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Thursday, January 9, 2025

1/9/25 Report - Bundle Up and Keep Moving. Coin Cache Found. Shipwreck. Head on Beach. Cocal Cola Bottles ID.

 

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


A hoard of coins dating back to the 11th Century has been found at the site of a future nuclear power station.

Oxford Cotswold Archaeology discovered a lead package containing 321 silver coins in mint condition during excavations at Sizewell C on the Suffolk coast.


The team believed the bundle of coins could have been the savings pot of a local figure, fearing regime changes following the coronation of Edward the Confessor in 1042...


Here is the link for more about that.



The lead container is interesting.  

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Divers Discover 2,500-Year-Old Shipwreck Off the Coast of Sicily

Dating to the fifth or sixth century B.C.E., the vessel could provide new insights into the relationship between the ancient Greeks and Carthaginians...

Here is a link for more about that.


Here is a link to a YouTube video on that.


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MIAMI-DADE - Police are looking for clues after a man's head apparently washed up on Key Biscayne on Tuesday morning.

Detectives said a worker discovered a head at 8:36 a.m. on the beach behind the Key Colony II Ocean Sound condominium building at 251 Crandon Blvd...

Here is the link for more about that.

Human head that washed ashore in South Florida belonged to missing swimmer

I found a lot more brass knuckles and switch blades in the water off Key Biscayne than anywhere else.  

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I found a good article on the evolution of the Coca Cola bottle that will help you date the bottles and sites on which they are found.

Here is the beginning.

The story behind the birth of a contour bottle is quite interesting. However, before its inception, some Coca-Cola iterations roamed around for decades. Coca-Cola was a soda fountain beverage until 1899, when two Chattanooga lawyers, Joseph Whitehead and Benjamin Thomas, acquired the bottling rights.

Soon after signing the contract, Coca-Cola hit massive sales in both fountain and bottle form. By 1920, over a thousand Coca-Cola bottling operations had been built. Although its competitors tried to copy the brand’s trademark, no one could beat the booming popularity of this American corporation...

And here is the link.

The Evolution of the Coca-Cola Glass Bottle: From 1899 to 2023

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Fort Pierce Forecast from Surfguru.com.

The obvious news is the cold air.  We are not having a huge surf, but there is a good north swell.  The will wash some beach fronts.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

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