Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| Bottle Found With Message Inside. |
Source: See wtkr link below.
A family was boating and started collecting bottles. An older Pepsi bottle on a little cliff at the edge of the river. A message was inside. By using social media the person that put the message in the bottle 44 years ago was found.
Here is the link.
Williamsburg family finds message in a bottle while boating on York River (wtkr.com)
That is one of those No Deposit No Return bottles that might sell for a couple dollars these days. Not very old.
Thanks to DJ for that link.
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Two Recent Coin Finds by the Mel Fisher Organization.
Source: MelFisher.com on Twitter. |
Another recent find from the Mel Fisher organization was an olive jar neck.
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First time in quite a while I took my metal detector out for a little while. First I found this corroded silver-looking fork.
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| Corroded Old Fork. |
Then a small lead ball.
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| Small Lead Ball Find. |
Next, a small shard of black glass.
And then in the water close by, I saw two large planks in the water, which I never saw before.
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| 12-Foot-Long Plank. |
The two planks were large. One was about 12 feet long and over a foot wide at places, and the other was just a touch longer - maybe fifteen feet long. It was hard to get them to show up in the photos.
Interesting group of finds. I've suspected this general area for quite some time.
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The day before, Wednesday, I took a walk looking for bottles. I cleaned this one up a little, but it still n needs cleaning and I need help with research.
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| Half-Pint Embossed Miami Biltmore Dairy Bottle. |
As it makes clear, it is a deposit bottle.
The front reads: DEPOSIT BOTTLE; PHONE 4-2260: BILTMORE DAIRY PRODUCTS; MIAMI. FLA.
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| Back of Miami Biltmore Dairy Bottle. |
The back reads: DEPOSITE BOTTLE on the shoulder and in huge letters below DEPOSIT BOTTLE.
So far I've only been able to find information on a Biltmore Dairy in North Carolina. My suspicion is this bottle could have had some connection with the Biltmore Hotel in Miami. I don't know if they had their own dairy or received products from North Carolina.
If anyone can find more on the Miami Biltmore dairy products, I'd appreciate whatever you can find.
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Raina and thunder in the Fort Pierce area this morning. No tropical activity on the NHC map though.
The surf remains small, but an increase up to four feet is expected for next Wednesday.
Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net
