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Above is a 1964 dime. Disregard the splotch on the right side of the coin, which occured after the find. Another metal find leached onto it. That is a good reminder. It should have been kept safely separated from other types of items.
Here is another metal detector find. It is a 1954 quarter.
And below is another quarter.
All three photos were taken with the same camera set-up and lighting.
If you haven't figured it out already, one of the coins was found on a saltwater beach. Another one of the coins was found along an old path in hard packed earth. And the third was found in a cold fresh water lake. Can you tell which is which?
The dime was found along the path in hard packed soil in West Virginia. Not all the silver coins from the path look that nice, but they generally look pretty nice. This one was in such nice condition, it surprised me. I didn't clean it other than simply wiping the dirt off.
If you compare the two quarters, they look pretty different. The bottom one is old, but that isn't what made the biggest difference in the patina.
The bottom one (the 1937) was found on a salt water beach and has a black matte patina, which is pretty typical of saltwater beach silver coins.
The 1954 quarter looks very nice - even nicer to the eye than the closeup photos shows. It has a shiney bluish gun metal color, which doesn't show very well in the photo. To my eye, it is very attractive, as are the other silver coins from the same location. It came from a cold freshwater lake in Minnesota. The cold fresh water caused very little corrosion. All the silver coins and medallions from the lake had that same bright gun metal blue patina.
Here is another silver coin from the same lake. It is an older photo taken through the cellophane of the coin holder. I still had it on my thumb drive and noticed it when doing this post.
Again, you can't see the nice bluish color from the photo, but the freshwater lake coins have a patina that is very different from the coins found in saltwater or from saltwater beaches.
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A Discovery Changes the Origin of Metallurgy: The Last Hunter-Gatherers of Anatolia Were Already Working Copper More Than 9,000 Years Ago...
Copper metallurgy is traditionally considered a technology that emerged during the Chalcolithic, around 4000 BCE, when Neolithic societies were already well established. However, the findings at Gre Fılla challenge this chronology, suggesting that copper processing may have begun much earlier.
The team analyzed a series of objects and fragments using advanced techniques such as X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (pXRF), flame atomic absorption spectroscopy (FAAS), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Among the most intriguing elements is a copper bar-shaped object and a vitrified material with small embedded copper droplets...
Copper metallurgy is traditionally considered a technology that emerged during the Chalcolithic, around 4000 BCE, when Neolithic societies were already well established. However, the findings at Gre Fılla challenge this chronology, suggesting that copper processing may have begun much earlier.
The team analyzed a series of objects and fragments using advanced techniques such as X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (pXRF), flame atomic absorption spectroscopy (FAAS), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Among the most intriguing elements is a copper bar-shaped object and a vitrified material with small embedded copper droplets...
Here is the link for more about that.
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Below is a bottle I found some time ago, but never was able learn much about.
Below is a better view of the writing on the back.
Like almost all of my bottle finds, this bottle came from the Treasure Coast area.
I learned that the Milkette bottle was for a coconut milk drink. On the bottom is the number 65 which I'm pretty sure is the date code. So, it is 1965.
I only found one similar bottle, which was on eBay and dated to 1964.
It was sold by the Yoo-Hoo company of Miami Florida.
Yoo-hoo began introducing new flavors to its lineup in 1995, including chocolate-coconut, chocolate-mint, chocolate-banana, and chocolate-strawberry. Yoo-hoo's other flavors have included vanilla, strawberry, cookies & cream, chocolate peanut butter, and chocolate caramel. The Double Fudge, banana, and Island Coconut flavors were discontinued.
I'd like to know anything more you can find about Milkette. Thanks.
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Looks like a wind shift in a couple days and some higher surf, but a foot or so less than predicted yesterday.
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