Hi all... thanks for your compliments. It was quite an awesome find... I am very excited to say the least! I wasn't going to post the pics here at first because I don't want to encourage a whole lot of people to go tearing up the beach, but I couldn't help myself!
Marc, you are welcome to put this find on the banner... no problem.
Obviously I am not going to divulge where specifically this came up as I am expecting to find more. I will make it clear that this was a beach find and I was NOT pirating in any way from the Jupiter Wreck! I just wanted to find out if anyone else had recovered any emeralds from this site as this may be the first thus making it an extra special find. I recovered this conglomerate about 3 weeks ago and could only see the encrusted ships fastener. I actually recovered quite a few spikes that day, took them home, and conserved all but 2 of them. I kept this one encrusted as it looked cool the way it was stuck in the coquina.
Well, 3 weeks later, I picked up this conglomerate again to look at it and small pieces of loose shells crumbled off revealing the emerald underneath! I couldn't believe what I was seeing at first. This is a pretty small emerald but it definately appears to be gem quality. It is a clear, barrel shaped stone and really dark blue-green in color... the pics don't do it justice. There certainly could be more emeralds within this conglomerate but I haven't been handling this piece very much as I don't want any more of the shells to come loose and have the emerald fall out of the conglomerate. It seems to be stuck in there pretty good though. I definately intend to leave this piece intact.
And Cablava, no I don't think that there are any coins in this conglomerate. That is part of the "head" of the spike I think you are referring to... just the angle of the photo. I wish it were a coin though!
I am going to bring it up to the McClarty Treasure Museum in Sebastian today (in a display box) for a little show & tell as I always enjoy sharing my finds with others... so if you are in the area, stop by to see it. I should be there between 11:30am and 4pm.
I primarily collect 1715 Fleet "goodies" and I have 44 emeralds from those wrecks so I have made the decision to sell this piece from the Jupiter Wreck. I am entertaining offers (and have had several). If you have an interest in purchasing this piece, you may contact me at my personal email address:
wreckdiver16@yahoo.com
All the best... Happy Hunting!! And Happy Holidays!!! Phips
What were the circumstances that led you to the find
? Very cool stuff!
GOODLUCK p.s. let me know if phips const. needs any help on the footings 
