12/1/23 Report - One Treasure Coast Shipwreck Beach. Valuable Bills To Look for in Circulation.

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Rio Mar Beach Thursday Afternoon.

The photo above shows the view looking from near the Rio Mar beach access towards South Beach as seen Thursday afternoon.

It has been a long time since I stopped there.  Years ago I liked to hunt there.  When I visit a beach like that, I often think about what it looked like when it was very eroded. 

Rio Mar Beach Thursday Afternoon.

I also am reminded of finds from years past.

Rio Mar was once eroded down to the old sand. I don't know how long ago that was.  I'm thinking maybe twenty years or more, but maybe it wasn't really that long ago.  At that time there were a lot of old large concrete blocks exposed.  

Rio Mar Beach Thursday Afternoon.

Among the finds I think of are a diamond with an antique cut found to the north of the access by a large old tree trunk that was lying on the beach.  I remember coming off the beach and running into a fellow that was known as the Florida Pro, who hunted a lot in Lauderdale and Miami.  He was one of the old school guys who kept his identity secret and usually came crawling out of the surf just before sunrise.

Then there was the time the dunes in front of the beach club just south of the beach access was eroded back and producing numerous Barber coins.

And of course, there was the gold dust and nuggets found by salvers in between the nearshore reefs.  Anyhow, it was once a fun place to metal detect.  Maybe I've missed some good hunting there in recent years, but today Thursday it was disappointing to look at it and remember how it looked when it was really eroded.

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November 2014, the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing sent a request to its Washington DC facility to print a batch of dollar bills. In July 2016, the exact same request was sent to the Fort Worth facility.

This miscommunication resulted in dollars printed with duplicate serial numbers, technically counterfeiting their currency. Typically, every bill in circulation has a unique serial number to identify it.

Neither misprint was caught by the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and now currency collectors are clamoring to find matching pairs of dollar bills with these duplicate serial numbers.

In total, there are 6.4 million pairs of $1 bills with matching serial numbers. While that may seem like a lot, billions of dollars are in circulation, and to date, only nine pairs have been matched...

Here is what to look for.

The Series date located near the photograph of George Washington must read “Series 2013”

The bill must have a “B” Federal Reserve Seal above the serial number

The serial number must end with a star (*) and fall between B00000001* – B00250000* or B03200001*-B09600000*  ...

Here is the link for more about that.

Check Your Wallet for These $1 Bills – They May Be Worth Up to $150,000 (msn.com)

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Can you believe November is gone already.

Source: Surfguru.com.

Looks like the surf will remain small for several days.

The morning high tide Friday will be pretty high again.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

11/30/23 Report - Selling or Keeping Silver, Gold or Diamond Finds: Some Things to Consider. Comparing Escudo Prices Over Time.

 

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Detectorists often talk in terms of the value of their finds.  It might not seem like it, but that is actually a complicated topic.  First of all, there is the valid view that something is only worth what somebody will pay for it.  Secondly, the value is usually spoken of in terms of dollars or some other currency, and currencies fluctuate too.

The above chart shows that there has been a correlation between the price of gold and silver.  The correlation isn't perfect, but it is pretty good.  Gold, over the time presented by the chart, is now near a high, while silver has been considerably higher a couple of times in the past.  

When I began metal detecting I planned on keeping my finds as a type of retirement or emergency fund and figured I could sell things in the future if there was a need.  I don't think it was a bad strategy, but back then I figured that old things would continue to appreciate as they got older, and gold and silver was probably a good investment for the long term.  I didn't know as much back then about how prices of materials and items fluctuate.

It turns out that events as well as fashion or cultural trends can really affect prices.  Things become popular and lose popularity and markets change.   Historical events can change prices for certain items and markets can be manipulated.  There is a lot that can affect the value of a collectible or material as an investment.

