8/31/22 Report - Surf Watch and Predictions. Drought Provides New Detecting Opportunities. Another Shipwrecks Book.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Source: nhc:noaa.gov

Here is the current HNC map.  Nothing much has changed.  It still looks like the closest storm will remain well out to sea.

Source: MagicSeaWeed.com.

No big increase in the surf is expected, but some increase is expected Tuesday.

Here is the wind map for Tuesday from Ventusky.com.

Winds Tuesday According to the Model.
Source: Ventusky.com

The NHC map, surf predictions and this model on Ventusky.com all seem to fit together well.  On Monday and Tuesday the system is expected to be at its closest to Florida, and you can see a period when the winds shift to become more northerly.

As you can see there are four lows out in the Atlantic now, but for now I'm only interested in the one, which, at this time is given an 80% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours.

In summary, I'm not expecting much erosion from this one unless things change before next week, which is possible, but not highly likely.

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Ancient Romans began construction on a military camp in what is now northwestern Spain, along the Lima River in Galicia, in about 75 AD, Spanish researchers wrote in a 2018 study.  They abandoned the camp about a century later.

The remaining ruins became submerged after the construction of a dam in 1949 created the As Conchas reservoir, The Guardian reported...

The ancient camp reappeared on the riverbank — its entire ruined complex on display, drone footage posted on Aug. 26 by Faro de Vigo showed...

Here is the link.

Roman ruins reappear from river in drought-stricken Europe almost 2,000 years later | American Military News

Wouldn't you love to metal detect in the recently exposed land below that bridge.  I bet you could find a lot of interesting things there without a metal detector.  I'd love to just walk around under that bridge.

Watch for falling water levels around lakes rivers or and other inland waters.  Lakes in the wests are really low.  People are walking out and finding things on the previously submerged land.

Much of the country and world is experiencing drought, which provides some great opportunities to searching.  Not only does drought lower water levels, it also diminishes vegetation in overgrown areas making it possible to detect some areas that are otherwise difficult.

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Yesteday I mentioned Robert Marx's shipwrecks book and listed some of the 16th century shipwrecks listed around Fort Pierce.  Warren D. has a copy of another Marx. book.  This one is Shipwrecks in Florida Waters.

Shipwrecks in Florida Waters (1979), by Robert Marx.
Photo by Warren D.

Thanks Warren.

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Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

8/30/22 Report - Florida Shipwrecks: Some Pre-1715 Wrecks Reported Around Fort Pierce Area. Weather To Watch.

 

Written by the TreaureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

There is now some weather to watch, although it looks like it could stay off-shore.  That isn't bad.  It could still send us some bigger surf.

We are having some good high tides, but don't expect the surf to increase much for about a week though.

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I posted some good research resources lately.  Shipwrecks in the Americas, by Robert Marx provides and extensive list of wrecks.  For example, the section listing Florida wrecks lists well over 263.  And that is just the list of Florida shipwrecks.  The book, of course is much larger than that.  Besides wrecks in the United States, it also includes wrecks in Canada, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Jamaica, Cuba etc.  Besides the listings it also has sections on things like locating shipwrecks, identifying shipwrecks, etc.  The printing I have is 1987, and I'd be surprised if there aren't more recent printings.

Looking at the early wrecks of Florida, there are a lot more 16th century wrecks than you might have imagined listed as being on the Treasure Coast.  Just to give an idea, I'll pick out some that are said to be near Fort Pierce.  Here they are briefly summarized.

Year 1551.  Nao San Nicolas, coming from Nombre de Dios and Cartagena on its way to Spain wrecked near Fort Pierce and Indians recovered a great deal of what it carried.

Year 1554. Sank near Fort Pierce richly laden with gold and silver.  The King of Ais recovered a great deal from the wreck.

Year 1564.  Three ships of Don Juan Menendez wrecked on the Florida coast near Fore Pierce.

Sometime before 1570.  The ship Viscayo wrecked near Fort Pierce Inlet.  Again, the King of Ais salvaged a great deal of her treasure.

Again, sometime before 1570.  The El Mulato wrecked somewhere near Fort Pierce and the Indian salvaged some of the treasure.

Many more were listed as wrecking "on the coast of Florida."  Of course, some of those could have been near Fort Pierce, but the location is not associated with a specific area.

