2/9/19 Report - Great Treasure Coast Eye-Ball Find This Week. Beach Conditions. Bigger Surf Coming.

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Emerald Found This Week On Treasure Coast

Find and photo by Joe R.

Here is what Joe said.

Eyeballed this in the surf line Mon. 2/4

2.10 carets.

My jeweler confirmed it is an emerald.

Thanks Joe.  Great find!

In the past I've posted several emeralds eye-balled on Treasure Coast beaches.

Here is an excerpt from a 2106 article about some fantastic shipwreck emerald finds.


… An exciting feature of the collection is a clutch of cut gems found on the wreck of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, a galleon bound for Spain in 1622 which sank off the Florida Keys while heavily laden with copper, silver, gold, tobacco, gems, jewels and indigo.

The ships had sailed from Spanish ports at Cartagena and Porto Bello in New Granada (current Colombia and Panama, respectively) and Havana, Cuba.

In 2014, the Atocha was added to the Guinness Book of World Records for being the most valuable shipwreck to be recovered, as it was carrying roughly 40 tonnes of gold and silver, and 70 pounds (32 kg) of emeralds which are treasured for their deep, clear green...

And here is the link if you want to read the entire article.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/16/rare-emeralds-found-400-year-old-shipwreck-expected-fetch-millions/

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I took a look at some South Hutchinson Island beaches this afternoon.  The beaches were as ugly as the weather was beautiful.

John Brooks Saturday Afternoon.

John Brooks Beach Saturday Afternoon.

As you can see there was some beach-front filling and some seaweed washed up.  You can still see the old cliff face though.  There were also Portuguese Man-O-War washing up.

Near low tide was a few scattered shells in a flat area and then a small dip in front of the beach.

Fort Pierce South Jetty Park Saturday Afternoon.

The beaches that I looked at besides John Brooks all looked pretty similar.

Fort Pierce South Jetty Beach Saturday Afternoon.

MagicSeaWeed is still predicting a five to seven foot surf tomorrow (Sun.).

Source: MagicSeaWeed.com.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net