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| Recent Beach Cam Image of Jensen Beach Captured by Mark G. |
Notice the parallel lines running along the beach in the photo. Mark G. noticed that a few days ago and wondered about them. Mark said he saw the machine and it looks like it just grades the beach.
Some beaches use beach cleaning machines that will pick up chains and other good items.
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The tale of the 1850 Baldwin & Co. Horseman $10 gold coin is as captivating as the era that produced it. Rooted in the California Gold Rush, this remarkable piece of history stands out for its rarity and unique and iconic design. The coin’s history begins with Frederick D. Kohler, a private San Francisco coiner whose innovative efforts laid the groundwork for one of the most distinctly different coins from the Gold Rush period.
Frederick D. Kohler had been minting coins for the ill-fated Miner's Bank before its collapse in 1849. In 1850, Kohler transitioned to his own venture, Kohler & Co., and enlisted the talents of local engraver, Albercht Kuner, to create dies for a $10 gold piece. Unlike many Pioneer gold issues that mimicked the U.S. Mint's Liberty Head gold coinage, Kuner’s design took a fundamentally different approach. He crafted the now-famous image of a vaquero, or horseman, on horseback...
Here is the link for more about that.
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A Connecticut man was sentenced on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, to five years of probation, including one year of home confinement, after deceiving a seller, acquiring over 100 gold coins under false pretenses, and transporting them across state lines...
Dawson, who presented himself as a property buyer and reseller, entered into a deal with a Massachusetts-based cleanout business owner, Person-1. In December 2022, while clearing an estate in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Person 1 came across 170 Queen Elizabeth II Canadian Gold Maple Leaf Coins, valued collectively at approximately $290,000. Person 1 arranged to sell 120 of those coins to Dawson with approval from the estate...
Here is the link for more about that.Connecticut Man Sentenced for Gold Coin Fraud - Numismatic News
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Hundreds of human bones have been dredged from the bottom of England's River Thames over the past two centuries, and a new study of these skeletons suggests that most of them date back to the Bronze and Iron ages. But why people deposited corpses into the Thames remains an open question...
Here is the link for more about that.
---Here is the Wabasso surf chart.
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| Wabasso Surf Chart. Source: Surfguru.com. |
Watch those wind changes.
Good hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net