I'll just add a couple more pre-1715 listings.  Year 1618, On Oct. 10 the governor of Florida in St. Augustine received news from the Indians that a wreck identified as the Almilanta of Honduras wrecked near the Fort Pierce inlet.  There are more details provided, but I am just giving basic listings.

Here is a British wreck from 1696 that wrecked "south of the Fort Pierce inlet, about a third of the distance between Fort Pierce and St. Lucie Inlet."

Of course, many more Florida wrecks are listed.  Some with latitudes, but many giving something as broad as Florida coast as the location.  Many other more specific locations were mentioned for some wrecks, such as Jupiter Inlet.

That will give you an idea of what you can find in Marx's book.  

So, there are quite a few early wrecks out there besides those that detectorists talk about a lot.  I only chose to mention in this post those early wrecks indicated as being near Fort Pierce just to give you some examples.   It is therefore not surprising that Carlos and Juana coins were found on the Treasure Coast.  It might be more surprising that not more have been reported found.  And maybe there is a lot more out there that was recovered by the natives - perhaps on land sites.

Do your research and you won't have to follow the crowds.

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Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

8/29/22 Report - Alternate Technique: Using Extra Long Metal Detector Rod. Safe Deposit Box Restrictions You Should Know. New Coins Showing Up In Change.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

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Metal Detector With 20 Foot Rod.
Treasure Diver Magazine, Aug. 1990, P. 50.

If you've been following this blog, you know I've been browsing some magazines and research materials that I found in a box not too long ago.  And you also know that I've been talking about techniques and equipment that other than metal detectors and standard scoops.  One additionoal technique that I recently discussed is sifting with an over-sized scoop on an extra-long handle.  That kind of sifting can be done without a metal detector, but I also mentioned in my 8/22/22 post, that you could use a large, long-handled scoop in conjunction with a coil on a long handle of similar length.

As coincidence would have it, while browsing through one of the old magazines I recently discovered in a box in my garage, I noticed an article on the use of a metal detector coil with a twenty-foot extension rod (shown above).  

A gun used in a crime was cast into a lake with very poor visibility, heavy vegetation covering the bottom and cold water that limited dive times.  The long-handled metal detector was part of the solution.

Of course, the long handle required a long cable to connect the coil to the control box.  Fisher Research was able to provide the extra-long cable.

The detectorists used a zodiac on a cable stretched across the lake to detect a grid pattern with the long-handled detector.  The second signal on the first pass across the lake produced the gun.  That is just one example that clearly illustrates how a detector with long rod can be used to detect otherwise difficult to detect areas.

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In looking through these 30-year-old magazines, one thing that sticks out is the quality of the images.  The magazine pictures back then were not nearly as good as those we've become accustomed to seeing on the internet.

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I've advised keeping valuables in a safe deposit box, but there can be restrictions on safe deposit boxes that you should know.  For example, many institutions do not permit storing cash unless it is of a collectible nature.  That is a prohibition that is becoming more common as the government goes deeper into debt.

Many institutions will prohibit storing a variety of other items or substances, especially those that might be connected with illegal activities, in their boxes.

Here is an article that will tell you more.

How Safe are Safe Deposit Boxes? - Numismatic News

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Here are some new US coins that you might have noticed.

In addition to the 2022 Native American dollar with its one-year-only design, the U.S. Mint through July released the first three issues from their four-year program of American Women quarter dollars. Each features a unique design. They include:

• the 2022 Maya Angelou quarter which began circulating in early January. (The Mint started selling collectible Maya Angelou quarters in rolls and bags on Feb. 7.)
• the 2022 Dr. Sally Ride quarter which started circulating toward the end of March. (The Mint started selling collectible Dr. Ride Sally Angelou quarters in rolls and bags on March 22.)
• the 2022 Wilma Mankiller quarter which began circulating in early June. (The Mint started selling collectible Mankiller quarters in rolls and bags on June 14.)

U.S. Coin Production Tops 1.1 Billion in July 2022 | CoinNews

I know I've found some of those in change.

