1/4/12 Report - Conditions Upgrade & New Florida Underwater Preserve

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Three Foot Cut on a Treasure Coast Beach This Morning.

This is the same cut that I showed yesterday. It was only one foot high then.

I'm issuing a level 2 rating on my Treasure Coast Treasure Beach Conditions Rating Scale. That is an upgrade from level 1 (poor)conditions. As you might know if you've been following this blog for some time, my rating scale is a five point scale.

It is a good two in my opinion, although I don't expect conditions to improve much more, and the new rating might be short lived.

That is my big news for today.


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If you want me to list your shop, just submit that info in a form that will make it easy for me to cut and paste. Don't use all caps. Don't include extra information.

I reserve the right to edit the information submitted in any way I see fit and to post or repost that information in any form and at any time I so desire but will not gaurantee anything, including inclusion in any post at all.

This offer is not for the detector super stores of the world.


USS Narcissus, a civil war era ship which sank near the mouth of Tampa Bay, will become a new archaeological preserve. Once covered by sand, the wreck is now much exposed.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20111229/ARTICLE/111229505?p=2&tc=pg

It is still pretty cold out. This morning when it was about 40 degrees on the beach.

I suspect you'll be able to find a few cuts in addition to the one that I'm showing today.

The wind is from the north/northwest. The seas seem to be calming down. The high tides aren't very high.

As I said, I'm not expecting much more improvement to the Treasure Coast beaches.


Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

10/30 Report - Beaches Neither Trick Nor Treat

Beach at Turtle Trail This Morning.


The entire Treasure Coast looks pretty much the same. You can see the remains of cuts from two previous times - slightly larger cuts towards the dunes and in front of that some smaller cuts made last weekend.

The low tide shows a low flat beach front and in front of that a lot of sand. The low tide zone is worth detecting. I'm surprised by how many coins and things are still out there considering how much these beaches are hunted. I would think those heavily hunted areas would be more cleaned out.

I guess they weren't the easiest targets, though. Most are several inches deep and do not give the clearest signals. They are signals that could easily be missed if you are moving too fast or being a little sloppy.

At Corrigans, and from what I've seen, in many places on the Treasure Coast, there was a layer of sand over a layer of shells. The shell layer was typically down a little over six inches. It seemed like the targets were in the top of the layer of shells.

They weren't the easiest targets to dig either. The sand was packed and the water was coming up and filling the holes.

I recommended searching the low-tide areas the other day, and I would still recommend the same. There are coins and things out there.



British cannons and cannon balls were uncovered on the waterfront in Kingston Jamaica. In a rare statement of common sense, they decided to allow development to continue because all of Jamaica could be made into a historic preservation site, which would leave no place to "live and work."

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20101028/news/news1.html


The remains of a Civil War tugboat, the USS Narcissus that exploded in 1866, was uncovered near Edgmont Key. Previously, little of the wreck was visible, but shifting sands have revealed more of the wreck.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/oct/28/281610/shipwreck-near-fort-de-soto-may-receive-state-desi/news-breaking/

Forecast.

So far the beach conditions do not qualify as either a trick or a treat. It's sort of middling. Conditions aren't terrible, and there actually is some possibility of something good popping up, but conditions aren't great either. I'm sticking with my 2 level Treasure Coast Beach Conditions Rating, which as you probably know by now, is on a five point scale.

For the forecast, the peak seas for this weekend are now expected to be about five feet. That probably won't help much, but if we can get just a little improvement on the beach fronts, there should be continued decent hunting in the low tide zone.

I'm not expecting much of an improvement in conditions, but am hoping there is no further deterioration.

There is one hurricane out there. At least I think it is now a hurricane - Tomas. It looks like Tomas is headed for either Cuba or Central America and so will probably not affect us much.

Have fun,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net