records. In our book, my colleague Sarah Owens and I explore how gender norms affected medicine and health care. We also consider how popular representations of health and medicine in culture inform widely held beliefs and biases about these experiences."

While they accept too much of the 21st century mindlessness for my taste, if you are interested in early Spanish colonial period culture in the Americas, you'll might find some interesting content.

Did you know, for example, that Spanish wasn’t standardized as a language until the publication of Antonio de Nebrija’s "Grammar of the Castilion Language” in 1492, inscribed to Queen Isabel with the reminder that “language has always been the companion to empire.”  That is something Margaret tells us in an article about her book.

Here is the link for more about that.

 Hispanic health disparities in the US trace back to the Spanish Inquisition (msn.com)

The push for equity of all types drives me batty.  If two things were the same they wouldn't be two things.  And that holds whether you are talking about people, places or things.  The only way to achieve equity is to destroy everything that exists because existing things are somehow separate and distinct.  Glory in your individuality.   

Yes, some people have advantages, but they also have disadvantages.  People are different, incomparable, unique individuals.  

The disadvantage of only having advantages would be that you never have an excuse for your faults, failures or shortcomings.  That is a heavy burden to bear.  Those perceived and portrayed as advantaged carry the weight of all the sins of the world squarely on their shoulders while others always have an excuse and can blame others rather than take responsibility.

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2 'This is a decree of the Law which Yahweh has prescribed. Tell the Israelites, they are to bring you a red heifer without fault or blemish that has never borne the yoke.

3 You will give it to the priest Eleazar. It will then be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.

4 The priest Eliazar will then take some of the victim's blood on his finger and sprinkle this blood seven times towards the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

5 The heifer will then be burnt while he looks on; its hide, flesh, blood and offal will be burnt.

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We are supposed to have a two or three foot surf tomorrow.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

4/13/24 Report - Finds from a Good Treasure Coast Hunt. Treasure or Not? You ID it. Backyard Cannon Balls.

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Finds by Dan K. After One Hunt.

Dan K. sent me the above photo of his metal detecting finds along with the following story about how it happened.

I wanted to share a photo from a recent hunt. I hunted for 6 hours on Thursday evening after the south wind/swell we had this week. I checked 6 beaches along a 15 mile stretch of the coast and saw minimal signs of erosion at all of them. One of the first beaches I checked had a low spot so I returned to give it a try. There was a thick shell layer and lots of trash targets, so I walked south a bit. In the distance I began to see a small section of beach that looked interesting. As I got closer I couldn’t believe my eyes at the amount of erosion that had occurred at this one particular spot/small area. A deep bowl had pushed in close to the dune with a very steep slope up. I spent the rest of the hunt at this location and dug many good targets. Lots of sinkers, a Costa Rican 100 Colones coin, a clad Kennedy half dollar, 2 rings, loads of modern coins including a couple Bicentennial quarters and other miscellaneous items.

I’m always surprised how the hunting can be so good in one small area while everywhere else seems to be sanded in. It reminds me that it pays off to devote a good amount of time to scouting prior to taking out the detector.

Thanks Dan.  Great finds and a very instructive story for everyone.

One reason amount of time spent in the field is so important and ranked so highly on my formula for metal detecting success is that when you are out there a lot you have a better chance of being there at the right time and finding the hot spots.  Sometimes the hot spots will be few and far between and it will take a while to find them.  You might not see anything good from the beach access, but if you walk around the bend or walk far enough you might just find one of those hot spots like Dan did.  

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Below are some finds from Shane S.  He wanted to know if this was treasure or not?  He said it was found deep in yellow sand.  What do you think?

Finds By Shane S.

Below are closeups on two smalls.

Closeups On Two of the Finds Shown Above.

He didn't send dimensions, but the two smalls look tiny from their size compared to the clips.

What do you all think?

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Civil War Cannon Ball Found by Landscapers in Viriginia Yard.

This Civil War cannon ball was found by landscapers in a yard.

Here is the link.

Civil War Cannonball Found In Yard - Search News (bing.com)

Reminds me of the Jensen lady that found a cannon ball in her yard.  I posted that a few years ago.

Here is that cannon ball.

Cannon Ball Found In Jensen Yard.

That was back in 2019.  Here is the link to the original post.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 5/18/19 Report - Exciting Treasure Found in Jensen Backyard. Beautiful Artifacts of the Atomic Age. Alchemy of Treasure Hunting.

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My favorite treasure programs are Gold Rush: White Water and America's Backyard Gold on the Discovery Channel on Friday evenings.

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Not much surf this week, but some decent low tides.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net