The Wilma Mankiller Quarter is the third coin in the American Women Quarters™ Program Wilman Mankiller was the first woman elected principal chief of the Cherokee Nation and an activist for Native American and women’s rights. She was born in the Cherokee Nation in 1945. After drought devastated her family’s land in the 1950s, her family was moved to a housing project in California, where the adolescent Mankiller experienced culture shock, exacerbated by poverty and racism.

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov

I'm still thinking the red one, even if it continues to develop, will remain out to sea.  That doesn't mean it won't send any surf our way.  

Looks like we are having some higher high tides, but the surf remains small.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

8/28/22 Report - Airlifts for Salvage. The Jewelry Wreck. McCormick Bottle Finds. Increasing Chances of Storm Coming Our Way.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Airlift Being Used on Caribbean Shipwreck.
Photo by Fawn Powers as published in Shipwrecks vol. 1, no.1.

I've been looking through some old research including some old magazines that I recently found in my garage.  Shipwrecks magazine is one of those.  It provides a LOT of detailed shipwreck information, including coordinates and detailed information that you will not find in most publications.  It is too bad but not surprising that the magazine was so short-lived.  It is a great research resource.

I've also been talking about methods and techniques.  It is too easy to get in the habit of going about things one way when there are other possible techniques.  Yesterday I mentioned tow sleds.  Today I'll touch on airlifts, which, it seems to me are not much used anymore., but should not be forgotten when it is right for the situation.  Before that I showed how to use a large scoop with an extended handle to scoop up submerged items.

An airlift is a device based on a pipe, used in nautical archaeology to suck small objects, sand and mud from the seabed and to transport the resulting debris upwards and away from its source. It is sometimes called a suction dredge.  A water dredge or water eductor may be used for the same purpose.

Typically, the airlift is constructed from a 3-metre to 10 metre long, 10 cm diameter pipe. A controllable compressed air supply vents into the inside, lower end of the pipe (The input end always being the lower end). Compressed air is injected into the pipe in one to three second bursts with an interval long enough to let the resulting bubble to rise to the higher, output end of the pipe. The bubble moves water through the pipe sucking debris from the lower end and depositing it from the upper end of the pipe. Ejected debris can be either cast off (as in simply removing overburden or collected in a mesh cage for inspection (as more often is the case in nautical archaeology). It is often designed to be hand-operated by a diver. 

Above text and image from Wikipedia.

I'm planning on conducting some experiments using a modfied leaf blower.

Will report on that when done.

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The same issue of Shipwrecks.has five full pages on the City of Vera Cruz wreck, otherwise known as the Jewelry Wreck.  It lies off Cape Canaveral in nearly 80 feet of water.  Although a later wreck (1880), it carried quite a variety of cargo in addition to jewelry and gold coins.

The magazine reports on a number of expeditions on the wreck and other details.

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McCormick & Co. Embossed Bottles.

Here are two bottles found on the Treasure Coast embossed Mc CORMICK & CO. BALTIMORE.  Juding from the mold seam, the bottle on the bottom appears to be considerably older.  It also has a slightly longer neck and wider lip.  Otherwise, they are almost the same.

I recently posted pictures of a Sauer's extract bottle and was surprised to read that Sauer's was said to be the leader in extracts.  In my experience, McCormick bottles seemed to be much more common along the Treasure Coast.  

The bottle shown on top has an O in a square on the bottom, which indicates the Owens Bottle Company.  As far as I can tell the probable date range could be 1919 - 1929.

The other bottle has a simple R on the bottom.  I have not yet determined the manufacturer that used that maker's mark.  I need to look into that some more.

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5/31/2020

Whoops.  Wrong building.  I'm so confused. 

Here are the terrorists, that after four years of insurection, are jailed.

Clients — January 6 Legal Defense Fund (january6defensefund.org)

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

The red has a forty to sixty percent of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours.  At this time it looks like it has the best chance of affecting us some.  We'll see how quickly it turns north.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

8/27/22 Report - Have You Ever Considered a Tow Sled? Here Is One With Metal Detector. Gold and Diamond Find. Atlantic Weather To Watch.

 

Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Tow Sled With J. W. Fisher Pulse 10 Metal Detector and Other Nice Features.

I've been talking a lot lately about alternative techniques.  Tow sleds are not new.  In fact, the one shown above was advertised in Shipwrecks Magazine, vol. 1, no 3, which was published in 1991.