The big spike in silver prices back around 1980 was caused by the Hunt brothers who were convicted of manipulating the silver market.  I remember that well.  See Silver-Market Manipulator Nelson Bunker Hunt Dies At 88; Two Traders Look Back (kitco.com)

Just yesterday I was talking to the owner of one of St. Lucie's biggest jewelry stores and he told me the same thing another jeweler told me a few weeks ago.  They both said how diamond prices have dropped dramatically due to the increasing availability and popularity of lab grown diamonds.  The one fellow told me he had his diamond jewelry all 50 to 70 percent off.

Below is an interesting chart.

First of all, De Beers has long been very dominant in the diamond market.  They control the market in diamonds.  Diamonds aren't as rare as they seem.  The chart shows what happened when they decided to sell more.  You can also see the record diamond prices in 2011.  Now there are the lab produced diamonds, which are difficult to distinguish from natural diamonds.

While demand for diamonds and luxury goods at large has softened since the pandemic, the diamonds used in lower-priced bridal rings have seen a sharp drop in prices.

Diamond giant De Beers, for example, has had to slash prices by more than 40% in a category called "select marketables," or rough diamonds between 2 and 4 carats that can be furnished in bridal rings that are high quality but not perfect, Bloomberg reported...  ( Diamond Markets Are Tumbling Because Americans Love Lab-Grown Stones (businessinsider.com))

As I've suggested, there are a lot of things that can affect the value of a find and values can fluctuate a lot.  Historical events, political actions, cultural and fashion trends, and various forms of manipulation can affect prices.  You can't just figure that an item will continue to appreciate.  There probably will be significant peaks and valleys and the price of some things will can just drop off.  One thing affecting diamond prices is desire to not support "blood diamonds" or exploitation of the peoples involved in mining or producing products.  Although no one seems to mind the exploitation of populations in countries that produce many of our other more cheaply produced products.  Outrage is selectively manipulated too. 

And I've barely mentioned the continually changing price of the dollar which can distort perceptions of price changes.  The dollar today is not worth nearly what it was at one time.  When I was a child I bought candy bars for three cents.

$1 in 1800 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $24.42 today, an increase of $23.42 over 223 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 1.44% per year between 1800 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 2,341.83%.

This means that today's prices are 24.42 times as high as average prices since 1800, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index. A dollar today only buys 4.095% of what it could buy back then.  (According to the CPI Inflation Calculator)

If you are trying to decide if you should sell or keep your gold, silver and/or diamond finds there are many things to consider, and you still can't know what will happen in the future to affect the value of your finds.  You can't count on the value of silver or gold remaining constant or increasing at a constant rate.  Prices can change rapidly and dramatically.  It is difficult or impossible to determine how prices will trend in the long term.

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I once showed prices of a group of Bogota 2 escudos sold at auction in 1977 and compared that to another group sold at auction in 2016.  Below is an excerpt from that post.

I previously looked at prices of Mexican eight-escudos sold in the 1977 Bowers and Ruddy Auction.  I wanted to compare those prices with prices for Mexican 8-escudos in recent auctions.   I decided to compare prices of Bogota 2-escudos sold in 1977 with a nice sample of similar Mexico 2-escudos sold in the recent Sedwick Coins auction.

I found that there were 80 Bogota 2-escudos sold in the 1977 auction and nineteen 2-escudos sold in 2016 auction.  That is a pretty good number for comparison.

Above you see the realized prices charted for the Mexican 2-escudo sold in the 1977 auction.  The vast majority sold for around 135 dollars.  That, of course, was in 1977 dollars, which had about four times the purchasing power of 2016 U. S. dollars.  So adjusted for inflation, that typical prices would be four times 135, or $540.

To be more precise, the average realized price in 1977 dollars was $138.75.  The range was huge, due in large part to the one that sold for several times the average price.

Above is a chart showing the winning bids for the 19 Mexican 2-escudos sold in the 2016 auction.  The average selling price of these 19 Bogota 2-escudos was $1960.95.  Compared to the inflation adjusted average selling price of about $540 for the 1977 escudos , the average price of the escudos sold in 2016 was about 3 and a half times the prices realized in 1977.  That is over a period of about forty years.

