Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
I showed a couple spear points found on Treasure Coast beaches the past couple of days. Just following up on that, here are some other indiginous artifacts found on Treasure Coast beaches. Above, on the left is a celt, along with an arrow head and two game pieces. The arrow head is agatized coral.
I've long been skeptical of the rounds being game pieces, but that seems to be the widely accepted conclusion. Here are a variety of them from the Peach State Archaeological Society web site, which has a great artifact database.
 |
| Round Game Pieces Made of Stone and Ceramics. |
See Artifact Identification (peachstatearchaeologicalsociety.org)
One time I was at Wabasso and a tourist came up to me and showed me an arrowhead she had found. The dunes had eroded.
Below are some different kinds of artifacts from South Florida.
 |
| 2 bone points, one shell punch, and one shell scraper. |
Those weren't beach finds.
Below are some important copper ceremonial artifacts found by my friend Larry. They were evaluated by the Smithsonian.
 |
| Copper Ceremonial Artifacts Found by Larry Perina (deceased). |
So besides silver artifacts there are also copper and other indigenous artifacts made of metal that could be detected by a metal detector.
It is believed the above small pieces were used on a ceremonial necklace and the copper arrowhead, a pendant. This was not a beach find.
The surf is small now. And the low tides make shallow water hunting easy.
Good hunting,
TreasureGuide#@comcast.net