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The First of Many Coins in the NGC 1715 Fleet Gallery.
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The NGC site provides a lot to look at. It has sections on grading, conservation, news, resources and more. If you open the recourses menu, you find some things you'll probably like to see.
There are many galleries to choose from. They include galleries on various shipwreck and a wide variety of others. One of the ones you might like to browse is the 1715 Fleet gallery, which includes quality photos of two or three hundred gold coins from the 1715 Fleet. My impression was that it offered more than Alan Craig's book. The illustration above shows just the first a two or three hundred gold coins in the 1715 Fleet gallery.
Here's the first example in the S.S. Republic gallery, for another exmaple.
There are galleries on ancient coins, silver dollars, and many other types of coins.
Here is the link for you to use.
NGC Galleries | View Famous Coin Collections | NGC
And here is the link to the section on U.S. coin varieties, which shows for one cent, nickels, dimes, quarters, dollars and gold dollars the many varieties for each coin.
United States Categories | VarietyPlus® | NGC
You'll find double die and many other varieties, which is a valuable resource.
You might want to look at the section on their shipwreck designations. Here is that link.
Shipwreck Coin Effect Designation Guide | NGC
Take a look at the NGC site. I'm pretty sure you'll find something you like.
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I've been looking for marks on some old finds that I never tested for some reason but just put aside for a while. They aren't the most interesting or consequential finds, but not totally worthless either. In fact, a few grams at a time really adds up when you're talking about gold these days.
I recently posted a number of very small gold chains that were marked with very tiny marks, and now I found this 14K earring.
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| 14K Earring Mark. |
I think this is the first time I found a karat mark on the end like that. It was one of those things I suspected was gold but finally found the mark.
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I went on a bottle hunt but didn't expect to find anything, but did find a couple interesting items, but not anything valuable.
I found what appeared to be a an aqua beer bottle, When I saw it I guessed it was probably an Adolphus Busch bottle. When I got it cleaned enough to see the bottom, I could see A. B. G. M. Co.
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| Aqua Bottle Find. |
After some cleaning I saw A. B. G. M. Co. on the bottom. That maker's mark is for the Adophus Busch Glass Manufacturing Company, so I was right about that. Looks like it would probably date to between 1900 and the 1920s. I'll have to compare it to my other Adolphus Busch bottles.
I didn't really expect to find anything on that hunt, so that was not bad. I also found a couple of "almosts," including this bottle bottom.
This one is marked L. & Co. on the bottom, but it is probably J. L. & Co., meaning the John Lumb & Co. of London, and dating to early 1900s. In 1915 Walker's Whiskey (Johnnie Walker) took it over.
I've learned in recent years to check the bottom for maker's marks and other information.
I also picked up this item bearing a lens, which in the sand and mud, I thought could have been a bottle.
I removed the heavy glass lens, which I would have liked if it wasn't so broken.
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| Glass Lens Removed from Frame. |
Just goes to show that despite many previous bottle hunts, there is still old stuff to be found.
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Before I wind up today, I've posted the following bottle before but would like to know if anyone knows of a Florida dairy or can provide information on a dairy named Biltmore.
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| Biltmore Dairy Bottle. |
The phone number, consisting of a single digit followed by four more numbers indicates a date between 1920 and 1950.
It seems much more likely, and AI agrees, that the bottle is from some lesser known Miami area dairy named Biltmore rather than coming from the much better known but distant Biltmore dairy of Asheville.
Any information on a Florida Biltmore dairy would be greatly appreciated.
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There is now no tropical activity for us on the National Hurricane Center map and the Treasure Coast surf remains very small.
There will be a decent low tide around noon.
Good hunting,
Treausreguide@comcast.net
