tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11628505477177461902024-03-15T09:12:47.142-07:00The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.<center>Copyright 2008 - 2020. Contact Treasureguide@comcast.net for permission. <a title="HTML hit counter - Quick-counter.net" href="http://www.quick-counter.net/"><img alt="HTML hit counter - Quick-counter.net" src="http://www.quick-counter.net/aip.php?tp=bb&tz=US%2FEastern" border="0"></a></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3261125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-39912239591493144602020-07-20T07:04:00.021-07:002023-11-14T16:27:05.281-08:00Go ToTBR2020.blogspot.com.To Access The Most Recent Posts.--- Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-23617135240001606112020-07-19T07:48:00.004-07:002023-08-06T00:59:27.785-07:007/19/20 Report - Unidentified Treasure Coast Fossil Tooth. Historic Backyard Meteorite. Tropical Wave Over Hispaniola. Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Sunday Morningnhc.nooa.govIt is that time of year when storms can quickly form in our area.A tropical wave located over Hispaniola and the adjacent waters of
the southwestern Atlantic is expected to move west-northwestward
over the next several days and enter the southeastern Gulf of
Mexico by late TuesdayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-76719708182624200692020-07-18T07:51:00.001-07:002020-07-18T07:59:50.084-07:007/18/20 Report - South Hutchinson Island Beaches Somewhat Eroded This Morning. A Product Recommendation.Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Sunrise This Saturday Morning on the Treasure Coast.I went to the beach this morning. It is the first time I went out for a few weeks. Yesterday I saw the wind change and thought I'd check out some of the beaches.John Brooks Beach Saturday Morning.As you can see, John Brooks had some erosion on Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-55715976063544153192020-07-17T06:42:00.001-07:002020-07-17T06:47:48.603-07:007/17/20 Report - Metal Detecting On Vacations. Odd Ring Find. Use the Context of the Appropriate Time And Place.Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Silver Mine in Colorado.This time of year Floridians often think of vacations in cooler areas. I always enjoyed Colorado, and took the photo shown above. You can probably see the silver mine in the middle of the photo.Metal detecting new places, whether it is a Caribbean Island or the Rocky Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-86661504850027356652020-07-16T06:23:00.002-07:002020-07-16T13:02:41.126-07:007/16/20 Report - 18th Century Passwords. Reality Treasure TV Show Article. Cortes Aztec Palace. How It Was.Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of TreasureBeachesReport. blogspot.com.Queen Anne's Passwords.Source: Sotheby's Auction Catalog. See link below.Do you have trouble keeping track of your passwords? It evidently isn't anything new. Shown above is a list of passwords from 1704. It recently sold in a Sotheby's auction.Below is the lot description.DOCUMENT Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-19716787361398068512020-07-15T05:36:00.003-07:002020-07-15T06:02:43.276-07:007/15/20 Report - Beginner's Luck. Old Gold Metal Detector Finds. A Super Answer. The Second 2.5 Million Views.Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Sword Mount Found by Beginning Detectorist.See BBC.com link below.A woman who inherited a metal detector and found two rare Anglo-Saxon items within three months said it was a case of "beginner's luck".Mel Hollwoger, 54, unearthed a sword scabbard mount and rare gold band in fields near her home in AldboroughUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-2761355501320574142020-07-13T13:48:00.087-07:002020-07-14T07:47:52.881-07:007/14/20 Report - Florida Archaeologists Versus Treasure Hunters. Church Attacks. Creating Greater Understanding.Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.See link below.Saturday, the Queen of Peace Catholic Church of Ocala was set on fire with parishioners inside. That is only one of a rash of church attacks that has been taking place across the country, but it isn't being reported in the media.... Dr. Taylor Marshall, founder of the New Saint Thomas Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-40299286448356133912020-07-13T08:32:00.048-07:002020-07-13T11:13:37.602-07:007/13/20 Report - Blue China Shipwreck. Gold Prices Increasing. Ancient Necklaces Made By Early Sea Shell Collectors.Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Site of BA02Source: See link to Jacksonville "Blue China" Shipwreck below.I found a good study of the "Blue China" wreck, which lies about 70 miles east/southeast of Jacksonville. The study was conducted by Odyssey Marine Explorations and provides a lot of great information and photos. Above is Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-43129910784728970992020-07-12T15:39:00.003-07:002020-07-13T05:03:28.939-07:007/12/20 Report - Very Interesting Study of Database of 1,431 Shipwrecks Lost in Florida Waters. Making Quicksand? Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.I found a very interesting study that provides a lot of useful concerning shipwrecks around Florida. It is Shipping Losses and the Expansion of Global Capitalism: A Quantitative Analysis of Florida Shipwrecks, 1520-1890 by Chuck Meide.Here are a couple excerpts that describe the study.The Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-40386832532421722422020-07-11T15:18:00.000-07:002020-07-11T15:18:15.434-07:007/11/20 Report - Beach Dynamics: Sand Liquefication and Fluidizing With Water and Air. A Little Experiment Using a New Apparatus.Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Sand Being Aerated and Fluidized.Source: See Nerdist.com link below.I started my study of beach movement many years ago by just observing how old coins and objects show up on a beach after a storm. Everybody knows that happens, but I wanted to understand more than that. I wanted to know how that happensUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-55799902773406255592020-07-10T09:45:00.001-07:002020-07-10T09:52:39.659-07:007/10/20 Report - Miscellaneous Old Finds: Animal and Fossil. Long-Term Risks to Manage.Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.A Horse Tooth and Three Fossil Horse Teeth.Above are three fossil horse teeth found on the Treasure Coast. The more colorful one is a horse tooth that is not fossilized. Which of the four do you think would show up first? The tooth that is not fossilized is less dense and would be Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-91363075964579313202020-07-09T09:24:00.013-07:002020-07-09T16:06:15.823-07:007/9/20 Report - A Few Treasure Coast Fossil Finds. Hunting Everywhere and Anywhere. Pieced Together Again.Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Two Views of Same Big Fossil Vertebra.I was going through some old finds this morning and found this vertebra. I don't know what type of animal it belongs to, and I haven't done the research. Maybe someone can help me.I have enough old finds to keep me busy with research for the rest of my Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-4149017572535746562020-07-08T06:36:00.004-07:002020-07-09T01:57:57.718-07:007/8/20 Report - Mel Fisher Expeditions and Finds. Quintessential Treasures. Digital Treasure.
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Quintessential Treasures That Fortunately Were Never Lost.
See link below.
Not lost but still representing the kind of objects that any treasure hunter might dream of finding. I'm sure that out there somewhere are lost objects that are as finely crafter and beautiful as these.
Click here Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-62034931567898478972020-07-07T09:50:00.000-07:002020-07-07T09:50:57.140-07:007/7/20 Report - Putting It Together: Waves, Liquefaction and Lenses. Kings Landing.
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Clark Little Photo of Wave.
Source: ClarkLittlePhotography.com.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but they say a lot of things - don't they. In this case, it might not be too far off.
They also say appearances are deceiving. It looks to me like there might be a bit of a Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-84405126841659560102020-07-06T08:24:00.001-07:002020-07-11T17:32:43.636-07:007/6/20 Report - Tropical Storm Edouard. Beach Zones. Density and Specific Gravity of Things.
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Yesterday I discussed liquefaction, which can occur on a beach under certain circumstances that cause sand to act much like a liquid. I showed a couple photos of liquefied sand being moved by big waves. Of course, most of the time that occurs near the front of the beach, but when the tides Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-8138592196490487312020-07-05T15:10:00.002-07:002020-07-05T15:10:39.312-07:007/5/20 Report - Waves, Liquifaction and Sand Movement on The Beach. NHC Map Lighting Up. Access to Technology and Data.
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Wave Photo by Clark Little Photography
Source: clarklittlephotography.com.
Although it seems like coins and rings and things sink in the sand, they don't sink in undisturbed dry sand without some disturbance of the sand. You can easily prove that for yourself. Just take a bowl or Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-39356304047773334642020-07-04T17:37:00.000-07:002020-07-04T17:37:50.445-07:007/4/20 Report - Independence Day Greetings. Things That Can Not Be Burned.
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July 4th Postcard
Circa 1906.
