I found this gold plated button in Belmont, NC. Can you help me to find out what it is? http://www.losttreasure.com/newsletter/7-16-2002/skinny.htm
I found a large North Carolina Sunburst button, completely intact, with gold gild in great shape. This was found, along the old turnpike remains, where the "Battle of Cedar Creek was fought in 1864. Can someone give me an honest value on it? I saw one on e-bay that went for $650.00; and that wasn't even comparable to this one, in condition. Thank you! My e-mail address is bigchief@citlink.net I now live in Arizona.
Esther Carroll found a coin many years ago on a beach
in Mexico. If any readers can identify the coin, she needs your
help.
http://www.losttreasure.com/newsletter/7-16-2002/carroll.htm
It was a Friday when Melinda Sylvester noticed the letter to the editor in the local paper. She immediately called Jim Bowers and told him that her father owned CMB Enterprises, a dealer of White’s metal detectors. Melinda offered the services of her father and his two friends, Ray and Mike, to look for the ring using water metal detectors.
On Sunday, Calvin, Ray and Mike along with a few other family members went to the lake to search for the missing wedding band.
The trio entered the water around noon. Over six hours later, they emerged with Jim’s wedding band.
“For all the bad news in the world, it is a great comfort and reassurance to have met the likes of you and your friends who acted like you just didn’t have a thing in the world to do but help out some guy you had never met. Thank you,” wrote Jim Bowers in an email message to Calvin Sylvester.
On
June 15th, Jim and Valarie Bowers celebrated their 32nd
anniversary with a toast in honor of the trio.
No Joking Now
Friends of Marlene and Don Doran made fun of the couple’s new metal detecting hobby-- spouting wisecracks such as, “Think there’s gold in them thar hills?”
But it was the Dorans who laughed all the way to the bank with the profits from their find.
Retired natives of Omaha, Neb., while enjoying winter in Arizona,
the couple unearthed a quartz rock with a yellow substance inside. The rock
contained 29ounces of pure gold, worth $20,000 according to the appraiser that
examined it.
Have you recently found a treasure you would like to share with the world? Email a brief description of the item, general location where it was found (city or county and state), an a photo to managingeditor@losttreasure.com We’ll feature your item in our next newsletter.
Berkeley Helps Save Indian Languages
BERKELEY, Calif—The Mutsun Tribe has found a missing link to its lost language. Oddly enough, tribal members found clues to the language in the archives of the University of California-Berkeley.
For nearly a century, anthropologists have recorded the cultural memories of Indians who survived colonization and the Gold Rush. With the help of a linguistics professor a group of Mutsuns have compiled a dictionary of the forgotten language.
To see the complete details, visit the university website at:
www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/survey/
Arrow Rock’s Past Unearthed
MARSHALL, Mo.—The site of the Arrow Rock pottery kiln has officially been historically documented.
Following three weeks of work, archaeologists have uncovered an operation dating back to 1854. As much as 35,000 pieces of pottery were estimated produced in a single year.
Read the complete story at:
http://news.mywebpal.com/partners/882/public/news325262.html
Intense heat and increased erosion from the wildfire recently near Show Low, Arizona, could threaten thousands of archaeological sites littered with pottery shards, building foundations and other artifacts, according to scientists working at the sites.
Archaeologists are presently trying to ass the damage and protect sites that may be vulnerable to seasonal rainfall later in the month.
More information is available by visiting:
Nikon, Inc. has announced the world’s first dual mode, digitally stabilized marine binocular designed specifically to give boaters, outdoor enthusiasts and law enforcement personnel an ultra steady view, no matter what the conditions. For additional information, visit www.nokonusa.com
ROV Aids Environmental Groups
A coalition of environmental groups from New York and
New Jersey are using Fishers SeaOtter ROV to gather evidence on the state of the
marine environment in the area’s coastal waters. To read more on this story
visit www.jwfishers.com
Of the thousands of people who entered sweepstakes last month, the following were the lucky winners:
June Lost Treasure Hunt Sweepstakes: Bob & Patty Floyd of Van Buren, AR. won the Tesoro Conquistador uMax metal detector.
Last Chance Sweepstakes: Lester Bergsma of Janesville, WI. won a Fisher 1270 metal detector.
July 2002 Winner to be drawn August 10th and posted on August 15th 2002.Before this time, the entire world had considered the act of trading to be something akin to a card game. Two parties sat down at a table and one walked away a winner. The other lost. This was how the English merchants sought to deal with the colonists. Keeping the colonies in a dependent barter economy was part of the English strategy for enforcing their restrictive trade laws...
21-22—4th Annual Hunt sponsored by the Genesee Valley Treasure Seekers Club, to be held at Beaver Meadows Campgrounds, Java Center, New York. For information visit this web page www.gvts.org or email HWHOWARD@localnet.com or Postmama8@aol.com
21—Albany, NH. Swap, Talk and Brag Day is brought to you by the Saco Valley Gem and Mineral Club and Lapidary Societies, Inc., at the Albany Town Hall. Contact Jonathan Herndon at (603) 539-3884.
21—The Big Silver Hunt, sponsored by the Dalton Lions Club at Caskey’s Campground, Orrville, Ohio. Call (330) 857-8479 for information.
Send your club events to Lost Treasure at managingeditor@losttreasure.com Remember to send them well in advance so treasure hunters will have time to make plans to visit your city.