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| Lure Finds. |
When metal detecting it isn't uncommon to find a fishing lure along the way. Not paying too much attention at the time, I pick them up and take them home along with my other finds. When I finally get around to looking at them, there are some that I'm eager to try out, so I replace the old rusty hooks with new sharp hooks and when I get a chance, see if they actually catch fish. I enjoy trying out lures I'd never take a chance on if I had to pay for them, but I'll never have to buy another lure because of all those that I've found.
I like to find lures for more than one reason. Some of them I'll use, but I'll also resell a few. And then there are the older and collectible ones, which are few and far between. I've only found one old one made of wood. And I found one that was made to glow in the dark like the vintage plastic ice cycle Christmas tree ornaments that were injected wit phosphors to glow in the dark. Maybe you remember those.
Generally, though, I find fishing lures somewhat colorful, occasionally kind of pretty or interesting. As they say, fishing lures have to catch a fisherman before they can catch a fish.
The above is a small selection of those I've found. I just removed the old rusty hooks.
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As you know, I've been going through some old find photos that I recently rediscovered. I promised to return to the group of finds I briefly showed yesterday.
Yesterday I just made a few comments, mostly on the watches were at the bottom of the photo. Today I wanted to comment on a few of the smaller finds from that same photo.
Looks like a pretty common gold count. I was usually doing 20 - 30 pieces of gold per month around that time. This group doesn't show a lot of quality - perhaps a little less than average although there are a number of rings with small diamonds.
There are a least a couple class rings, which are common finds on Florida beaches.
This group of finds shows more silver and junk metal than I usually included in my periodic find photos. I include them only when they are interesting in some way, in this case there are some older pieces.
Yesterday I mentioned that the ladies Gucci watches were pretty common finds. I see another common type of find in this group, but this time it is gold. I'm talking about the Claddagh ring near the bottom of the second column.
I've found several Claddagh rings and talked about them in the past. The one finds photo is modern, but Claddagh rings have a long history and have been found on Spanish shipwrecks. See Treasure Beaches Report: Pt. 2. (2020 and Beyond). : 5/29/22 Report - Friendship Bracelet and Rings from 1715 Fleet Shipwreck Beaches. Chemists Bottle Find.
Here is a silver Claddagh I once found on a Treasure Coast beach.
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| Claddagh Ring Find from 1715 Fleet Beach. |
At the top of the finds photo is a matched pair of earrings. As I've said before, earring finds are usually single earrings. It is not often you find a matched pair of earrings.
I also notice an unusual crucifix on a two-barred Latin cross in the photo. Interesting! I'll do some more research on that one if I can find it. There is a lot to see on that one. Too bad the photo doesn't show it better.
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| Interesting Crucifix Find. |
Most of the finds from this group are pretty unremarkable even though there is a fair amount of gold. None of those finds really stuck out in my memory.
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| Fort Pierce Inlet Surf Forecast From Surfguru.com. |
The Treasure Coast surf is still small. That means more good salvage weather and shallow water hunting outside of the occasional thunder storms.
Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcastnet