Written by the TreasureGuide for the exlcusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report
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| Illustration from Handbook on AlpineArchaeology.com See link below. |
Here is a good document designed help people with little or no background in historic artifact identification sufficient information to provide consistent descriptive information about the artifacts and site features they observe. It is the Historic Artifact Handbook by Jonathon C. Horn Alpine Archaeological Consultants, Inc. PO Box 2075 Montrose, CO 81402, March 2005/.
Categories include vessel glass, ceramics, cans, plastic, window glass, nails, cartridges, buttons and fasteners, animal shoes, beads, wire products, stove parts, etc. It includes some categories that you don't find described very often, such as trestles, screws and beer cans.
The information in the document, as the description says, is basic. You probably know a lot of what is included, but there are some things that you might find helpful. As is often the case, the bibliography is good and will point you to many good reference sources. Although it is pretty basic, I think anybody will find some helpful hints. Check it out.
If you've ever done any hunting in Colorado, you might notice that it was constructed with that kind of area in mind.
Below is a little segment of a post I once did after a little trip to Colorado where I found an old cabin site. The area was covered with metal roofing and junk.
Here is an excerpt I wrote for an old post.
Below is a photo of a place where there was once an old Cabin. This photo isn't from the Treasure Coast. In fact, it isn't even Florida. It is in the Rocky Mountains. But I like the photo and the stove and wanted to show how the ground can be littered with all kinds of junk that can make detecting difficult.
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| Old Cabin Site. |
If you look closely, you can see the tin roofing and other metal scattered all over the site. That would keep a lot of people from detecting.
The thing to do is clean up the site a little. Pick up the big pieces of tin and stuff and pile it up so you can detect most of the area.
That was when I had free time to do some travel. Now I find it difficult enough to get out to the local beaches.
Anyhow, you might want to check out the handbook browse the bibliography.
They also provide an illustration of bottle top types very much like the illustration of buttons shown above. I'm tempted to go through that list and show photos of each of those that I've found. I've found examples of almost all of them.
Here it is.
Here is the link.
Microsoft Word - handbook.doc (alpinearchaeology.com)
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The Sedwick treasure auction was live yesterday. I forgot to mention it, but I'm sure you didn't forget about it if you were really interested.
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The drone attack on the Kremlin looks so fake. It looks like it was made by the same people that produced the Godzilla movies.
Talking about fakes, you might find this interesting.
The Mighty Wurlitzer: How the CIA Played America — Central Intelligence Agency (archive.org)
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With the full moon, the tides are big. Maybe I'll get out for a look this afternoon.
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| Source: MagicSeaWeed.com. |
Looks like there will be a little bump in the surf.
Good hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net