9/13/18 Report - Beach Conditions This Morning From McLarty to John Brooks.

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Just North of McLarty Museum This Morning.

Last night was the biggest surf so I wanted to get out to see what was happening.  I got out early because that was my only chance.

Above you see what it looked like just north of the McLarty Museum.  There were no cuts, just some shallow scalloping.

I didn't get to see some of the beaches, and that include some that I was most wanted to see.

Ambersands Beach access was closed a little before 7 AM.   

The two parks between Ambersands and Wabasso were open around 7.

Wabasso  Just After Sunrise This Morning.

As you can see there was a lot of sand and sea weed at Wabasso.  No big erosion there.

Wabasso Looking Towards Disney Resort This Morning.

The water did get high last night, but the waves were hitting the beach straight on.

Seagrape and Turtle Trail accesses were still closed at around 7:15.  A few cars were waiting to get in.  I didn't have time to wait.

Rio Mar Looking South This Morning.

As you can see, there was plenty of sand at Rio Mar.  Sea weed too.

Rio Mar Looking North This Morning.

This is pretty much what all the beaches that I saw looked like this morning.  

John Brooks Beach This Morning.

Like the other beaches, John Brooks beach had some scalloping and no cuts.

John Brooks Beach This Morning.

In this photo you can see that the water got all the way back to the dunes last night.

Blogger is really sluggish right now.  Maybe too many viewers.  Anyhow, I'm going to leave it there for now and probably add some later.  I'll try to get some find photos by then too.

Happy hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

1/27/18 Report - What the Beaches and Detectorists Are Doing Along the Treasure Coast. Surf Just a Touch Higher.

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I took a look at a good number of treasure beaches yesterday morning to see what was going on along the Treasure Coast. I saw several guys detecting this morning.  I'm going to start from the north and go south this time.

Above is the beach north of McLarty looking south towards the area in front of the museum.  There were a couple of the detectorists (See below) as far out as they could get, considering the rough surf.

A Couple of the Detectorists This Working Morning Near McLarty.

The next stop down was Ambersands.  As you can see there was a good bit of seaweed in the wet sand area there.  A couple guys were in the parking lot but no one was detecting there.

Ambersands Beach This Morning.

At least two guys were working near the water line at Wabasso.  The fellow below was up by the seawall heading north.

Wabasso Beach This Morning.

Detectorists Heading Towards Disney Resort This Morning. 

In the above photo you can see how they sloped the dunes recently.

Detectorist Working Just North of Seagrape Trail Access This Morning.

The fellow in the picture above just dug a target and stuck it in his pocket and filled the hole.  You can see what the beach looks like so I won't comment any more on that.

Looking South From Near the Turtle Trail Beach Access.

I didn't see anyone detecting at Turtle Trail but there could have been someone farther down around the bend.  One of the all-time top Treasure Coast treasure salvage guys stopped and took a look and quickly left.

John Brooks Beach This Morning.

John Brooks smoothed out since yesterday.  Yesterday there were scallops and some cuts forming up by the bend.  Today that was gone.

I didn't see anyone detecting there, but I got a report from Steve P. that did detect there this morning.  Here is what he said.

I went out this morning at just about low tide for about 3 hours, worked close to the water from Brooks south to the yellow house, back north along the first cut to Brooks, back south along the shell line, then back north to Brooks about mid beach. Had the same luck as Galen, a few aluminum can shards but nothing else.   Steve P.

Thanks for the report Steve.

My photos of Ambersands and John Brooks were not very good.  That is why they are smaller.  They looked very bad when in a larger size.

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The wind is still blowing on the Treasure Coast.  The surf will be a little higher on Saturday - something like 5 - 8 feet is expected.

The wind is mostly out of the east.  The tides are not very big. 

I do expect to see seem some find come in.

Happy hunting,
Treasureg\uide@comcast.net

11/2/17 Report - Top Gold Coin Prices For 1715 Fleet Lima 8-Escudo and Bust Mexico One-Escudo. Sebastian Inlet To Turtle Trail Report.

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The Sedwick Treasure Auction went live today.  There were some gold coins that brought very  good  prices.  I picked out a couple of those to post.

First is the 1715 Fleet Lima 8-escudo that I mentioned shortly after the auction catalog went online.  Here it is.  The winning bid was $32,500 with a $5,687 buyers premium added.

Here is the lot description from the Sedwick catalog.

Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1697H, "PVA" variety, very rare, encapsulated NGC MS 62, finest and only specimen in NGC census, from the 1715 Fleet (designated on label). S-L25; KM-26.2; CT-8. 26.85 grams. Broad flan with good full cross, clear king's ordinal II, bold full crown above full pillars-and-waves, minor peripheral flatness, frosty surfaces. This is one of only six dates (1696-1701) struck under Charles II, whose name on these coins appears simply as "C.II.," which are naturally highly sought for the type. One of two varieties for this date--with and without dots in the motto--but this is the only specimen of either variety in the NGC census. NGC #4485215-002. From the 1715 Fleet.

One of the other high priced gold coins from the first session was a Mexico City bust.  There were a few of those that did very well.

This one is a 1732 one-escudo.  The winning bid was $30,000 plus buyers premium.

Mexico Bust One-Escudo

Mexico City, Mexico, bust 1 escudo, Philip V, 1732F, extremely rare, encapsulated NGC MS 61, finest and only specimen in NGC census, ex-Rudman. CT-unl; KM-113. Quite choice in strike on a broad flan, in fact struck so strongly as to impart a minor flaw at rim 1 o'clock, the fields positively resplendent with high luster despite annular friction marks on obverse that appear to be the only reason this coin is not graded higher, nonetheless decidedly the finest known of only four in existence (one permanently impounded in the Banco de Mexico collection), and the only one listed in the NGC census. A gem of a coin whose extreme rarity can be summed up by this statement in CT: "some catalogs list the escudo of the date 1732... [but] we omit [it] for doubt of its existence." NGC #2784567-001. Pedigreed to the Isaac Rudman collection.

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Darrel S. sent me the following photos of the Turtle Trail and Seagrape beaches yesterday.  About these beaches he said, Was able to check Wabasso, Sea Grape and Turtle Trail around 4:30pm. Tide was full at 6 on.

Beaches showed some shells but very mushy and heavy amount of dirt.

Darrel also sent the following photos of the beach south of Mclarty and south of the Sebastian inlet today.  About those beaches he said, Polluted river and ocean. Brown water and yellow foam. Hopefully, next week better.

Went to Wabasso, Ambersand, etc. Detected south of inlet, but way too much dirt and nasty water. Low was around 12:30pm.

 Thanks much to Darrel for the photos and report.

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l was in Orlando this morning.  You probably heard about the butcher who sat on the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.  That is how I was today.

The surf has been small, but will increase up to 3 - 4 feet by Saturday.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

11/25/16 Report - Unfound Silver and Gold. Hand-held Tactical Scope. No Detecting Behind McLarty. Sewall's Point.

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HOW MUCH GOLD AND SILVER IS LOST AND UNACCOUNTED FOR???

 $$$ TRILLIONS, COULD BE AS HIGH AS 4.14 TRILLION DOLLARS $$$

Of this large quantity, 61% (24,738,000,000 troy oz) can be accounted for in silver inventories, industrial use and jewelry, etc. Much of the remaining 39% (15,793,000,000 troy oz) is considered to be unaccounted for

Much of the remaining 11.1% (479,000,000 troy oz) is considered unaccounted for and a great majority of this gold may well have been lost in the world's oceans in the form of treasure, i.e. coins, ingots, jewelry, etc.

Thus, gold, in its varied forms of treasure, still sitting unfound in many of the world's oceans (along many historical trade routes), could possibly have values ranging from a low of $2.207 trillion (5 times bullion) to a high of $4.414 trillion (10 times bullion). 11.1% (479,000,000 oz of gold) is considered unaccounted

The above comes from a notice posted  in 2004 by Undersea Recovery Corporation on the InvestorsHub web site.  The company may no longer exist and the statement was written to entice investors, so don't take it too seriously.

Here is the link.

http://investorshub.advfn.com/UnderSea-Recovery-Corporation-UNDR-3235/

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Darrel S. says that Seagrape was still closed a day or two ago.  He also said they aren't allowing detecting behind McLarty Museum.  He talked to both park rangers (Florida State) as well as county officials about that.  Here is what he said.

Also, no detecting 1000 feet in both directions behind McLarty Museum.I have talked with state park and county employees and seems to be some confusion. The state park line ends just south of the museum. The cabin lies in county, NOT state park. The best advice is ask before detecting near the museum.

I'd like to hear from you if you have some trouble with them up that way.

There are a few people that don't think I should ever talk politics, but you can't separate detecting from politics.  When they decide to stop detecting in parks or on the beach or where ever, politics is involved.  Some would use government to prevent all metal detecting if they could swing it.  If you'll recall, a year or two ago there was proposed legislation that threatened shipwreck salvage and the detecting community came out to support the salvage community in opposition to the proposed legislation.  

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I once read about pirate treasure being discovered at Sewall's Point.  Some old maps show an area called the Bleeche Yards down around there.

Here is a little history on Sewall's point.

http://sewallspoint.org/history/

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Hope you had a great Thanksgiving,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net