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| Vintage Diamond Ring Find by Mark G. |
Mark G. metal detected the location where the cafe at Jensen Beach was recently torn down. I already posted about his previous two hunts. Below is what he said about his third hunt at the same location.
Last email on this subject I have to hit it hard before they start building the new dunes. Third time this evening a lot less quarters more pennies but that’s to be expected. I posted before the silver bracelet and the silver chain with gold pendant, well today I got a vintage silver diamond ring (real diamonds). I was hoping for more silver coins, but 40 years isn’t old enough, the 1965 Quarter is as close as I came until today. Today I found a 1945 war nickel. I’ve found 1964 nickels but there were no pre 1965 silver nickels. Unless you count the war nickel 1942 to 1945. The patina stuck out to me and I had learned before about the war nickel. For forty years people have been dropping coins and jewelry through the boards to just lay there and maybe get wet from the rain for years and only now it is able to be detected.
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| 1945 Nickel Find by Mark G. |
Below is a message from SedwickCoins.com about coin collecting and values.
While we always stress that numismatics is a hobby, there is no denying it can be financially profitable as well. Why? Obviously, soaring precious metal prices help, but there is more to the story. The answer is that rare old coins, paper money, ingots, and artifacts are limited commodities. They were made in a certain quantity and survived at a certain rate, but that’s it: No more will be made. So then it becomes a matter of demand, and when demand is high, there is no limit as to what something rare can be worth.
Our auctions are packed with unique or near-unique items whose current value depends on you, the bidders. Our consignors depend on us to present these coins and artifacts in their best light, but only the bidders can decide the prices. At a time when the world is very concerned about financial matters, this is the time for collectors to put idle money into rare assets.
Shipwreck items are particularly good performers these days. In many cases, certain items are only available from shipwrecks, hence their already limited population is further restricted by whether they were legally commercially recovered, hardly a sure bet these days. That is why original certificates (or those from qualified professionals) are such a big deal.
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Near Carrizal de Bravo in the Sierra of Guerrero, a cave known as Tlayócoc has revealed an archaeological treasure that could rewrite part of Mexico’s pre-Hispanic history. The discovery, made in the fall of 2023 by a local guide and a Russian speleologist, has sparked the interest of experts from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), who confirmed the significance of the objects found: engraved shell bracelets, black stone discs, and other artifacts that were likely deposited as offerings more than 500 years ago.
It all began when Adrián Beltrán Dimas, a young guide from the community of Carrizal de Bravo, accompanied speleologist Yekaterina Katiya Pavlova to explore the Tlayócoc cave, as part of a mapping project the researcher is conducting in the region. After reaching an already known area, they decided to go deeper into a submerged passage that led them to a hidden chamber.
What they found left them speechless: two finely engraved shell bracelets, placed on stalagmites, accompanied by another bracelet, a giant snail shell, and several black stone discs — similar to pyrite mirrors — some whole and others fragmented...
Pre-Hispanic Offerings Deposited by an Extinct Civilization Discovered in a Sacred Cave in Mexico
When you are beach detecting, keep your eyes open for good shells and artifacts. Some nice ones have been found.
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I plan to post more tomorrow on quickly revisiting metal detecting sites.
Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net