Found in Coastal Georgia
A huge hoard of beautiful beads from Florida
(From the time of the Spanish occupation in the 17th Century)
These 70,000 glass and amber beads include Dutch layered Glass,
Chinese Blue Glass,Gilded Glass and French Glass.
An illustration shows Ichtucknee beads thought to come from France
and Venetian multi-layered beads.
The American Museum of Natural History uncovered these during
an extensive research project on St Catherines Island off the coast of Georgia..

The beads were found around the missionof Santa Catalina de Guale
and included many Venetian and French beads ,some of which were grave goods and others
found in the convent.
This is the largest find of beads in a Spanish Mission in La Florida.

This information is from :
http://www.sciencedaily.com:80/releases/2009/04/090409134802.htm