While tow sleds are nothing new, they can be modified with newer technologies or made to include new useful features.  For a group or individual, a tow sled might be a part of a new and previously unused treasure hunting approach.

Here is a one-page ad that describes some of the new features of the UV-1 tow sled.

UV-1 Tow Sled Ad.

A multi-page article on the design of the UV-1 was included in the same issue.

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Some beaches may appear to be hunted out, but on beaches, there is usually something remaining to be found.  The question for the detectorist is, "Is it worth the time and effort, or would I be better off moving on."  OF course, you really never know the answer to that question for sure, but you can be happy or unhappy with the results of your decision.

Good targets can be found on beaches that appear to be hunted out if you work the beach well.  It might take a slower or more methodical search, or it might take a change of detectors or settings.

On one beach that appeared to have nothing but bottle caps, this diamond and gold necklace was found.  It is a thin chain with small links and was stretch out when found.  It had some depth to it, and presented a small signal, which was a critical factor in this case.

Instead of relying totally on the discrimination capabilities of the metal detector, after just a little detecting, it was decided to go for the faint signals.  While no coins, new or old, were found that day, the necklace was found after about twenty minutes.  It had seemingly been there a while and was under a few inches of sand.

14K Gold Necklace Chain With Diamond Pendant Find.

Even when you are not finding old stuff with your metal detector, you can still find modern items.  Here is one recent example

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14K Marking and Maker's Mark On Necklace Catch.

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New research reveals more information about the Louisiana State University (LSU) Campus Mounds, including the discovery of thousands of years old charred mammal bone fragments and a coordinated alignment of both mounds toward one of the brightest stars in the night sky. This new information offers more insight into the oldest known man-made structures in North America...

Here is the link.

New research shows Louisiana State University | EurekAlert!

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Funny how often inconvenient people, like Putin's enemies, commit suicide.

Here is a good link.

Christopher Sign, Alabama news anchor who broke Clinton tarmac story, dead at 45 (nypost.com)

That meeting is at the root of much of the nastiness of current politics.  

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov

The second system looks like it could be starting to turn north and come more out way.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

8/26/22 Report - Great Research Resource for Shipwrecks: Spence's List. Treasure Coast Bottle. Mel Fisher Days Coming Soon.

 

Written by the Treasuregudie for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Shipwreck Magazine. Vol. 1, No. 1.

I recently mentioned Treasure Diver magazine, and talked about some of its contents.  ShipWrecks magazine is another good research resource.  The first issue was published in 1990, and the editor/publisher was E. Lee Spence.

Shipwrecks was published four times a year.  It didn't last very long. I think maybe only one year.  I'll have to see how many of them I have. 

Shipwrecks was  a news and reference magazine.  It presented information on many wrecks and very detailed information on some.  It was a more of an academic reference work than the popular treasure magazines.   

If you can read the cover (above), you'll see that the first issue coversed seven shipwrecks at length, and at the end of each issue, was information on about 150 other wrecks.  The 150 wrecks covered in this issue were located off South Carolina and Georgia and wrecked between 1776 to 1783.  That is one section of Spence's, List, which included informaton on over 100,000 wrecks.  Each issue would present a segment of Spence's list in addition to greater detail on several wrecks.

Below is a page of the first issue of ShipWrecks, which shows some finds from the "The Regina," a Great Lakes shipwreck.  Shown are Hinds Honey and Almond Cream bottles from that were found on that wreck. 

Page 11 of Vol. 1, No1 of the ShipWrecks Magazine.

I thought I had a Hinds Honey and Almond Cream bottle, so I went to look for it, and found one.

Below is the bottle and what I learned about the bottle, which, until I just researched it, incorrectly thought was a liquor bottle.

Embossed; HINDS HONEY AND ALMOND CREAM.
A S HINDS CO. PORTLAND MAINE USA.

The bottle was found on the Treasure Coast. It is actually a skin care lotion bottle.  

Here is one of many ads I found for Hinds Honey and Almond Cream lotion.  You can find more ads and information on the company and its products by using the link below.  It was advertised for things like sunburn, younger skin, etc.

