11/20/25 Report - Recent Treasure Coast Coin Find Getting Cleaned. Iron Age Ingot Found. Calm Surf on the Treasure Coast.

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report. 

Find by Jame R.

You might remember this item found by James R.  I posted it before it was cleaned.  

James said he cleaned his find a bit more.  Now you can see what definitely looks like a Florenza cross.  And the coin looks like it is probably a Mexico half reale.

James said he now wishes he had stayed another day.  That is how it is when you realize you found something good.  You wish you had metal detected longer.  I've told those stories about my own experiences.  I always say make hay while the sun shines (figuratively).  Actually, it is more likely to be when the sun doesn't shine and the wind howls.   

I can still see some sand and shells adhering to the coin, which should come off easily with a little more cleaning.  A white vinegar solution would probably do it.

I showed one of my finds that needs better cleaning, but I think it is going to take electrolysis, which I haven't gotten around to doing yet.

Back in October I said I thought enough sand was moved that some cobs would be found.  I'm aware of at least a few half reales that were found back then.

Nice find James.  Congratulations.  

Most people will always remember their first Spanish shipwreck coin find.  I do even though it has been well over forty years ago.

James made this find up by Bonsteel, which as you probably know, has produced a lot of half reales.  In his earlier email James said the cut there was like eight feet high.

I just got another photo from James after some additional cleaning. You can see more of the design now, but I still cannot make out the other side. Here it is.

Same Coin After Additional Cleaning.

That is a very good photo and shows a strong strike.

  

The castle and lion is now showing nicely.

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A rare complete plano-convex ingot is composed of a copper-zinc-tin-lead alloy, typical of the Iron Age.
Credit: University of Gothenburg

The results show that unique, isolated finds, which are traditionally considered very difficult to interpret, can be given historical context and contribute to our understanding of the past when carefully analyzed through an interdisciplinary approach that includes both archaeological and natural science methods...

The study uses well-established analytical methods in archaeometallurgy (which is the branch of archaeology specialized in the study of ancient metals), such as lead isotope and trace element analyses of metal finds. Such methods have been used since the 1980s to investigate the composition and the origin of the metal (in the sense that they enable pointing out the minerary region from which the metal was extracted).

“What is new in this study is that we went a step further, and by combining the obtained data with known historical and archaeological information, we managed to propose a historical context, for both the unique Särdal plano-convex ingot and the rod ingots from the Iława Lakeland area in northeastern Poland. Given the astonishing similarity of the metal composition in all those artifacts, we also manage to strengthen earlier hypotheses about contacts and networking in the Baltic area during the Nordic pre-Roman Iron Age,” ...

Here is the link for more about that.

Archaeologists Stunned: “Bronze Age” Ingot Found in Sweden Is Not What It Seems

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Surf Chart from Surfguru.com.

The morning high tide was still pretty high, but the surf is very calm.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

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