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Features: Treasures of George IV; Solving some Problems in Chinese Enamels; Pottery Garnished with Silver; Teapoys and Urn Stands; English 18th Century Glass; English Porcelain Sauce Boats; Silver Oar of Admiralty; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 7 plates; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. With numerous trade advertisements at front and rear. Scarce in this condition.
128 pages. Presents information presented before the Krotona Lodge of the Theosophical Society in 1915. The only date printed in this book is 1918 but this copy appears too fresh to have been printed then so we offer it as a reprint. Binding tight. Moderate wear. Decorative rubber stamp upon front free endpaper, otherwise contents clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Book
292 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "...A definitive record of events that have, for the most part, remained hidden for nearly half a century." - from dust jacket. "I wondered back then if there was one honest person left in the world." - Captain Howard A. Mackenzie, U.S. ArmyUsual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Lean to spine. Worthy reference copy. Book
186 pages with index and many colour plates. Previous owner's shiny gold owner's sticker on front cover. Vast properties, countless pieces of priceless jewellery, art treasures, a string of thoroughbred racehorses - these form but a small part of the Windsor fortune. "Andrew Morton's study of the royal loot stands out because it is based on shrewd, honest digging." The Guardian. Book
74 pages. Features: Found - Masada's fabled treasures!; Dowsing - bright star in THing's future; Iowa's huge murder caches; The Tesoro deep search VI. Average wear. Book
200 pages. Index. Footnotes. Printed on glossy stock. Marvelously illustrated in colour and black and white. "Provides a glimpse into the vast collections of the museum and tells the stories of their origin and acquisition." - from back cover. Above-average external wear. Contents clean, bright and unmarked. A sound reference copy. Book
Histoires de trésors trouvés, "trésors de terre" (à Paris, à Arras, dans des édifices religieux, au cours de travaux) et "trésors de mer", ou histoire de la recherche des épaves depuis le XVIIè siècle (galions espagnols ou portugais, navires des Compagnies des Indes, épaves du XXè siècle), précédées d'un chapitre sur les "Mythes et légendes des trésors" (dont revues, clubs, filmographie, littérature) et suivis d'un chapitre pratique: "Les coulisses de l'exploit: techniques, financement, parrainage et vente"; index; bibliographie; par de Sabine BOURGEY, experte en numismatique; photos. Prix 1997 de l’Association Internationale des Numismates Professionnels. Français
Internally in wonderful condition, but the Dust Jacket is worn. Some light rubbing / wear to cloth cover edges. Used
Features: Dave Walker - Long on Nerve - the Dave Walker Ranch in the east part of Poncha Park on Cottonwood Creek, Colorado; Roaming the Back Country with Hood River Blackie - Strange Animals - Bigfoot, Sasquatch; Clara Baasch lived next door to the infamous Vicente Silva; The Peculiarities of Sam Smith - An Old Man's Three Treasures - A. C. Lucas and his Chinatown discoveries; The 'Cutter' - his profession was devilment!; Addison P. Day - Rodeo Great; Cyclone Cave - Natural Bridge Park, Arkansas; J.K. Carper - Mountain Man; Towns Without Whistles in Oklahoma Territory; An Artist's Two Years Alone in the Desert - Frederick Melville DuMond lived in a cave to reproduce 'the West's insanity of color'; Cromwell Dixon's Fatal Ride - biplane pilot, Blossburg, Montana. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
78 pages. Features include: cashing in on meteorites; Pennsylvania; Carolina Gold; Patio Sailing; Tumbling cabs for profit; the Rio Puerco Valley; The Byrum Brothers; Aerial photos and how they can help; Northern steamship emblems; Ontario trip; Northeastern sites; coinshooting North Carolina tobacco barns; the psychology of collecting. Average wear. Book
82 pages. Features: seeking authentic lost gold eagles; mining for fun and profit; Aerial photos; Johnson's Island; Boulevard Bonanza; Workshops; Treasure in trash; California's Chuckawalla Mountains. Some defects by not too bad overall. Book
84 pages. Features: Hunting the little lawns; Faceting; Gold mine garbage; Montana; "Flint Factories" of Southern Illinois; Thar's gold in Mogollon; Silver in the Black Range; Treasure hunting in Puerto Rico; Gold treasures in them flea markets; Collectables near Salome, Arizona; Beachcombing; Vermont Gold Rush; Hunting 'Hunted out' spots; The Hunt in Northampton. Moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
62 pages. Features: Seeking out that elusive gold; Napa Valley's abandoned wineries - virgin coinshooting territory; The treasures of Fort Teran; Research, then search the ghost train lines; Barnyard bonanzas; Treasure stories - fact or fiction; national archives can be used by all; Bottle collecting for the gun enthusiast; Down came the school and up came the coins; Build your own research library; Quarry treasures; Coinshooting - a state of mind; Why not collect crystals?; The Old Campsite; Prospecting for gold in a coyote hole - how they did it in the old days. Above-average wear. Book
62 pages. Features: "Lapidaryitis" - something for everyone; The goldmaker of the Adironkacks; Brass on the beach; 2 people + 1 discriminator = good friends; Lost North Fork placer gold; Coins from the past; Seaprobe to recover deep water treasures; Portland Proprietaries - old medicine bottles; Gold in Rhode Island; Create your own coinshooting calendar; The great salted desert treasure; coinshooting - where not to look; Tracks along a river - an historic spot for TH'ing. Average wear. Book
78 pages. Features: Tumbling - how to start; After hours treasure hunting; Prospecting with White's coinmaster 5000D, 6DB, 6000D; Planning, Persistence, and Patience - keys to profitable treasure hunting; Finding fossils is fun; Military insignias make fine collectibles; Gold crevicing with a baby; Double fun; College treasures; Why can't you find the big one?; Keeping track of your finds; Beach bonanza; A successful artifact collecting team. Average wear. Book
62 pages. Features: Around the corner and out of the way - some forgotten places with hidden treasures; Handcrafted Jewelry not that tough to do; locating collection sites; The mysteries of Hollister Peak; Hunting gemstones in New York - quartz, chrysoberyls, tourmaline, and diamonds; A bottle collector's heaven - Washington State; Trash and the treasure hunter; valuable dime found with low-priced detector; Don't give up - a story to encourage you; Mine hopping in Idaho; West Tennessee relic hunting - all civil war camps have not been worked out; Whiskey Run - a Pennsylvania ghost town; Time out to put on a hunt; Coin hunting in the world's greatest gold camp. Average wear. Book
