IdahoPeg Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 .......but I've been having fun getting out for a bit detecting while wintering here on the Treasure Coast of FL. Here's my booty so far lol! The small piece of jewelry with the stone may be very old?....looks handmade. The piece of metal on the key is extremely lightweight and I've found a few odd pieces of it....locals tell me it's stuff off the rocket launches that take place nearby. The other cool find I found on the beach while detecting is this: A really good fossilized ghost crab! He died in his burrow maybe 100,000 years ago, and was replaced by coquina and limestone etc. He's a beauty! I've been using my Sovereign GT and the Xterra 705 down here, but I'll be getting my Equinox 600 on Friday from Gerry! He's even taking my 705 as a partial trade. Now that I'm retired, I am on a budget :-) So the next time we get a big surf or any good erosion, THIS is what I hope to find: Exciting silver Pieces of Eight, found by my new friend/mentor Terry Shannon, a local legend who I ran into on the beach....he swings the Sovereign as well, and has found some amazing stuff. The greenish 2nd piece from the top is a recent find after the January erosion up by the dunes, in its natural state as he found it. Over 300 years old.... 11 Spanish ships went down during a hurricane off our shores in 1715. So wish me luck folks! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 That is the stuff dreams are made of Peg - thanks for posting! I know the odds are incredibly low but I have to go hunt the treasure coast someday just to say I did it. Kip Wagner gets some credit for kindling my interest in treasure hunting. Maybe next winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdahoPeg Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 Steve- yes, Kip's book "Pieces of Eight" is one of the first books I read about the 1715 Fleet. I'm volunteering at the McLarty Treasure Museum this season...it sits on the site where the survivors and the initial salvagers camped on the beach. So I'm surrounded by artifacts and treasures, keeping me all enthused!!! Yep, you need to give it a go down here...I'll introduce you to some guys who know the beaches and have found some good stuff! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skate Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 That is some neat stuff. I love that crab, poor little thing didn't know what hit him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal_Cobra Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Florida's Treasure Coast is on my bucket list of places to detect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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