Here is that link.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 6/9/16 Report - Looking At Some Bogota 2-escudos. Hillary, Bernie and Donald.

I did a post or two on inflation and the changing value of the dollar..  You can look that up if you are interested.

One other thing that stands out in both of those charts is that there are a few escudos that bring much higher prices than the average.  That is not surprising since there are simply some coins that are much nicer or stand out from the average for some reason.

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Disney Is Rotting From the Head Down (msn.com)

The best way to kill capitalism is to put anti-capitalists in high company positions.

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Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

11/29/23 Report - General Sherman's Civil War Weapon Dump. Thousands of Clay stamps or seals Found. Wax Seal from T. C.

 

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Civil War weapons thrown into river by General Sherman's forces recovered in South Carolina.

Civil War weapons, including an unexploded ordnance, were found during a cleanup project in a South Carolina river...

Relics associated with Sherman's destruction of Columbia that were found during cleanup include bullets, cannonballs and swords, some of which were displayed at a press conference on Nov. 13. At least one exploded ordnance was recovered and dealt with by munitions experts at Shaw Air Force Base...

Here is the link for more about that.

Civil War weapons thrown into river by General Sherman's forces recovered in South Carolina | Live Science

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2,000 ancient clay stamps used to seal official Roman documents discovered in Turkey

Researchers found thousands of clay stamps used to seal official documents inside a former city archive in Doliche...

The clay stamps range in size from 0.2 to 0.8 inches (5 to 20 millimeters) and were used to seal documents made of papyrus and parchment, a material made from the skin of a sheep or goat. Each seal contained an impression of a different god or religious symbol...

Here is the link for more about that.

2,000 ancient clay stamps used to seal official Roman documents discovered in Turkey | Live Science

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One of my all-time favorite Treasure Coast beach finds was a wax seal - not the stamp but the actual wax with impression.  It was stamped with the impression of a bird or eagle.  Unfortunately, it is encrusted in sand and the impression is not easy to see and impossible to photograph clearly.

Here is the link for my post about that find.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 2/3/16 Report - One Of The Most Remarkable Beach Finds That I Could Ever Imagine.

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Expect more small surf, off-shore winds and good high tides.

Good hunting

TreasuureGuide@comcast.net

11/28/23 Report - Hoard Found After Detectorists Alters His Approach. Which of Two Finds Is Most Valuable. Good Silver Prices.

 

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After he was encouraged by his doctor to become more active earlier this year, Erlend Bore Purchased his first metal detector. The 51-year-old Norwegian man began his Journey on the Norwegian island of Rennesoy where he quickly stumbled across the bounty.

Initially, he thought he had dug up some old chocolate coins only to be very pleasantly surprised with his discovery. The collection of jewellery included three gold rings, nine engraved gold pendants and ten gold pearls- all dating to the 6th century. Experts say the country hasn’t had a discovery this significant since the 1800s...

Bore made the significant discovery during the summer months. After a period of unsuccessful searching, he decided to alter his approach, as reported to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) via Google Translate. He gazed across the landscape and pondered, 'If I were in this location a long time ago, where would I have been?'

This contemplation led Bore to relocate to higher ground. It was there that his metal detector started emitting a beeping sound. He recalls, 'Suddenly, I found myself holding a valuable gold treasure,' and promptly shared a photograph of his discovery with local experts."...

Here is the link for more about that.

Eureka: Metal Detectorist in Norway Discovers Massive Collection of Gold Jewellery — Gold Industry Grou

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Two Small Forks.

I don't know why these forks are so small, but they are.  Can you tell which is the most valuable?

Take a guess.

Back of the top fork.
Silver Plate.

Back of the Fork Below.
Sterling.

Below is the one-year chart of silver, which closed at about $24.69/oz.

