6/29/26 Report - Recent Finds. Old Books and Cartography. Coca Cola Bottle Dating Chart.

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

I haven't been out to the beach hardly at all this summer but finally got out early enough to beach the midday heat.  This is one thing I found.  It fooled me.

It has a gold tint to it but when I picked it up, it felt to light for gold, so I thought it must be junk, but when I got it under magnification, I could see the mark that reads, 925 MADE IN ITALY  MILOR.  The links are evidently hollow, which makes it lighter.  It must be vermeil or have an alloy that accounts for the goldish color.

The safety clasp that you normally see on good items should have tipped me off to the item not being complete junk.  You can see the post for it in the above photo.

In a dip in the shallow water, I also picked up an encrusted item that I'll have to investigate.  I'll start taking the crust off to see what is inside.

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If you want to find old maps or other good information, check out old books.  Christies has a current auction on books and manuscripts, including cartography.

Here is an example.

I've found a few good old books and maps in thrift stores in the past.

Here is the link for the auction lots.

Valuable Books and Manuscripts including Cartography

And here is a link to a post I did showing some more examples and giving a link to the University of Florida web site where you can find digital images of more old maps.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 6/26/12 Report - Old Florida Maps & Tropical Storm Debby

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Here is a recent link to an article on collecing Coca Cola bottles.  Just an introductory thing.  Not much detail.

Vintage Coke bottles are worth way more than you may have thought

Here is a link to an old post I did on that.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 11/26/16 Report - An Excellent Aid For Dating Sites From The Late 19th Century.

In that post, I showed this handy chart for dating Coca Cola bottles.

The chart is from a 2010 article by the Society for Historical Archaeology entitled The Dating Game: Tracking the Hobble-Skirt Coca-Cola Bottle by Bill Lockhart and Bill Porter.

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Nothing interesting on the current National Hurricane Center Atlantic map.

No new changes on the surf charts for the Treasure Coast either.

Expect more of the same this week.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.netn.