Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| Comparison of Methods for Analyzing Precious Metals. See Thermofisher link below. |
You might find this chart helpful, but it was constructed by a manufacturer of XRF devices so can hardly be considered objective and fair. Nonetheless, I think it is mostly accurate but one thing it leaves out is the prohibitively high price for purchasing and XRF analyzer, which is too high for any individual unless it is a big part of your business. While the cost per test might be low if you do a large number of tests, the purchase price for even the lowest price portable XRF analyzer is higher than most any detectorists would be willing to pay.
You might want to look at the article to learn more if you are seriously interested in considering the various options.
Here is the link.
5 Precious Metals Analysis Methods - Analyzing Metals (thermofisher.com)
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What do you do if you find a hoard of valuable coins? Below is a link to the advice of one coin dealer.
Found a Hoard of Old Coins? Here's How to Proceed (scvhistory.com)
Worth considering.
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What happened Sept 23, 1671 (350 years ago).
On Aug. 26, 1664, 350 years ago Tuesday, a flotilla of four British frigates led by the Guinea, which was manned by 150 sailors and conveying 300 redcoats, anchored ominously in Gravesend Bay off Brooklyn, between Coney Island and the Narrows.
Over the next 13 days, the soldiers would disembark and muster at a ferry landing located roughly where the River Café is moored today, and two of the warships would sail to the Battery and train their cannon on Fort Amsterdam on the southern tip of Manhattan.
Finally, on Sept. 8, the largely defenseless settlement tolerated a swift and bloodless regime change: New Amsterdam was immediately renamed New York. It would evolve into a jewel of the British Empire, endowed with a collective legacy — its roots indelibly Dutch — that distinguished it from every other American colony...
The country was coming out out of the Spanish flu pandemic., the auto industry was gettting ramped up, and women got the right to vote and the average life expectancy was around 54.
Source: 100 Years Ago Today: Life in 1920 vs. Now • FamilySearch
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov. |
There is a little activity close to Florida, but nothing that will help us much.
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| Source: MagicSeaWeed.com. |
The surf is 3 - 5 feet along the Treasure Coast today, but will be decreasing through the week.
The high tides are pretty high now. Too bad there isn't more surf.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net