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Researchers at the University of Hong Kong have built a drone capable of seeking out gemstone deposits and fossils at night using a laser. The drone uses a scanning laser to react with fluorescents in the various objects that can later be detected in processingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-25716428328059658402020-07-03T07:21:00.000-07:002020-07-03T08:06:08.896-07:007/3/20 Report - EXCITING Gold Find Made on Douglas Beach Wreck. Biker Ring Find. Lessons From Liquefaction and Water Lenses.
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Gold Pelican of Piety Artifact
Found by Captain Bonnie Schubert
If you've been reading this blog very long you might remember reading Laura Strolia's research concerning the Pelican of Piety artifact that was found by Captain Bonnie Schubert on the Douglas Beach wreck site in 2010. As you can Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-65788496997090537682020-07-02T04:38:00.000-07:002020-07-02T05:47:32.161-07:007/2/20 Report - Holiday Beach Closures. Useful Research Resources: Postcards and A Great Book, Ages of Detectorists.
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Vintage Postcard Showing Captured Two-Man Japanese Submarine.
On the subject of postcards for research, nautical subjects are common. Here is one postcard in my collection. The back reads: The two-man Japanese submarine was captured off Oahu Island on December 8, 1941. This suicideUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-11811210716637458092020-07-01T05:14:00.000-07:002020-07-02T12:04:58.501-07:007/1/20 Report - Gold Sovereigns Found by New Detectorist. Ring, Button and Other Old Finds.
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Old Calendar Image.
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An amateur metal detectorist on a family holiday in Victoria’s famous goldfields has found 14 coins potentially worth thousands of dollars.Bev Martin, 60, was searching for gold nuggets last week in Victoria’s ‘Golden Triangle’, two hours north-west of Melbourne, when her metal detectorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-78941636091470681672020-06-30T06:11:00.000-07:002020-06-30T06:11:20.803-07:006/30/20 Report - Calm Surf and Sandy Beaches. Treasure Coast Fossils. Fishing Artifacts.
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Typical Sandy Treasure Coast Beach.
The Treasure Coast beaches have been accumulating sand for weeks now. In the photo you can see where the waves are crashing on a sand bar and then washing sand in, during high tide, up on the beach.
Waves Breaking on Bar
If there is a dip inside theUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-17791377975945002022020-06-29T08:17:00.002-07:002020-06-29T09:21:51.347-07:006/29/20 Report - Mysterious Phoenix Button Found. Great Thrift Store Ephemera Hoard. T. C. Beach Hunting.
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Source: MyNorthwest.com link below.
The following is the beginning of the story of how detectorist Phil Massie found the mysterious Phoenix button
“And I’m swinging the metal detector on our way out, because we’re like, ‘There’s nothing here, let’s call it a day, just try another spot,’” Massie Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-5549815132864637262020-06-28T06:46:00.000-07:002020-06-28T06:46:27.586-07:006/28/20 Report - Summer Beach Conditions Continue. A Few Finds Including A Fossil. Atlantic Heating Up.
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Fishing On A Hazy Treasure Coast Morning.
I went out to see what was going on. There were a lot of guys fishing at the beach. I should've checked the river this morning.
The first thing I dug was this lengthy piece of copper shown with a bottle for comparison.
Piece of Dug Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-72759782019979641112020-06-27T11:34:00.000-07:002020-06-27T11:34:22.963-07:006/27/20 Report - Building Summer Beaches. Turtle Barnacle. Questionable Ring Marking. Mining Geology Sampling Techniques.
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John Brooks Saturday Morning.
The beaches are really building on the front.. You can still see where the water had removed sand farther back on the beaches though. The water hasn't been high in quite a while.
You could see the haze created by the Sahara dust.
John Brooks Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162850547717746190.post-62721949163234834712020-06-26T16:58:00.000-07:002020-06-26T17:24:20.399-07:006/26/20 Report - Incorrectly Marked Gold. If You Dont' Know Where You Want To Detect Do Some Sampling.
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Gold Ring Find
Find and photo by Duane C.
Duane and I'd like to hear your opinions regarding the question he submitted below.
Unusual find beach detecting. A orange colored gold ring comes out ringing higher on my Nox than a typical 14k of its size. Higher numbers usually associated with Unknownnoreply@blogger.com