Treasure Table

[LuckyKevin]

Wanted to post some pictures of my latest project. My treasure table. I remember seeing an old wooden hatchcover that had been turned into a table by Art McKee. It had coins and various small artifacts actually set into the table. The only drawback I could see was they were permanently set into the table under a thick layer of varnish. I have been looking for something I could use to do something similar table for years. Finally found this table at a Good Will store for $10. It was a glass table top, but I built in a box on the underside to hold my collection. Then filled it with white sand from Panama City Beach. I put the artifacts in and replaced the glass panels. Pretty happy how the whole thing looked once I was finished.

 

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[Diver_Down]

Nice looking table. Thanks for sharing.

 

[austin]

LuckyKevin is right. You are lucky. This thing is magnificent and you did a great job on it.

 

[Salvor6]

Kevin, did you find everything on display? Nice deer cowrie!

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Really nice table, I like the resemblance of the hatch cover.
ZDD

 

[capt dom]

slick....

 

[0121stockpicker]

Great idea.

 

[LuckyKevin]

Table

Salvor6: To answer your question, most but not everything I found. The exceptions are the emerald cross and gold bars, which are museum replicas. The flintlock pistol was conserved by Doug Armstrong and the VOC plate was acquired from Sedwick. My favorite thing in the table is actually the ballast stone with a shipwreck scene. It is signed "Capitana 1733 - C. Mitchell." Here is another pic taken from the other end. I was quite happy how it turned out. Thanks for all the positive feedback from everyone. K

 

[Southern_Digger]

Nice display. I found one years ago at 2/3 the length as the table you now have. The only difference is the display table I acquired already had a inner display area below the glass. I thought it would look nice in the living room, however, the wife requested I keep all relics in the man cave room. Hence, I got rid of it and chose to donate much. The little I kept, I chose a more secure method of storing the valuable finds in the safety deposit boxes. Now, I wish I had kept the table after seeing your display. Another cheap furniture I had in my apartment was a homemade coffee table (round) made out of a telephone company wood wire spool. I took one side of the spool, deep set the nails, sanded it, torched it in places. Thereupon, I glued seashells, fake treasure coins and such; and finally, glassed it over with clear epoxy. The base was a stacked, offset triangle constructed from 2"X2" 's and such, sanded as if weatherworn, and epoxy coated. I eventually gave it away in lieu of our first matched set of furniture. Initially, I was going to make duplicates to sell, however the rapid increase of epoxy resin after 1975, washed away any possibility of making a profit from the effort.

 

[Viminacium]

Nice... all kind of stuff... Spanish coins, canons, chinese vase parts...