Found on beach

SwampDonkey · October 07, 2004, 10:20:07 AM

Of cos ;D :D

Fla._Deadheader · October 07, 2004, 10:24:06 AM

I MEANT, do Y'all want some COINS :

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;D ;D

SwampDonkey · October 07, 2004, 10:28:51 AM

whad'ya think we ment? :D :D ;D

Buzz-sawyer · October 07, 2004, 10:29:20 AM

YES

Fla._Deadheader · October 07, 2004, 10:40:35 AM

Only got a few left. All of the cheaper ones are sold. ;) ;D ;D

Let's see if I can find a few pics. Here is 1 coin, both sides.

Murf · October 07, 2004, 01:23:22 PM

A former neighbour of mine in West Palm Beach sent me the following "change of address notice" this morning......

Fla._Deadheader · October 07, 2004, 02:20:04 PM

Uhhhh, Dat's a little toooooo far :

;D ;D

Tom · October 07, 2004, 06:37:54 PM

Gonna be hard finding coins washing up on the beaches of North and South Dakota :-/ :D

Fla._Deadheader · October 07, 2004, 08:22:38 PM

Here's another example of a Spanish Coin. I used to make Jewelry out of them.

DanG · October 07, 2004, 08:28:39 PM

I dunno, Tom. With all the siesmic activity out there, the Dakotas could be beachfront by the end of the month.

SwampDonkey · October 08, 2004, 05:44:43 PM

Only way there's be any in the Canadian Prairies or BC/Yukon is if a sternwheeler sunk with some loot, and it wouldn't be much older than 150 years or so. Maybe some native lost his copper coins during a pow wow up on the MacKenzie Delta. :D :D

Woodcarver · October 08, 2004, 09:55:13 PM

Speaking of siesmic activity, didn't I hear that someone in Florida found a WWII vintage bomb protruding from his driveway after the last hurricane?

DanG · October 08, 2004, 10:16:35 PM

I didn't hear about that, Woodcarver, but it wouldn't surprise me. During WWII there were AAF training bases all over Florida. It was pretty wild down here in them days. Population was sparse and it made a good place for practice bombing and that sort of thing. In the sandy soil that covers much of the state, things like that tend to eventually float to the surface. In the fifties, it was common practice to bring a dredge into a swampy wetland, and make "lakefront" property by dredging a hole to drain the water into and building up the shoreline to build houses. Some of the dud bombs that had been dropped into the swamp would have been buried under 12-15 feet of sand, then float to the surface over the years.

Fla._Deadheader · October 09, 2004, 04:30:43 AM

2 bombs found on the beach in Ft. Pierce. They were both live.

shopteacher · October 10, 2004, 04:32:57 PM

How much you want for one of um Harold?

AtLast · October 13, 2004, 03:44:43 PM

8) WOW!!!...EXCELLANT!!!....way cool!!!!....I LOVE that kinda stuff....and ummm new Baker sawmills... ;D

Fla._Deadheader · October 16, 2004, 09:15:50 AM

Here's something that was recently found on the "Treasure Beaches".

Estimated value, $10,000.00 ;D ;D

WHOA, why are they so big ??? Also couldn't add description ??????????????/

DanG · October 16, 2004, 09:31:59 AM

Looks like ya fergot ta resize. :D

That's a pretty piece. When was it found?

SwampDonkey · October 16, 2004, 11:32:28 AM

Yes that's an amazing piece Fla_Deadheader. In an auction you'de never know how much ya could git. All depends on how bad someone wants it I guess. ;)

Fla._Deadheader · October 16, 2004, 12:08:14 PM

I just optimized from the e-mail picture :

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Guess the sender didn't resize ??? :

That piece was found last weekend, I believe.

Sometimes you get fair prices and sometimes you get BIG prices. Nice thing about these pieces, is, no two are the same. They were made with a clay mold and carved out of bees wax. Melt the wax and break the mold off the gold piece. That's why the BIG bucks. ;D