The little sterling fork weights .517 oz. troy, so it is worth about 11.8 dollars according to my calculations.

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We are having north northwest winds and a small surf but some nice high tides (over 3 feet).

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

11/26/23 Report - Treasure Coast Beaches Pretty Sandy and Going To Be Renourished. Detectorists Makes Rare and Valuable Find.

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Russ P. sent these photos of Turtle Trail and Seagrape Trail Sunday.

He mentioned that the beaches didn't look good but he did have one find that he described below.

I was however able to make what I think is an interesting find at another beach today. I decided to check some spots I know that were not replenished and found what I believe is a 1955 Bacardi rum bottle from Santiago de Cuba.

According to my research, the Bacardi family and the company left Cuba in exile in the 1960s after the Cuban government confiscated the company’s assets on October 14, 1960.

Also, bottle manufacturers would date their bottles using a two digit code for the year of manufacture on the bottom. This bottle is marked “55” and Santiago de Cuba on the bottom as well.

I would then conclude that this is a Barcadi bottle from Cuba dated 1955.

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In 2015, David Hole was prospecting in Maryborough Regional Park near Melbourne, Australia.

Armed with a metal detector, he discovered something out of the ordinary – a very heavy, reddish rock resting in some yellow clay.

He took it home and tried everything to open it, sure that there was a gold nugget inside the rock – after all, Maryborough is in the Goldfields region, where the Australian gold rush peaked in the 19th century.

To break open his find, Hole tried a rock saw, an angle grinder, a drill, even dousing the thing in acid. However, not even a sledgehammer could make a crack. That's because what he was trying so hard to open was no gold nugget.

As he found out years later, it was a rare meteorite...

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You will probably find jewelry that is nothing more than costume jewelry, however some costume jewelry can be worth finding.

Here is a resource for learning more about costume jewelry and how to identify better pieces.

Here is the link.

An expert guide to vintage costume jewellery | Christie's (christies.com)

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We are still getting some good high tides, but not much else to help beach conditions.

Good hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

11/26/23 Report - Two Large Hoards: 100,000 Coins in One Hoard, and Million Copper Coins in Another. Plumb-Bobs.

 

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Archaeologists in Japan have unearthed a massive stash of about 100,000 coins in Maebashi, a city about 60 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Tokyo.

The hoard was found during excavations ahead of the construction of a factory, reported The Asahi Shimbun a newspaper in Japan. Only 334 of the coins have been examined so far, with the oldest one originating from China and dating to 175 B.C. and the most recent coin dating to A.D. 1265, the newspaper reported.

The coins were found in 1,060 bundles, with each bundle containing about 100 coins, The Asahi Shimbun said. The oldest coin has the Chinese inscription "Banliang" engraved on it. Banliang coins were commonly made in China around 2,200 years ago; the inscription translates to "half ounce," according to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City...

Here is the link for ore about that.

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/hoard-of-100000-centuries-old-coins-discovered-in-japan 

Thanks to Willia K for the link above as well as the one below.

A family found a secret stash of coins worth thousands when clearing out the home of a late relative.

Real estate agent John Rice from California found a secret room filled with one million copper coins while clearing out his late father-in-law's home.

The treasure is estimated to be worth around $10,000, according to JPost.

During the clear-out, members of the family originally stumbled upon several coins stuffed in rolls of paper.

However, the main collection was not discovered until they found the hidden space in the basement...

Here is that link.

https://www.the-sun.com/money/9678416/man-found-huge-coin-haul-secret-warehouse-prize?utm_source=native_share&utm_medium=sharebar_native&utm_campaign=sharebaramp 

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Yesterday I showed some artifact finds. One might be a plumb bob. Joe D. sent this story of the plumb bob in history.

A brief history of the Plumb Bob - Wonkee Donkee Tools

It is a good article that tells how plumb bobs changed over the centuries, which can help you determine a general age or period.

