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| Treasure Found Map. Clip From Google Maps. |
Many of the so-called treasure maps are supposed to show you where treasure was hidden or lost and might be found. Above you see a Google Maps clip that shows where treasure was found back in the mid-1970s. It was a hoard of Spanish coins, which were mostly dated 1713 - 1715 and therefore thought to be from the 1715 Fleet.
Local resident and detectorist John Durham, discouraged that an area he liked to metal detect was being developed, decided one follow the tracks of the bulldozer that was clearing the land for what would become the Sebatian Walmart. That turned out to be a good decision. He found a Spanish eight-reale was found and then another and went home to get his metal detector and found many more coins. John ended up with a couple hundred nice 1715 Fleet coins in especially nice condition, having never been corroded or roughed up by the sea.
Some of those coins have come up for auction and can been seen in auction catalogs. The hoard is often called the Bulldozer Hoard or Bulldozer Bonanza.
I tell you about that to remind you that not all shipwreck treasures are found in the sea or on the beach. They have also been found at inland sites.
In the Jensen area, the ridge overlooking the river and sea have produced some good treasures. I've shown some of those before. Below is an example of what can happen when you turn a little earth.
Of course, there are many other good examples.
You might start by browsing some old maps. Just to get your juices going, you might take out an old Frank Hudson book and scan maps like the one shown below.
I've heard from readers who have actually found treasures exactly where indicated by Frank's maps. I've also head about people showing up to find what they thought looked like a hole from a previously removed treasure.
I'm sure there is still a lot of treasure just below the surface still waiting to be discovered.
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| CHIVAS BROTHERS ABERDEEN SCOTLAND Embossed Green Bottle. |
Here is a bottle find that probably dates between 1949 and 1961, according to what I've been able to learn. It reads: CHIVAS BROTHERS/ABERDEEN SCOTLAND.
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| CHIVAS BROTHERS ABERDEEN SCOTLAND Embossed Green Bottle. |
Chivas Brothers traces its history back to a grocery business selling quality provisions, wine and spirits in Aberdeen in 1801.
In 1836, James (26 years) and John Chivas (22 years) left their home in Overton of Dudwick, to find work in Aberdeen.
Their cousin Alexander Chivas found them jobs – James working for William Edward, the grocer in Castle Street, and John with D.L. Shirres, merchant and hat maker in George Street....
Charles Stewart Howard started blending for Chivas Brothers when he and Alexander Stewart took over Chivas Brothers in 1895.
By 1909, Chivas Brothers had extensive knowledge and expertise on aging and blending whiskies and had built up extensive stocks of maturing whisky.
The first Chivas Regal was created by Master Blender Charles Howard, a blended whisky containing whisky 25 years old produced primarily for the North American Market. Often considered the world’s first luxury whisky....
Source: Our Story | The Chivas Brothers Story
Very soon I'll be posting more on this bottle and its history on my TGBottleBarn.blogspot.com site.
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