The family business was the A. S. Hinds Co. in Portland which was famous for various creams for the face, hands, and Skin. The A.S. Hinds company was started in 1875.  They were bought out in 1907 by Lehn & Fink, maker of Lysol. The honey almond cream product was still available in 1948. 

Hinds Honey and Almond Cream was formulated and marketed by Aurelius Stone Hinds in Portland Maine.  He moved to Portland in 1862 and worked in a drugstore, which he bought in 1870. He worked on the formulation of the cream for a number of years, and began selling it from the drugstore probably sometime in the latter part of the 1870's. It was such a huge success that he soon had to put it into commercial production, first in Portland, and at some point distribution was shifted to a company in New Jersey. A number of different bottles from the very early days of the product are commonly found, but unfortunately they do not carry a date...

You can find out more about the company and view a number of ads by using the following link.

Friends Of Hinds - A.S. Hinds Company

Same Bottle Shown Above.

This bottle isn't as old as the bottles found on The Regina,  They are corked.

The issues of Shipwrecks magazine are good research resources and good reqading.

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As more accurate information on the vaccines come out, you will see a shift from the current administration taking credit for the vaccines to blaming the previous administration for the vaccines.  

Where are the people now that initially claimed that you shouldn't go to the beach because Covid made it so dangerous?  Now we know the beach was one of the safest places you could be.  

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It looks like these two systems will stay well south of us.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

8/25/22 Report - One Alternative Method You Can Sometimes Use For Working Zero Visibility Water. Revealing Drought. Falls City Bottle.

 

Written  the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

In the second issue of Treasure Diver magazine (Nov. 1989), E Lee Spence addresses the problem of working in zero-visibility water.  He says, "The lack of visibility has been repeatedly cited as the chief drawback to underwater treasure hunting."  He goes on to provide a number of ways to deal with zero-visibility, including many that you might have considered before.  He lists a number of specific methods but makes a point that I made in this blog a couple days ago when he said, "The way to adapt is to change your methods and equipment."  I've talked many times about the need to change and adapt.  In fact, two days ago I described an alternative method that Spence did not include in his extensive list of alternative approaches.

Spence mentions using probes, submersible metal detectors and other electronic equipment, as well as other approaches, but he did not consider sifting, which I described in my 8/22 post.  

You don't have to see at all what is below to sift material.  You can probe or you can use a metal detector to get a feel for what lies on the bottom before sift the most promising areas. 

I've personally done a lot of metal detecting in zero visibility water.  Of course, that is not the same as diving, but you don't have to stick your head in the water to metal detect or sift even when the water is deeper.

I once saw a diver try to use a metal detector to locate a lost diamond ring in around two feet of water in front of a resort, He spend a good amount of time horizontal trying to metal detect in that shallow water.  I wondered why, and after some time he eventually gave up on that approach and stood up.  Shallow water detectorists detect standing up all the, but it took the diver a good while to figure out that he didn't have to do what he was accustomed to doing.  I also remember watching a diver on the Oak Island TV show do the same thing.  I don't think he ever decided to stand up but continued to crawl around in very shallow low-visibility water.

I know Spence was probably thinking of scuba diving, but even in deep water you can sift.  You could even use a SUV or boat pulled sifter if you made a sifter for the job.

A somewhat creative generalist has a better chance of coming up with new solubtions than a specialist.  The person that has been doing one thing, or one kind of thing for a long time, can have trouble busting out of old habits and patterns.

In summary, I'll reiterate what Spence said.  There are times you need to change and adapt.  As I said in a previous post, sifting is one approach to be considered and sifters can be manufactured to suit the situation.

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Europe's worst drought in years has pushed the mighty river Danube to one of the lowest levels in almost a century, exposing the hulks of dozens of explosives-laden German warships sunk during World War II near Serbia's river port town of Prahovo.

The vessels were among hundreds scuttled along the Danube by Nazi Germany's Black Sea fleet in 1944 as they retreated from advancing Soviet forces, and still hamper river traffic during low water levels.

However, this year's drought — worsened by human-induced global warming — has exposed more than 20 hulks on a stretch of the Danube near Prahovo in eastern Serbia, many of which still contain metric tons of ammunition and explosives and pose a danger to shipping...

Here is the link to read more about that.