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Nothing out there to change beach conditions much in the near future.  We are having nice high tides though.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

11/25/23 Report - Three Old Artifact Finds Including a Mystery Item or Two. New Treasure Coast Beach Renourishment Plans.

 

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Three Finds for Identification.

Frank B. sent in these photos of three finds along with the following email.

Hi there, TreasureGuide,

I hope you are well! You published an article about taking another look at old finds and I decided to inspect some of my unidentified finds from my time detecting in Panama (the country) and Colombia a few years ago. I've attached some photos of 3 relics that piqued my curiosity today; dug on a site that had human activity from the mid-1500s (Spanish colonial) to the mid 1800s (Gold Rush 49er camp). I consulted the link you have posted on your site, Spanish Colonial Artifacts Ebook, and I believe I identified one of the items as a crossbow point (page 107 of the Ebook). But the other 2 I have no idea- one appears to be iron and the other lead- both are heavy. I was thinking maybe they are weight measures of some kind or perhaps the lead thing is a mold to make something (there's a hole at the top as if it was strung up somewhere and an indentation on the other end). I'd love to get your feedback on what you think they could be!

Thanks,

Frank

Thanks Frank.

The one item looks like a sounding lead.   Frank did some additional research and that seems to be correct.

What do you think the top-shaped item is?

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Ohhhhhhh Noooooo.

Here we go again.  I said yesterday that Treasure Shores Park was going to be closed to begin a renourishment project.  But the renourishment is only starting there and will extend to Turtle Trail. 

Below is the Indian River County Facebook page (sent to me by DJ), which describes their plans.

Thanks to DJ for that alert.

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Yesterday I showed a little rectangular metal box that was found by Dan B. who wondered what it might be.

Joe d. said, Dan's box,(can only base on the single pic) looks like a match box! Snuff boxes generally aren't that small a rectangular box!

My first thought was toothpick case, although it could be used for any of a variety of small but probably long thin objects, so it definitely could be a match case.

What do you think?

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I just noticed that the Google stats on TreasureBeachesReport.blogspot.com showed almost 10,000 views yesterday.

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The surf isn't going to be much, but there are going to be a couple big high tides Saturday.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

11/24/23 Report - A Recent Metal Detecting Hunt and a Variety of Finds from the Treasure Coast. Park Closure for...

 

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Bracelet Found by Dan B.

Dan sent the following email along with the accompanying photos.

Today was just one of those spectacular days. I truly don't get them very often and today was one of the best.   My family was away for the holiday and I stayed back for work...so I decided to go out and do some more hardcore hunting and was rewarded over and over. 

I spent hours walking the river.  All the rain and wind had transformed the area quite a bit.  The water was very high and there was a lot of material and bottles to look through.  I walked much further than I have ever been and found a bottle dump that I never knew existed full of beautifully colored glass and ceramics from probably the turn of the last century.  

On my walk back I I was purposely looking for things roadside when a golden bracelet blinked at me from many feet away.  It was on a concrete culvert where some kids were probably sitting.   I knew it was gold by the clasp right away and was really thrilled to find such a nice piece.   

As I was driving South and examining the piece, I realized that not only had it been crushed but it was missing an ending. I first thought it was just a crushed loop that was missing but then it hit me. I tried the bracelet on my wrist and it wasn't even close to fitting.  So I assumed and hoped there was a chunk missing in the grass.  I went and looked (with some curious onlookers) and after failing to find it I looked at a video I had taken to identify the exact spot.  When I did, I looked in the right area and wham! Another nice section of bracelet.  So thrilling. 

But that wasn't it.. and I apologize for the long windedness but it will be worth the read.

I then proceeded to a favorite railroad area that has been very good to me in the past. This time rigged with both coils instead of just the sniper I have been using for years.  I got setup with the lager coil and set to just get some swing time.  

I first checked the bracelet on my AT pro and was very very surprised to get a 41/42 reading which is clearly in the foil region. That is especially good to know but painful at the same time if you know what I mean. Would have never imagined.  Of course I am yet to test the bracelet but I have no doubts of it's authenticity.

