Treasure, World, U.S. Coin and Paper Money Auction 38
Live on the Internet, Thursday-Saturday, November 13, 14, & 15, 2025
This auction brings together one of the most complete and exciting selections we have ever offered, combining important named collections with individual rarities from all across the world of numismatics. The result is a sale that captures the full story of coinage in the Americas and beyond. As usual, it is consignors and bidders who make this possible, so we thank you all!
... everything we sell is guaranteed and certifiable at any time.
First, it is our privilege to present the Sedwick-Downing Collection of Charles-Joanna Coinage of Mexico City, the result of more than a decade of study and collecting...
For this auction, we hit the ground running with the McGregor Collection of Gold Cobs from the 1715 Fleet... While this collection showcases a full range of denominations of gold cobs from Mexico City (including a fabulous Royal-dies 1714 8 escudos) and Lima, it also contributes to significant offerings from Cuzco and Cartagena... In fact, in this sale we feature all of the famous United States shipwrecks, namely S.B. Pulaski (1838), S.S. New York (1846), S.S. Central America (1857), S.S. Brother Jonathan (1865), and S.S. Republic(1865)....
Finally, our auctions are unique for offering treasures in coin jewelry and shipwreck artifacts in a wide range of time periods (over two centuries), particularly from the Atocha (1622), Concepción (1641), Bannister’s pirate ship Golden Fleece (1686), 1715 Fleet, and S.S. Central America(1857)...
Session Schedule
Thursday November 13
Session I Gold Cobs & Shipwreck Coins 9:30 AM EST - Lots 1-517
Session II: Silver Cobs 6:00 PM EST- Lots 518-821
Friday November 14
Session III: World Coins 9:30 AM EST- Lots 822-1340
Session IV: Medals, US Coins & World Paper 4:00 PM EST- Lots 1341-1444
Session V: Ancient Coins, Coin Jewelry & Artifacts 5:30 PM EST- Lots 1445-1554
Saturday November 15
Session IV: Express 9:30 AM EST- Lots 1555-1950
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The above information was obtained from Sedwick Coins. Here is the link for more information. Upcoming Auction – Sedwick & Associates, LLC
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Here is an interesting article about a surprising place where old relics were found.
Bearded Vulture nests found to have hoards of cultural artifacts—some up to 650 years old
They say, "Between 2008 and 2014, we carried out intense research focusing on more than 50 well-preserved historical Bearded Vulture nests in parts of southern Spain, where the species became extinct around 70–130 years ago. A total of 12 nests were examined, and the remains were identified and analyzed layer by layer, following established archaeological stratigraphic methods."...
The team rifled through centuries worth of vulture eggshells, remains of prey, and nesting material and among these they also found 226 items that had been made or altered by humans—providing a window into both past ecosystems and human cultures from the region. The hoard included items like a slingshot made from esparto grass, shoes, a crossbow bolt, a decorated piece of sheep leather and a wooden lance...
Here is the link.
Bearded Vulture nests found to have hoards of cultural artifacts—some up to 650 years old
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With the rougher surf I've been talking mostly about the weather and beach conditions. I had a lot of other things to talk about, but I kept them for when things slowed down a little.
In the past I showed a number of ways detectorists can use AI. There are also risks involved with using AI. I mentioned, for example, that AI gossips. It might feel like you are having a confidential discussion with a friend, but AI gossips. It stores your interactions and justifies that by saying it is to improve performance, but you never know exactly how your interactions might be used in the future.
Authorities recently found the arsonist responsible for the Palisades fires (See Jonathan Rinderknecht: Prosecutors arrest man for L.A.'s Palisades Fire). They used his interactions with AI as evidence. I doubt the suspect anticipated his AI interactions being used in that way. Your AI interactions might be used in ways you never anticipated even if you never do anything illegal. That data might be used for marketing or any of a variety of unanticipated ways.
On another topic, metal detector manufacturers could use AI is to improve the user interface for metal detectors. Wouldn't you rather verbally tell your detector what you want to do, for example, increase discrimination, select mode X, or increase earphone volume, rather than plodding through menus. Your detector might even ask you what you want to do at setup and select or suggest the best settings? That kind of user interface could make using metal detectors more efficient, especially those who are just beginning to learn how to use their new detector.
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| Surf Chart for the Fort Pierce Jetty Area from Surfguru.com. |
Not much new here, but the surf will be getting a little lower on average.
We are still having some nice high Fall King tides.
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I'll soon be posting some tests of the Manticore metal detector as well as discussions concerning the conduct of metal detector tests.
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Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net
