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| Source: MagicSeaWeed.com. |
Yesterday I wrote, "Its only just begun." You might have wondered why. The above is a big part of it. A 10 - 14 foot surf is predicted for the Fort Pierce area next Monday.
As you know, it takes more than a big surf, although if the surf is big enough, that can by itself can do a lot. The direction of the surf also has a lot to do with beach conditions. That is what has been missing most so far. While we did get some brief periods of north wind and swells, it wasn't sustained, and most of the time the water was hitting the beach straight on.
I've commented often about the short-comings of the long range surf predictions that MagicSeaWeed puts out. Very often a big surf predicted several days in advance never happens. We can only wait and see.
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| Ambersands Looking South. Photo by Joe D. |
As you've seen, some things were found. There were very few reports of treasure coins so far though.
Some beaches remain closed. You can only guess why.
We didn't get anything sustained for any length of time and nothing really huge. Another thing is all of the renourishment sand. You can see that in the first photo above. Nothing but renourishment sand.
Joe D. sent these photos with the following report.
... I too was hoping for a better wave angle to remove more sand! Instead I trudged through about 4 miles of mushy sand with nothing but a very small amount of trash to show for it! But it was still nice to get out here again!
I started at Amber Sands, but did not hunt there due to poor conditions, and talking to another detectorist who was leaving and got skunked in his hunt! Decided to go to Rio Mar and try my luck
before tide fully came in! Went North first; which was more of the same mushy sand for over a mile that I detected! Returned South and did not hit good hard beach with shells and rocks exposed until a good distance past golf course! But by then the tide was almost at its high mark, so I ended my day there! ...
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| Rio Mar Looking North Photo by Joe D. |
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| Rio Mar Looking South Photo by Joe D. |
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| John Brooks Yesterday |
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| Frederick Douglas Yesterday. |
Frederick Douglas had more features. There were shells and some dips between the sand bar and the front beach.
You can see the shells. There were light targets on the front beach by the water and in the shells. Mostly aluminum.
St. Lucie Parks says that Walton Rocks remains closed indefinitely because of debris that needs to be cleared.
Irma produced some very interesting finds, but I don't know of many treasure coins. Jose didn't do as much as I was expecting, but we still might get the big surf that is expected to come from Maria. It isn't over yet.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
