2/26/15 Report - Sunken Barge Closed Fort Pierce Inlet. Viking Sword & Islamic Coins Found by Detector. More New Sand.

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.BlogSpot.com.

Fort Pierce Inlet Where Barge Sank.

Yesterday I had one big story.  Hope you didn't miss it.  Today I have a variety of items.

The big news today is that a barge sank in the Fort Pierce Inlet yesterday and the inlet was closed and remained closed today.


Below is the link for that story.

http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/fishermen-losing-thousands-because-sunken-barge-23765.shtml

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In August 2014 a detectorist found a Viking sword in a field.  Archaeologists were called in to examine the find, which included a shield boss, and found that the boss contained Islamic coins.

Here is the link to that story.

http://thornews.com/2015/02/14/found-islamic-coins-hidden-inside-viking-age-shield-boss/



Viking Era Sword Found By Detectorist.

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Waveland Beach Getting New Sand
Photo by Joan T.

Add Waveland Beach to the long list of beaches getting new sand. 

Thanks Joan.

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Captain Andy and Papo with their respective crews are scheduled to be back on the Margarita site now that the seas have calmed.

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Bill P. says the round part of the moistener that I showed the other day might actually be an insulator.  It could be.   

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Not totally unrelated, I was thinking one day of how many ways a simple item like a ball could be used.

Toy, projectile ie. musket ball or for a sling shot, ball bearing, weight, float, in roll-on deodorant applicator, stopper in Hutch bottle, home décor.   You can probably think of more.  Of course in many cases you could eliminate many of those based upon size or composition.

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One important thing today is the bigger surf predicted for this weekend.   Today and tomorrow the surf on the Treasure Coast is only around three feet, but Saturday it is supposed to increase and then Sunday maybe up to eight feet.   We'll have to see how that develops.  Of course I'll keep a close eye on it.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@Comcast.net

2/24/11 Report - Hope on the Horizon

Stump on a Treasure Coast Beach Yesterday.

I use this stump as an indicator of the level of sand on this beach. Many beaches have stumps or rocks or pilings that you can use to judge the level of sand on the beach. You can even mark them if you want a more precise indication.

This stump showed me that there was nearly two additional feet of sand over this spot as compared to when it was eroded a few weeks ago.

That by itself indicates a lower probability of finding old items here, especially old silver or gold coins. Of course, you might still be able to find some lighter things.

North of this stump there were some nice piles of shells containing fossils and lighter materials such as pot shards and sea glass.


Remains of Very Nice Steel and Silver Vikin Sword.

That is really old.


One reader of this blog reported that they are pumping sand from the inlet onto the beach south of Jupiter Inlet. Check out the Jupiter Inlet web cam for pictures.


The same weather that has been making for difficult hunting on the Treasure Coast beaches has allowed the Magruder and Dare to spend a lot of time on the trail of the Atocha this February. 23 silver coins have been found so far and about 125,000 are still missing.


What appears to be one of the oldest human skulls ever discovered in the Americas was found in an underwater cave in Mexico. This web site shows some very nice photos of divers in this really neat sink hole. What a dream place to hunt!

Here is the link.

http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/chiefeditor/2011/02/skull-in-mexico-cave-may-be-oldest-american-found.html

Underwater springs like those up in North Florida have a lot of interesting things in them.

And here is a neat video showing what turned up after a farmer noticed a pointed rock sticking out of the ground. It turned out to be the tip of the iceberg, or more accurately, the tip of a whole complex of monuments in Turkey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo0ZkgqM1TE

Who knows what is under the ground you walk over everyday? That is another hint to hunt places besides the same old beach spots.


Forecast and Conditions.

The wind has switched and is now coming out of the northeast, and the prediction is that the seas will be up to around 4.5 feet later on Thursday. That could cause a little improvement, or it could make things worse. My guess at this point would be that it won't change much at all.

The best thing I've seen in a while is the seven foot seas predicted for next Wednesday. We haven't seen anything that big all year. Unfortunately the surf sites are often wrong when predicting big seas that far in advance, but if that prediction holds up we could finally see some significant improvment in beach hunting conditions on the Treasure Coast.


Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net