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| Reales Dug Up by Captain Jonah At Turtle Trail Just Over A Year Ago Today Photo by Captain Jonah. |
One year ago today my lead story was about the 22 reales found by Captain Jonah on a beach during a single outing. The perfect beach conditions existed at one location for one tide cycle when a an area of gravel was uncovered and these 1715 Fleet reales were dug near Turtle Trail. Many more reales were missed during the rough water and very challenging detecting conditions.
The years fly around. It doesn't seem that long ago. Other cobs were found around that time too.
February is often a decent month for metal detecting. Beach conditions haven't been great so far this year, but we have another month or two before we typically get into summer conditions and waiting for hurricanes.
Here is the link to the post in which I reported this find.
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It is always exciting to dig up a treasure chest on a beach, but they are not always what you might expect. Here is one such story.
Angie Moore of Atlanta says she was out with her dad “experimenting” with a metal detector when it indicated something big in the sand outside the Marriott Grande Ocean in Hilton Head.
“So, I started digging,” Moore told McClatchy News. “We finally cleared the top of it off and ... it was one of those moments where you can’t believe what you’re seeing. The wooden chest had really degraded so as I attempted to lift it, part of the wood came off and we got our first glimpse of ‘gold.’”
Seconds later, Moore realized she’d been had by a joke that was likely years, if not decades, in the making.
“We went from, ‘OMG, it’s a treasure chest full of something gold’ to ‘Oh wow, those are toy coins,’” Moore said...
And here is the link.
Old treasure chest brimming with coins unearthed on SC beach. Then came the bad news (msn.com)
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| Small Charm Still Needs Cleaned. |
An appropriate find for the Treasure Coast, this tiny charm still needs a good cleaning.
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When the January 6 riot at the Capital Building occurred, you might remember me pointing out the black-garbed geared-up leftists in the crowd. They wore the same black clothes, back packs, helmets, and face shields that you saw at all summer during the BLM riots. All it took to throw some people off, was a red Maga hat on top of it all.
Immediately after watching the event, I pointed all that out to you. Now testimony read at a Senate hearing confirmed what I said. Here is an excerpt.