11/12/23 Report - Some Clues That Will Help You Date the Age of Earrings and Sites. High Tide Today.

 

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

Some Old Costume Earring Finds.

The earrings shown above are costume jewelry and aren't worth much, but they might help you date a detecting site.  One thing you will notice is that there are three different types of findings or ways that they attach to the ear.

The following illustration shows some of those and some others as well.

If you've been metal detecting very long, you've probably found most of thos

Did you know that the fitting or way it attaches to the ear can tell you something about the age of the earring and therefore possibly something about the age of the site.

Below is an illustration showing when different types of earrings were introduced.

That illustration is found on the Hobby Lark site.  Here is the link.

 5 Easy Clues for Dating Antique or Vintage Jewelry - HobbyLark.

So the two round earrings in my first photo would be no earlier than 1934, and the simple silver post earring, no earlier than 1920, and the one on the far right, no earlier than 1909.

I thought they were probably vintage, and I don't see anything to contradict that.

If you want to identify older styles, here is another resource.

Guide to 18th Century Jewelry History [Updated] - Working the Flame

When you go back a couple hundred years, you'll often see shepherd's hook earrings, like those shown below. 

18th Century Earrings.

You have to be careful though.  Shepherd's hook earrings are still made today as are other of the older styles so you have to consider other indicators as well.

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Surf Chart For the Fort Pierce Inlet Area from SurfGuru.com.

So the surf will start to get bigger today.  The first high tide today will be real big (over 3.3 feet) and the later one will also be big, but not quite so big.

Then the surf will peak about Tuesday at five to six feet.  The wind and swells look easterly though.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net