So as if my day wasn't already thrilling enough, I just started to find stuff left and right because of the depth abilities of the larger coil.    I also have to confirm this but my results were contradictory to my expectations in high iron spots. I thought for sure that a smaller coil would be better for trash spots but I cleaned up today in nail alley with that standard coil for the AT pro.  (Working on theories for those observations) 

And I was digging some very deep holes. 

Out of all of the targets, the only thing I can't identify is the tiny rectangular box that would slide open. 

I would love to hear anyone's thoughts on the mystery box and what might be inside. I hope you enjoyed sharing my adventure.  Good stuff

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

And Happy Holidays. 

                                          Dan B

Below are some other items found by Dan B.

What do you think the little box is? 

Let Dan know.

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Source: surfguru.com

As you can see, a small surf is expected for the next week.  The high tides will still be pretty high though.  

I'd like to see some good low tides.

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Ohhhhhh  Nooooo! 

Here it comes again.

Treasure Shores Park will be closed Monday the 27th for beach renourishment.

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Tomorrow I plan to show some older relics.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

11/23/23 Report - HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Some Traditional Thanksgiving Food for Thought.

 

Just a little diversion today.

The first description of the turkey was written by Oviedo in 1525 in his General and Natural History of the Indies.

Native Americans first raised domestic turkeys in Mexico and Central America, who bred them into domestication from a subspecies of the North American wild turkey maybe as early as 25 A.D.

Spanish explorers took some of those domesticated turkeys back to Europe around 1519. They spread rapidly among European farmers and were popular fare among the elites.

In 1541, Archbishop Cranmer ordered that large fowl such as cranes, swans, and turkeys “should be but one in a dish”. The turkey became a common dish at all festivals in England during the 1500s. They were the usual fare at Christmas Dinner.

• Turkeys returned to the Americas with English colonists in Virginia and Massachusetts in the early 1600s. Those colonists were surprised to learn that Native Americans had already been tapped into the native wild turkeys that had remained part of the American landscape all along.
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• John James Audubon once had a pet turkey in Henderson, Kentucky, that he caught at the age of two days old. It became the favorite of the village and followed anyone who called it. At age two years, it flew off and did not return. A while later, Audubon ordered his dog to chase a large gobbler he saw during a walk of 5 miles. The turkey paid no attention to the dog, and Audubon realized it was his favorite pet, being unafraid of the dog.

To Extinction and Back

• Turkeys were numerous in oak and chestnut forests in Massachusetts. From 1711 to 1717, they sold at market for 1 shilling 4 pence, but by 1820, the birds had significantly declined, and the price had increased 10-fold. The last turkey was killed in Massachusetts in 1821.
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• During most of the 20th century, Wild Turkeys almost went extinct due to habitat loss. However, due to an ambitious relocation program, the Wild Turkey can now be found in large numbers in every state in the US except Alaska.

Here is the link for more about the history of the wild turkey.

The Wild Turkey: History of an All-American Bird | Almanac.com

Now let's add a couple sides.

1550: A Sour Staple 

Cranberries were a staple for Native Americans, who harvested wild cranberries and used them in a variety of remedies, foods and drinks. National Geographic’s Sarah Whitman-Salkin writes that the berries were even used in an energy bar-like food called “pemmican,” which served as a vital source of nutrition for fur traders during the winter months.

1816: Commercial Cranberries

Commercial cranberry cultivation started in the United States in 1816. Shawnie M. Kelley writes that when Captain Henry Hall, a Revolutionary war veteran, came across a cranberry vine thriving in some sand on Cape Cod, he became the first person to successfully cultivate cranberries. 

1912: Cranberries in a Can

Cranberry sauce may be a Turkey Day staple, but it wasn’t available in a can until 1912, when a lawyer named Marcus L. Urann revolutionized the industry got the idea to buy a cranberry bog and can cranberries. He eventually formed a cranberry cooperative that renamed itself Ocean Spray. By 1940, cranberry sauce had become the jiggly, canned log beloved (and argued over) by millions of Americans.

