Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
Yesterday I was talking about collecting and investing in coins. The recently closed Sedwick auction did quite well, hitting the 5-million-dollar mark. Below are some of the highlights.
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I thought I'd do something whimsical today. It is my first and last - ever - TreasureGuide Metal Detecting Music Awards.
First goes to Connie Francis and Where the Boys Are. Every time I hear that song it takes me back to Fort Lauderdale Beach and Spring Breaks of long ago. Youth was busting out all over. Fort Lauderdale was the first beach I spent much time on in any way and a beach I later spent a lot of time metal detecting.
The Top Group award goes to Rolling Stones. Bonus points for longevity. All of us as detectorists know You Can't Always Get What You Want.
Second top group award goes to the Beach Boys. The name of the group says it all, but if you ever used a Vibra metal detector, you know the significance of digging all the good vibrations. Vibra detectors were underwater detectors that vibrated instead of using sound.
Third group in this category is the Temptations. If you love metal detecting, you know how it is to feel like you have sunshine on a cloudy day.
Top performer goes to James Brown. Everybody knows that when his goodie bag wears out, Papa got a brand new bag. I've once told a funny story about a goodie bag with a hole in it.
Second top group award goes to Jerry Lee Lewis. When you got a fresh scoop full of slightly wet sand, you know there's gonna be a whole lot of shakin going on.
Third in the top performer category goes to M. C. Hammer. You know how it is when you are digging a hole and the wave fills it faster than you can dig it. You know it's there, but you just can't touch it.
Top performer in the women's class is Tina Turner. Always reminds me of mudlarking bottles rolling down the river.
Here is one from the Way-Back category for when your feeling real lucky - I'm looking over a four-leaf clover. How Much is that Doggie in the Window, would have tied, but I couldn't come up with a MD connection.
Top live concert goes to Pink Floyd at the Pittsburgh Civic Center arena. First row stage left with.
There are other honorable mentions, but I'll end it there.
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Today's Treasure Coast surf chart is really flat. Might be some nice water hunting,
I'll get back to my how coins move series when I get a chance.
Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net