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In April 1801, Nelson’s British fleet attacked Denmark’s navy as it formed a defensive blockade outside Copenhagen Harbour. The clash lasted hours and left thousands dead or wounded, becoming one of Nelson’s most famous victories. The assault aimed to break Denmark’s alliance with northern European powers including Russia, Prussia and Sweden.
In the Battle of Copenhagen, Nelson and the British fleet attacked and defeated Denmark’s navy as it formed a protective blockade outside the harbour.
Thousands were killed and wounded during the brutal hours-long naval clash, considered one of Nelson’s "great battles." The intention was to force Denmark out of an alliance of Northern European powers, including Russia, Prussia and Sweden.
At the centre of the fighting was the Danish flagship, the Dannebroge, commanded by Commodore Olfert Fischer. The 48-metre (157-foot) Dannebroge was Nelson’s main target. Cannon fire tore through its upper deck before incendiary shells sparked a fire aboard.
Here is the link for more about that.
Marine archaeologists discover Danish warship destroyed by Nelson’s fleet 225 years ago
That badge at the top is what I call a really neat artifact. It could be a regimental insignia or someting else, but some research should clear it up.
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In the past I've shown some of my earliest find records. That was when I was recording my coin finds. Those were my very first finds and records. I recently found some that were later. These new ones are from the later 1980s. At that time I was no longer recording regular coin finds but had switched to recording mostly gold finds. I was now targeting gold and wasn't much interested in keeping track of coin finds.
Here are my some of my newly found old records. There are fourteen pages in total.
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| Metal Detecting Find Records. |
I was cleaning out some old papers when I found these. I hadn't seen them for many years. They are from the 1980s when I was hunting a lot. A few hundred finds are described in these notes along with the date, location and the metal detector used. I wanted to know where the hot spots were and wanted to keep track of both the quantity and quality of finds.
I find it pretty amazing how many finds I remember so well after so many years. It's been over 35 years. For many I remember exactly where and what it was like that day.
I noticed that for the vast majority of those finds I was using one of my Nautilus 571 metal detector. I actually had two of them. I had those before I got my MacDonald Aquasound metal detectors that I showed a few days ago in this blog. The Fisher 1280 was used a good bit and even a Tesoro metal detector was used a few times.
I couldn't figure out at first why I was using the 1280 so much when I had the 571s but eventually remembered that I took my 1280 a lot when I flew.
The sites of these finds ranged from Lower Matecumbe Key to Key Biscayne to Dade County and Broward County, Jupiter and Pensacola, where I traveled a lot for work at the NARF (Naval Rework Facility). I just browsed the list so I could have missed some sites. I did notice some finds from West Viriginia. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some from Minnesota, but I didn't notice them yet.
I've often recommended keeping good, detailed find records. Besides being fun to look at decades later, records give you good information that will help you decide where to hunt on any given day. As I've said before, the Hollywood Beach area, for example, produced a lot of finds in those days, but they weren't the most valuable finds.
I was hoping to see some Treasure Coast finds on the list, but it seems that was before I started traveling to the Treasure Coast. Jupiter is a close to the Treasure Coast as I got in those days, unless I overlooked something.
Several really good days stuck out as I browsed these records. For example, on 7/4 of 89 a 10K diamond man's ring, 10K High School class ring, 14K diamond baguette ring, 14K nugget ring with 3 diamonds and one 18K medallion was found on one hunt. That is a good hunt. I remember it well. Most of the finds that day were in a deep dip but the diamond baguette ring was in very shallow water very close to a seaweed line. Like I said, I remember it well.
However, another very good day a couple months later (9/15/89) I don't remember at all, even after reading my records. That day included a 18K garnet ring, a 14K blue sapphire ring, a small 18K medallion, and a 18K ruby ring was found about away. Those finds came from one or two miles from the site above.
Then there was the super birthday weekend. I remember those finds for sure. A couple of my all-time favorites were found that weekend, but while I remember the two standout finds, I only remember the approximate location and I forgot some of the lesser finds.
There were some even better hunts, for example a 15-ring four-hour hunt and two other sequential days of great hunting at one hot spot that then closeup up on the third day.
Overall, it was fun browsing through these records and I recommend keeping your own records. Make sure to keep detailed records. In some cases, I can't make out what I was saying. I used abbreviations and was a bit sloppy at times, so there are some things I can't decipher now.
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Looks like we'll be gettig a higher surf in a few days. Nine feet could be interesting if it actually happens.
Notice the surf ddiretoin change right before the increase.