Treasure Beaches Report: Pt. 2. (2020 and Beyond). : 3/19/26 Report - Great Metal Detecting Finds by One Reader: Silver Dollar, Mouring Pin and Pendant. Some Beach Cuts.

Thursday, March 19, 2026

3/19/26 Report - Great Metal Detecting Finds by One Reader: Silver Dollar, Mouring Pin and Pendant. Some Beach Cuts.

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

Find and Photo by Al C.

Al C. made the above cool find yesterday on the Treasure Coast. He has also been doing some traveling and finding great things.

Below are couple more.

Beautiful 1879 Silver Dollar Found by Al C.

Here are Al's email about two of his great finds.

Perhaps you remember my long sad story of how I scratched Lady Liberties face on my only Morgan Dollar find. Well good news! I got another chance! I went up to North Carolina for the Dig Stock 12 metal detecting event. One of my buddies got permission to detect an old house near where the event was to take place. The yard was unkept and under a tree through thick dead leaves I got a pretty loud signal worth investigating. I scraped the ground with my foot a couple times to clear away the leaves and sadly the signal moved with the leaves. Of course that always means it’s junk in the leaves…but not this time. I swung over the moved leaves and I could see the edge of a big silver coin. No digging or risking required this time!

Dig Stock 12 was in North Carolina close to the Virginia line. It was 500 detectorists on 7000 acres of very historic property. I went with a few friends who made some great finds including a Spanish half reale and a cut two reale with the full date of 1708. Many other amazing things were uncovered by others as well. With only a couple hours left of the third and final day I took a chance on a 45 vdi on the Deus 2. Glad I did. It’s a Mourning Pin with what I assume is a last name engraved on the back. Usually there is hair inside the locket like part. It will not open easily and I don’t want to break it. I reached out to a museum that is in the immediate area of where I found it but have not yet heard back from them. I plan to donate it to the museum.

Three Views of Mouring Pin Found by Al C.

Thore are some really special finds.

And here is what Al C. saw early this afternoon at John Brooks.

John Brooks Thursday Around 1 PM
Photo by Al C.

Thanks much for sharing your great finds Al. Everybody likes to see what people are finding and those great finds will inspire anybody.

If you like to see finds, you have to send them in.

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In the morning, Brooks wasn't looking that good. In fact, it looked very much like the photo I showed you yesterday with the broken cuts, although the cuts were a little bigger than the day before.