Danube River reveals explosive-laden WWII Nazi warships as water levels drop - CNN

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Here is an embossed Treasure Coast found bottle.  Looks like a beer bottle.  It only shows one bubble.

The embossing says Falls City Breweries.  I can't read the two lines below that.

 I found listings for a Falls City Brewing Company, but I haven't yet found Falls City Breweries.  They might be the same, but I'm not sure of that.  My best guess at this time is that Falls City Breweries is the original name.

The story all began in 1901 when the biggest brewers in Louisville formed one giant company that made ALL the beer and owned almost ALL the tavern real estate in ALL the land. The tavern owners had to rent property and buy their beer from the Central Consuming Company, creating quite the monopoly.  By 1905, the local tavern owners were annoyed and fed up, rightfully so, and decided to come together and start Falls City Brewing Company and the rest is history….or is it?...

(Source: Falls City Slog | The condensed history of Falls City Brewing... (tumblr.com))

My guess is that 'breweries" was used when the group originally was formed by the "biggest brewers in Louisville."  

Continuing on with the company history... 

The next test would come in 1919 with prohibition, aka that “bad time” beer drinkers don’t like talking about. While most breweries were closing their doors, Falls City adjusted to the times, changing their name to Falls City Ice and Beverage Company.  They sold block ice, soft drinks, and near beer…which tastes probably as bad as it sounds.

After Prohibition, (thank you, 21st Amendment) the Falls City Brewing Company name was restored and they resumed their productions of the local beer.  However, their little local beer became a world, err..multi-state traveler, making its way to Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, West Virginia and the rest of the great state of Kentucky.  

So, if my guess is correct, they started as Falls City Breweries, and at some point, changed the name to Falls City Brewing Company.  It could be before prohibition or after. 

It seems to be the same company, but I'm not sure.  I've found no reference to any other Falls City Breweries.

I'd appreciate hearing if you find any more information on that.

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov

It looks to me like those systems, whether they develop or not, will remain to the south of us.  I'll keep watching it though.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

8/24/22 Report - Treasure Diver Magazine and the 1715 Fleet. Also Roy Volker and Lee Spence. My Favorite Historic Vacation Spot.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

View of Grand Tetons From Outside the Jackson Lake Lodge.

You'll be seeing images like the one above if you watch any business TV this week.  Every year the Fed has a symposium at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and all of the business programs will be airing interviews with economic leaders with the Tetons in the background.  Before I had some of my current responsibilities, I liked to visit the lodge in late August.  I highly recommend it if you get the chance.  The rooms are not fancy, but it has other qualities that set it apart.  First, the lodge with the big windows give a magnificent view of the Grand Tetons.  Also, there are nice displays of archaeological objects in the lodge, and there is much to see in the area.  

\My favorite dining experiences of all-time were in main dining room at Jackson Lake Lodge.  There is a historic mural along one side of the dining room, and large windows showing the Tetons on the other side.  The breakfast buffet provides the biggest variety of any meal I've had anywhere.  The food is great.  Fresh berries, fish, and other amazing items, and they'll give you almost anything you might request.

View From Jackson Lake Lodge Main Dining Room.

All meals are great, but the breakfast buffets are unbelievable.  You need a healthy breakfast if you are going to spend the day hiking.

Mural Wall in Dining Room.

Sometimes they have a pianist in the lobby in the evenings.

Disney made some nature documentaries near there along the Snake River, and you can see the influence of the Jackson Lake Lodge on the lobbies of the DisneyWorld Wilderness Lodge and Animal Kingdom Lodge.

The river raft ride down the Snake River is great too.

If you hike up the hill just outside the lodge you can see glass shards along the path, which of course wouldn't excite most people, but I won't overlook things like that, and much wildlife, including possibly a grizzly bear, coyote or even wolf.   

Inside you can view indigenous and other artifacts.

Notice The Display Case Containing Indigenous Artifacts.

I know it sounds like a commercial, but it is a great place to visit if you are interested in the outdoors, hiking and history.  Do it while you are young.  Some of the hikes can get steep and long, but beautiful.

The only downside is that it can take three separate flights to get to Jackson Hole from many Florida airports.

I don't know about this year, but the weather could be getting chilly this time of year in Jackson Hole - especially the nights.

