9/23/17 Report - Large Surf and North Winds Expected Monday and Sunday. SHIPS Project. WWII Dog Tags.

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Here is the introduction to an excellent web site.  The SHIPS project encourages collaboration to survey and document sites and finds in the Plymouth Sound.  It is an excellent model that could be used elsewhere.  I really like what they are doing and how they do it.

The SHIPS Project

The city of Plymouth has a long maritime history that dates back to the arrival of the first humans in the South-West of England. Since that time the waters of Plymouth Sound and the adjoining rivers have seen hundreds of maritime events, accidents and disasters; some witnessed and recorded but many more happened unseen and undocumented.

Despite the passing of time the seabed and shoreline around Plymouth still contains evidence of these events, so the aim of the SHIPS Project is to record the maritime history of Plymouth by recording the remains of these events

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The SHIPS Project aims to record, document and publish the remains of shipwrecks, aircraft, hulks, lost anchors and any other objects on the seabed

The project is being run by a local group of divers and shipwreck enthusiasts

The SHIPS Project is interested in the maritime history of Plymouth from the earliest occupation by humans until the present day

The main area of interest covers the whole of Plymouth Sound and the tidal reach of the rivers that feed in to it, stretching from Yealm Head to the east to Portwrinkle to the west, from Gunnislake to the north and south out to sea to the 50m depth contour. We have also included information about interesting shipwrecks and finds that are close to this area.

It also has a nice finds gallery, which is where I got the picture of the sheave that I posted yesterday. I highly recommend you take a look at the web site.  It provides a good way for individuals to report finds that are then included in the database and become a part of the public knowledge base.


http://www.promare.co.uk/ships/ships_finds_bytype.html

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Archaeologists hope to reunite World War Two US Airforce dog tags found on a former RAF airbase with the original owners or their descendants.
Here is that link for more of that story..

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-41280711

WWII dog tags are also found on the Treasure Coast.  Some years ago quite a few surfaces south of the Fort Pierce inlet when that beach was eroded.

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Source: MagicSeaWeed.com

The high surf prediction has not disappeared as it so often does.  MagicSeaWeed shows us getting a 7 - 10 foot surf on Sunday and Monday.  We are also supposed to get a north wind on Sunday, however it looks like the swells are supposed to be coming mostly from the east.

By early Monday morning it looks like the wind coming from Maria will be nearly parallel to the coast.

Source: Ventusky.com

Below are the waves predicted for Monday.  Not very northerly.

Source: Ventusky.com

I'll be interested to see if the wind or wave direction as indicated above will have the most to do with how things develop.  It does look like we'll have at least two favorable factors.  If we actually get a surf that large combined with north winds, there is a good chance that beach detecting conditions will improve.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net