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Melbourne Beach FL
Bonsteel Park, post-hurricane coin beach
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Coins and tokens
Gold
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: pottery, musket balls.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Northern end of the 1715 Fleet wreck scatter, about 2 miles north of Sebastian Inlet; hurricane erosion exposes coins and ship fittings.
WKMG News 6, 10 Nov 2022: detectorists at Bonsteel Park turned up what appeared to be a Spanish coin the morning after Hurricane Nicole stripped the beachView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Storm-cut scarpsRough surf, crowds of detectorists immediately after storms
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