Here is the cranberry link.

A Brief History of Cranberries | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine

And here is the history of the potatoe.

History of the potato - Wikipedia

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

From the TreasureGuide@comcast.net

11/22/23 Report - Some recent finds and a previous post that helped one reader.

 

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Tungsten Ring Found by John H.

I received the following email and these three photos from John H.

Found on South Hutchinson Island, just south of Island resort by Marriott. ok to tell location. Finds are very hard to come by for the last week or two. Everything here is sanded in deep. I found both of these coins about 4 feet apart at the highest point of the morning low tide line. They are from The Netherlands I guess. I did not reverse the image the letters really are backwards, or seem to be. Strange that the larger coin is 47 years old and the smaller is 28 years old. They sounded terrible on the 800 and are made of inferior metals I think, "highly magnetic" and they seemed to be fresh drops. The Ring was a real heartbreaker, it weighs 23g the heaviest ring I have ever found.

I found your 11/19 post very helpful, choosing a beach to hunt when the conditions are poor, being ready to leave or dismissing a beach all together, slowing down when signals are few and far between or faint-deep, trying pinpoint mode, etc.

As always, thank you for the work you do on the treasure coast beach reports.

Netherlands 25 ct. Find.

This Netherlands 25 ct. is 3 grams of nickel.

25 Cents - Beatrix - Netherlands – Numista

1976 1 Gulden

The 1 Gulden is 6 g nickel.

See 1 Gulden - Juliana - Netherlands – Numista for more information.


Thanks for sharing John.


Many foreign coins contain a lot of iron. That was what I expected for these, but the Numista site says these are nickel.

Here is the link to the 11/19 that John said he found very helpful.
Treasure Beaches Report: Pt. 2. (2020 and Beyond). : 11/19/23 Report - A Couple Recent Treasure Coast Ring Finds and a Few Notes on the Methodology Employed. (tbr2020.blogspot.com)

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The surf is smaller now, but we're supposed to have a nice high afternoon high tide Wednesday.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

11/21/23 Report - Anchor of Steamship St. Lucie Found. 3,000 Ancient Coins and Gems Found. Decreasing Surf.

 

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Archelogoists have discovered an anchor dating back to a 19th-century steamship that was swept away in an early 1900s hurricane in Biscayne National Park over the summer.

The National Park Service announced the discovery on Friday, saying that the anchor was a part of the St. Lucie, which sank in 1906 after sailing into a hurricane while carrying more than 100 people, including early Miami pioneers. According to NPS, while sinking in only 13 feet of water, 26 individuals died, making it one of the worst confirmed maritime disasters occurring in what is now Biscayne National Park...

Carrying more than 100 laborers, engineers and railroad employees' families, the St. Lucie sailed into a hurricane on October 18, 1906, while traversing between Miami and Knights Key. There, it encountered the worst part of the storm about 25 miles south of Miami near Elliott Key, when it attempted to sail close to shore and deploy anchors to try to ride it out. However, the St. Lucie capsized and forced survivors to attempt to swim to the nearby island, which was nearly inundated by the storm surge...

Here is the link for more about that.

Archeologists discover anchor belonging to early 20th century shipwreck in Biscayne National Park - CBS Miami (cbsnews.com)

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Archaeologists in Italy have unearthed more than 3,000 coins and 50 gems, many of which were emblazoned with the images of ancient Roman deities.

The massive finding was made during ongoing excavations at Claterna (also spelled Claternae), a Roman town located near modern-day Bologna, according to a translated statement from the Italian Ministry of Culture...

Here is that link.

More than 3,000 Roman coins and gems unearthed at 'magical place' in northern Italy | Live Science

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The surf will be decreasing through the week from about 3 - 4 feet down to around one or two feet.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net