4/20/15 Report - One Great Method For Locating Good New Hunting Spots And Some Things To Look For.

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

View Of One Of My Best U. S. Silver Coin Areas Of the Past.

There are exciting ways to search for good new spots to hunt these days.  You might be able to discover some by searching through sites like Google Maps.  That will give you a view of places you might never see just driving down the road.

I chose a few spots that were among my favorites in the past to show as examples.  I think that will give you the idea.

The first  (shown above) shows one of my favorite silver coin hunting locations from the past.  This site was abandoned and overgrown when I hunted it.  There was a busy swimming beach there back in the days of segregation.  It was one of those "Colored Beaches."

The remains of the old wood groins is the first thing you might notice.  There were also abandoned buildings and an old parking lot behind the beach.

When I hunted there, which I did whenever the water eroded the dunes, I parked before going through he park entrance and walked down and around an old fence at the water's edge and up the beach to the groins.

Evidently people used to lounge on the dunes that were the covered with bushes when I visited the site.  Whenever the dunes eroded, silver coins in very nice condition would wash out.

Like many run-down abandoned areas, it used to draw its share of unsavory characters who would break into your car if they had a chance.

In more recent years the park has been revitalized. 

Gold Hunting Spot.

Here is another spot just around the corner from the one above.  You could either drive directly to this one or take a good walk from the first spot.  This spot didn't yield silver coins, but it was a good gold spot.  Even though it wasn't a well-known busy beach at the time, there were some bathers and wind surfers that visited the area.

The inside corner of the rock jetty shown above had a dip that yielded five gold rings the first time I ever visited that spot.  The sand and seaweed line in shallow water yielded a class ring.

People tend to stay more on the sand.  That makes narrow strips bordered by sea weed more productive.

Same Spot From Another View.

The arrow points to the same spot shown above.  I'm just showing how you can use tools such as Google Earth to check out potential hunting sites.

Recently I mentioned a carpet of silver that was found after Hurricane Andrew.  It was on the coral outcrop shown below.  The coral outcrop back then was normally covered by sand.  Hurricane Andrew removed the sand a left a bunch of coins and silver items.

The funny thing is, at that time I had never seen ANYONE there, but evidently some time in the past it was visited by more people.  I can understand why.  It is an interesting feature.

In recent years that constructed a path and a observation platform near that area.  You can see the rectangular platform in the picture if you look close.

Coral Outcropping

Around the bend from there is another place (See below) where silver coins were found as well as old bottles after Hurricane Andrew.

Another Silver Coin Spot Not Far From Coral Outcropping.

You can see the coral outcropping in this shot.  Near the road at the North end of the island you can see another silver coin spot.  It is right beside the where the road enters the island from the north.

I'm told that this spot is hard to get to now.  I was told that there is a fence there now that makes it difficult to get to from the road.

The laws might have also changed.  I don't know if you can detect there or not now.  The laws changed while I was down there.  At first you were not allowed to detect there and then you were.  I don't know if it has changed again or not.

My intent is not to show you particular spots to detect.  What I am showing today is that by browsing online sites such as Google Earth, you can get a good look at places and maybe find some nice new spots to try.  You can even use Street View to see how many people are at a beach and where they sit and swim.

Look for signs of old or abandoned structures or unique natural structures that might have drawn people in the past.  Always look for structures, man-made or natural, that can trap items.  Also where erosion might often occur.

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You couldn't ask for better water conditions for water hunting.  Only a one foot surf and a good negative tide!  You can get out there and not get jostled around.  The only trouble is the sandy conditions.  Expect a couple more days of that on the Treasure Coast.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@Comcast.net

7/25/13 Report - Storm Dorian, Tons of Silver Bars, Old Mine Tailings, Abandoned Florida and Blog Poll

Written by the TreasureGuide for the excluisve use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.

Track of Dorian?
National Hurricane Center

First, there is a storm that is forming in the Atlantic named Dorian.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/tropical-storm-to-approach-lee/15685176

It is too early to say where it will go.  Here is a possible track as shown by the National Hurriane Center.

Here is a stack of silver bars from the Gairsoppa just up from the ocean floor.



A new source of wealth is being found in old gold mine tailings.  The tailings contain valuable rare earth elements that are being extracted.


Here is the link about that.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/rare-earth-elements-mine-tailings/story?id=19739320


I don't believe our legislators and officials have any idea how valuable metal detecting and treasure hunting is to Florida and the Treasure Coast area.  They don't know how many people read about the Treasure Coast when the gold coins were discovered right off of Sebastian beach.  That story made national news.

They don't know how many people come to the Treasure Coast from other states to metal detect.  I know.  At least I have a good idea.   I meet them all the time.  I receive questions from them via email.  I look at the google statistics that tells how many people from other states and even countries read this blog about metal detecting and treasure hunting on the Treasure Coast.  This blog, itself, has over 600,000 hits.  And all of that without any effort or anything to publicize the blog on my part other than writing the posts.

They don't know how much money is spent on boats, diving equipment, metal detecting equipment and how much people spend when they come to the Treasure Coast to detect.

They don't know how many people move to the area or buy second houses because of treasure hunting.  I, for example, first came to the Treasure Coast to metal detect the shipwreck beaches.  That was a lot of years ago.  That was my only familiarity with the Treasure Coast.   When I decided to move out of South Florida, I moved to the Treasure Coast because I knew about it from my detecting trips.  And another member of my family later bought a house on the Treasure Coast.  That would never have happened if I didn't first come to the Treasure Coast to metal detect.

I'm sure I'm not alone.  Other people hear about the Treasure Coast because of the famous treasure that the area was named for.   After they hear about it, they visit for vacation and possibly move to the area eventually.  In both cases. it means a lot of economic activity for the area.

The poll that now appears on this blog will give us some good data that can be used to let our officials how important treasure hunting and metal detecting is to the Treasure Coast.

I hope you'll respond to the poll so that we have good data to share.


Last night I ran across an absolutely fascinating web site that lists a large number of old abandoned Florida tourist attractions.  Did you know that the Orlando area had a future world other than Epcot?   There are many attempted Florida amusement parks, museums and other tourist attractions that are now abandoned.  If you are like me you'll enjoy reading about these abandoned Florida locations that include things like Ancient World, Pirate World and Treasure Land.  It is interesting enough, but you might even get a few metal detecting leads.  Of course, most of these sites are not accessible now, but some of the abandoned sites are.

The story of Ancient World is interesting.  The developer dug into an indian mound in the Boca Raton area and has glass windows installed so you could see into the mound.  He also had a museum.  It never worked out for him even though he tried a few different locations.  Interesting story.

Take a look.  Here is the link.

http://www.lostparks.com/index.html


On the Treasure Coast this morning, the breeze is out of the west.  The surf is still smooth.  That won't change until Dorian gets closer - maybe Tuesday or Wednesday.

We'll have a nice low tide this afternoon.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net