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| 16th Century Gold Pendant Found By Four Year Old Source: Boy, four, unearths 16th Century gold pendant in Essex - BBC News |
Yesterday I mentioned the wide variety of types of treasure that can be found on the Treasure Coast. I recently managed to wade through years of blogger statistics to identify the most read posts and found that the list of top posts featured a wide variety of types of treasure.
Unfortunately, it is difficult to say which are the most "popular" because there are other things that determine the number of hits or views. Some posts get a lot of attention because they get a lot of publicity. I think my most read post of all received so much attention because I did an interview with a CNN Travel reporter, and they posted a link to my blog with their interview. So sometimes it is difficult to separate the effects of exposure from popularity.
Below are the top ten Treasure Beaches Report posts as judged by the number of times they've been viewed according to the blogger statistics. They are in descending order, with the most viewed post listed first.
Here is the most read Treasure Beaches Report post of all time.
The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: Search results for 11/20 gold pendant
This post features a 16th century gold reliquary pendant. It is a beautiful find. I don't know how much the four-year-old actually had to do with the find though. I suspect that part of the story is exaggerated. You'll read many articles of youngsters finding great things, but it seems they are always with an adult detectorist. The age of the youngster does seem to add to reader interest. Still, I don't think this blog post deserved all the hits it received. I think it got many of the thousands of hits because of the link on the CNN site. There were other topics covered in the post too, but I don't think it really deserves the number one spot.
Here is the second most read blog post of all tijme.
This post provides a link to a site on jewelry maker's marks that many detectorists might find useful, but it also talks about action figures and hot wheel cars that can often be found on the beach. The action figures would normally be eye-balled, but the cars, which are often detected, can also have value.
Posts like this, although useful for detectorists, might draw a larger audience.
Below is the third most read post.
My blog always receives more views when hurricanes approach, and this post was posted when there were two hurricanes to watch. Not only that, but it also provided a list of the most popular collectibles. I suspect that list was of interest to detectorists and non-detectorists alike. That post was posted years ago - 2013. Posts continue to be read over the years, making it extremely likely that the most read posts will be older posts.
Here is number four on the list of all-time most read posts.
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| Whelk Shell Fossil Photographed in Black Light. |
I can understand the popularity of this post. It features a great image of an exceptionally beautiful type of treasure that can be found on Treasure Coast beaches. The fossil shell was photographed under blacklight. Any beach goer would appreciate learning about this type of treasure.
I've seen this photo used on numerous other internet sites, often without due credit.
I'm glad this post got a lot of attention.
And here is number five.
This post was about magnet fishing, which might be a new technique for some detectorists. That post was posted years ago when magnet fishing was not as popular as today. I can see why it got a lot of attention.
The same post also talked about using a magnet to identify coins. Other coins use more ferrous coins than the US, but there are a few US coins that a magnet will attract.
Below are five through ten. I'll probably comment on some of them some other time.
Posts usually cover or touch on more than one subject. You might want to browse some of the most popular posts of the past.
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| Sebastian Inlet Cam Image - North of the Inlet. Image Submitted by JamminJack. |
Here is what it looked like north of the Sebastian Inlet yesterday.
Thanks to JamminJack.
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| Source: MagicSeaweed.com |