Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.BlogSpot.com.
Here are a couple of items found yesterday on the Treasure Coast. First a gold religious pendant, and below a silver ring. They were found pretty close to each other.
Here is some good news. A bump up in the Treasure Coast surf is predicted for tomorrow - four to six feet.
According to the predictions, tonight the wind will shift and will be coming out of the northwest for a while, and tomorrow out of the west.
As much as I'm eager to see something other than the one or two foot surf that we've had almost all summer, I'm disappointed to see that tomorrow the swell will be out of the east. That doesn't suggest a lot of erosion. Anyhow, it should be enough surf to move a little sand around.
Another unfortunate thing is that the tides are getting flat again. We just can't seem to get anything going this summer. Surely Fall will bring some erosion.
I've been playing around with a Dual Surf PI lately, and I'd say that a lot of people probably swing that one too fast. If you use a pulse, or any detector for that matter, you might want to try slowing down your swing. You can fall into the pattern of wanting to cover a lot of ground and in the process miss some of the better targets.
Have you ever found what looks like an unusual stone with your metal detector? I think all of us have. Chances are that it is simply some sort of junk or melted metal, but there is a slight chance that it could be a meteorite.
Every once in a while I receive an email asking if some found object is a meteorite. I'm not good at identifying meteorites, and would never attempt to do it form a photo alone, so please don't ask me to do that.
Florida is not a great place for finding meteorites. It is too wet, which causes meterorites to corrode. It is too swampy and mostly covered by vegetation, which makes it difficult to find meteorites. But they are occasionally found here. I know of a few meteorites that have been found on Treasure Coast beaches.
They are difficult to identify - at least for anyone that doesn't have that experience or training. There are, however, some things to look for.
It should stick to a magnet. It should be fairly heavy. It might have a crust that was created by heat. It should show evidence of melting and pock marks. It should contain nickel, which is relatively rare on earth.
If you can't identify your possible meterorite, there is a place where you can send them to be tested and identified.
Here is a link to a web site that gives the basics for identifying a meteorite. The company also provides a meteorite identification service and will buy meteorites.
http://www.aerolite.org/found-a-meteorite.htm
Like a always say, it is a good idea to keep mystery objects until you get them identified.
A teenager was washing his hands in a river and hit a pointed object. It turns out he found a 3000 year old sword.
Here is the link to that story.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2014-09/06/c_133625745.htm
Cabo San Lucas got hit by a big hurricane. Cabo is a high-end resort for celebrities. That would be a good place for metal detecting this week. Hope everyone down there is well and they get their lives back in order soon.
That is all for today.
Happy hunting
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