On my last trip there, I remember going out late one night gazing at the stars, which seem especially bright in the cool mountain air, listening to the coyotes, and smiling as I saw a mouse scamper through the automatic doors before they opened, and into the lobby for safety or perhaps to find a warm spot to spend the coming winter.  

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"Ages and stages" is the phrase that comes to my mind today.  I've definitely gone through a few and I'm sure you have too.  I'm now at the "can't take it with you stage."  It comes.  

The hobby goes through ages and stages too.  Things come and go.

I was just leafing through the premier issue of Teasure Diver Magazine, which was published from 1989 - 1993.  Not long.  But things changed.  Notably the internet.

Anyhow, looking back at the first issue of the magazine, the cover features a scuba diver using a Fisher Aquanaut.  Probably not what you would see on the cover of such a magazine today.

On the cover you also see the title of an article, "70 Days to Dive."  \The article features Roy Volker working on a 1715 Fleet site with his boat, the Explorer I.  Toy is gone, but guys are still working the same areas.  While the personalities come and go, the treasure will outlast them all.

Here is one paragraph from that article.  

For Roy Volker the number to have played last year was eight.  Having had a sparse summer in his search for Spanish treasure, Volker hit it big again in the the eighth month of 1988 and brought up 888 silver coins, as well as several beautiful artifacts from the galleon Nuestra Senor de la Rigas off Sebastian, Florida.

Here we are 34 years later, and not one year has gone by without salvage crews scanning the Treasure Coast wrecks, and the current salvage season is still producing a lot of nice finds, including some great gold items.

As you would expect the premier issue had a lot of good articles.  In one, E. Lee Spence wrote about a $50,000 clump that was not initially appreciated for the valuable treasures inside.

Here is that lead paragraph.

As an underwater archaeologist working with treasure hunters, I am frequently amazed at the opportunities overlooked.  In order to prevent valuable items from slipping by unnoticed, treasure hunters need to familiarize themselves with all kinds of artifacts and learn to use all of their senses to identify them.  They'd also do well to make use of today's modern technology.  Such a move could turn otherwise meaningless objects into important discoveries.

Spence went on to describe how he could see the outline of several coins in the clump and then had it s-rayed.  The clump he purchased for $5000 turned ot to be worth more like $50,000.

How many times have I talked about the importance of recognizing various types of artifacts?  A lot.

Anyhow, looking back 34 years to the first issue of Treasure Diver magazine was interesting.   

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

The Atlantic is getting more active, as it often does this time of year.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

8/23/22 Report - Diamond Ring Found By Detectorist and Returned to Owner. Space: The Final Frontier. Meteors and Space Treasures.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Metal-detecting stranger returns woman's ring lost in sea.
Source: See Ground.New link below.

A Massachusetts woman's diamond wedding ring, a family heirloom, is back on her finger. Francesca Teal posted about the ordeal on Facebook and asked anyone who might frequent the beach to be on the lookout. Her post was shared thousands of times and a man with a metal detector responded to her social media plea for help and found it at the bottom of the ocean...

Here is the link.

https://ground.news/article/metal-detecting-stranger-retrieves-womans-ring-lost-in-sea_13f2c6

Thanks to Trevor M. for that link.

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One of Many Meteors Recently
Sold in Sotheby's Auction.

You can see the many fascinating select specimens like the one shown above that were sold in a recent Sotheby's auction, including specimens from the moon, Mars, Vesta and more.

Here is the link.

Meteorites — Select Specimens from the Moon, Mars, Vesta and More | 2022 | Sotheby's (sothebys.com)

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Source: See Sotheby's link below.

Buzz Aldrin’s Space Memorabilia Sells for More Than $8 Million.

A jacket that the astronaut wore during the Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969 and his Presidential Medal of Freedom were among the items auctioned off by Sotheby’s in New York City...

Derek Parsons, a Sotheby’s spokesman, said that the Buzz Aldrin sale was the “most valuable single space exploration auction ever staged.” It broke a record set by one auction of items belonging to Mr. Armstrong, who died in 2012, but the other astronaut’s total collection still holds the overall record.

The most coveted artifacts sold on Tuesday traveled to the moon and back more than five decades ago. A complete summary flight plan of the Apollo mission sold for $819,000.

