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| John Brooks Saturday Morning Near High Tide. |
Wet, dim, windy morn, highlighted by white water crashing on the beach. The sun only dared to peek, as men armed with steel wire cages that somehow matched their set jaws and determined faces, tracked the mighty sandflea.
Enough pf the humor, but I do like the photo. The only people I saw this morning at John Brooks were trying to catch sandfleas - those terrestrial crustaceans of the family Talitridae. I do enjoy seeing the little buggers scamper in my scoop.
Evidently not much happened last night. The water only topped the berm in a very few spots. And very little additional erosion had occurred since yesterday, although at high tide a little additional sand was being pealed away.
Below is another view from about the same spot at John Brooks Beach.
The water coming off the cuts was washing towards the north. That is not usually what you see here when conditions are very good.
Frederick Douglass beach hadn't changed much overnight either.
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| Frederick Douglass Beach Saturday Morning. |
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| Frederick Douglass Beach Saturday Morning. |
I showed Fort Pierce South Jetty a few times lately. A couple days ago it started to fill in, then the bar flattened out. This morning you could see that it has been filling from the south.
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| Fort Pierce South Jetty Saturday Morning. |
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| Fort Pierce South Jetty Saturday Morning. |
The first thing, or about the first thing, I dug yesterday is the following ring.
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| Ring Dug Yesterday (Friday). |
I haven't cleaned it off yet, and haven't found any markings. Undoubtedly junk.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about the ring is that It was found in a straight line of about ten sinkers. I think there was one penny in the line, but nothing else other than the sinkers and ring. It was a very straight line too. Easy to follow.
I've been finding rings almost every time out lately. Unfortunately they are mostly cheap stuff. The good thing about that is nobody lost a valuable cherished item.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about the ring is that It was found in a straight line of about ten sinkers. I think there was one penny in the line, but nothing else other than the sinkers and ring. It was a very straight line too. Easy to follow.
I've been finding rings almost every time out lately. Unfortunately they are mostly cheap stuff. The good thing about that is nobody lost a valuable cherished item.
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| Two Gold Earrings Found. |
The are latched and interlocked. Obviously someone took them off before they were lost. Finding pairs of matching earrings is not extremely common, but it does happen every once in a while.
The other finds from yesterday need cleaned and then photographed. Maybe something more interesting in that bunch.
Terry S. sent photos of some interesting finds from a week or so ago. I'll post them soon.
I'm sticking with my level 2 beach conditions rating for now even though I haven't seen the beaches or received reports from the Vero/Sebastian area the past day or two.
The surf today was about 4 - 6 feet. It is predicted to drop a foot or so tomorrow.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net