Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| First Coin Find by Atocha Diver Catalin. |
Mel Fisher's Treasure Diver Catalin (Cat) made her first coin discovery on the Atocha site! The coin was found in the deep mud area just NW of the main pile find. The crew came back in due to inclement weather but will be going back out once conditions improve. Source: email from Mel Fisher organization.
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Seems like the large silver bars from the Atocha are always among the items that bring the highest prices in treasure auctions. Here is one good example. Although there are twelve days of bidding still to go in the current Sedwick treasure auction, it already has some nice bids.
Back in the 1980s I worked with a fellow that bought some of those shortly after the discovery of the Atocha and they were being sold dirt cheap. Wish I bought some.
I was also in Reilly's Treasured Gold one day waiting for a tide change back then, when Arkansas Bill, a detectorist who showed up seasonally in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale/Miami area and lived in his van while detecting the beaches, brought in a bunch of big silver bars with Kevin Reilly. I think he had been down to the Keys.
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The auctions always have a few standout coins. I think this will be one of those. It is off to a good start and probably will go much higher.
I wouldn't call it a Royal, but I'm no expert on that. It certainly is a very fine example.
Sometimes people like a little encrustation or patina.
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov. |
So there are two areas to watch now, but the big one is Tammy.
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov. |
So we should be getting some rougher surf, but I'm not seeing any good angles. The afternoon high tide today will still be over three feet. Not as big as recently, but not bad.
Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net