Only one lot did not sell: It included the tiny broken circuit switch that nearly marooned the Apollo 11 crew on the moon and a dented aljminum pen that Mr. Aldrin used as a manual workaround to achieve liftoff. Bidding stalled at $650,000, well under the auction’s estimate of $1 million...

Here is the link.

Buzz Aldrin’s Space Memorabilia Sells for More Than $8 Million - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Amazing artifacts to be cherished by the future.

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Space: The final frontier.  I don't think so.

The future has a persistent habit of quickly becoming the past, and that moment, squished in between, is now.

Wanderers stand and gaze in the unknown of space like past explorers stood on the shores of their homeland and wondered what stood beyond.  Then, like Columbus, they went there.

The frontier of space seems even larger, dwarfing, man, earth, and our very existence.

Still, there will be explorers.  Just like in the past, there will be explorers traveling into the unknown.  There will be discoveries, and also wrecked ships, stranded survivors, and eventually salvage operations to recover ships and treasure.  

It will be a new kind of treasure, yet some will continue to salvage the past, while others mine the future. 

Space is like the undiscovered lands of our past, but it is not the final frontier.  Beyond that are the oceans of consciousness, time, and Spirit.

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Not much change since yesterday.  The system is moving slowly and develeoping slowly.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.ne

8/22/22 Report - Staying Dry While Scooping Up Lost Treasure From The Water With a Long-Handled BIG Scoop. Radio Code Words.

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Large Heavy-Duty Scoop With Long Handle.

I often talk about alternative techniques.  There are times when metal detecting is not the best technique.  But what else can you do?

I've talked about using the Merkitch sifter, which is something I've used.  I've also talking about using a stationary sifter.  

Above you see a big scoop (with standard shovel inside for size comparison) that can be attached to lengths of a handle made of PVC pipe that can be up to 30 feet or more.  This technique is for scooping up submerged material, for example along a dock.

Below is a photo showing the scoop with a long length of handle.

Large Heavy Duty Scoop With Long Handle.
Source: Manual of Finders Keepers Company.

 There is a knack to using the large scoop, and it requires some effort and strength.  

The handle breaks down into sections and can be assembled on site.

  You put the scoop in the water upside down, then  turn it over and drag it so the teeth on the leading edge dig into the mud or sand.

It will bring up good and bad targets alike.  It is good in heavy trash that would be very difficult to metal detect.  

Another thing you can do when scouting new areas is put a coil on a extra-long pvc handle just to get an idea of what the bottom is like before you decide to do any heavy scooping.

It is often better to sift or scoop heavy trash areas rather than trying to pick through it with a metal detector.  When you briog the material up and dump the big scoop out, you can quickly see the good targets as well as the trash.

I purchased mine decades ago.  I don't know if you can purchase these big scoops ready-made today.

The main problem is the amount of effort required.  It can be very productive if used in a good area - trashy or not.

Here is a post on the Merkitch sifter.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 11/5/17 Report - Sifting Beaches With Merkitch Sifter. Science of Shipwrecks. Castle Cache.

And here is a post on a stationary sifter.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 3/26/18 Report - First Investigation Ever To Really Answer Two Big Questions: How Much Is Actually In The Ground As Compared To How Much Will Be Found Using A Metal Detector.

Of course any of these techniques will get you non-metallic as well as metallic treasures.

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You might find this interesting.  In a 1950s book for radio operators, some of the code words that you might know are presented.   You probably know the code word Roger and what it  means when used as a reply to a radiotelephone communication.?  It means that all of the last transmission has been received.

How about Over.   The transmission is over, and an answer is expected.

How about Out.  Out means that the transmission is ended.

Now here comes one that might not be so obvious. - Wilco.

Wilco means a procedure was understood and will be complied with.  In other words, will comply.

I read the above a day or two ago and thought it was interesting so wanted to find it again.  The book opened right to the right page.  You could call that coincidence, or mystical, or you could say the book learned.  I looked at that page for a while the other day and opened that page widely for a little time, which it appears somehow modified the molecular structure of the page or binding. You could say that the book was modified by the experience (if you can call it that) like neural networks are modified in a way similar to how neural networks are modified by human experiences.

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The surf is small and the tides are small as well, but there is a developing system that might affect us in a few days. 

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net