5/6/15 Report - More Recent Treasure Coast Beach Photos And Beach Analysis. Oscar de la Renta Find.

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

Treasure Coast Beach Tuesday Afternoon Near Low Tide

In the distance you can see the peaks of a few scallops.  There were not any other cuts on this beach.

The beach front was mushy.  You can also see some seaweed, which indicates some filling.

We had a tropical wave over near the Bahamas causing rain and wind.

Treasure Coast Beach Tuesday Afternoon Near Low Tide

Here is the face of one scallop.  This one is the nearest thing to a cut that I could find on that beach.

Note again the seaweed.

Another Treasure Coast Beach Tuesday Afternoon Near Low Tide.

Note the little bend at the water's edge near the top of the picture.  Up near the high tide line there, there was a cut that ran about a hundred yards.

The cut there was only about a foot high at its highest.  A few coins were found within a few feet of the face of the cut.

Another View Of The Same Beach As That Shown Above

There are very few shells to be found anywhere along the Treasure Coast right now.  I believe that is due to the fact that on the front beach, only sand is getting moved, and the sand is covering the shells.

When the shells aren't getting moved, coins won't wash in or up the slope.

The coins I found were undoubtedly coming out of the small cut and were found near the foot of the cut.

When I find a line of coins I try to determine the source.  They can be either washing up or coming out of the dunes or cut.  The pattern of coins can help you tell which way it is working.

There are a couple of things working against coins being washed up right now.  One is the tons of accumulated sand in the shallow water next to the beach.  Another is that on most beaches right now you have either a wide flat low tide zone, which is an extension of the shallow water sand,or a pile of loose mushy sand near the waters edge.

One thing that can help you trace the source of coin accumulations on a beach front is the pattern of coins.   The lighter coins will normally get washed farther from the source.  You will therefore often find quarters and zinc pennies concentrated at opposite sides of the accumulation.  For example, when coins are being washed out of a cut, quarters will tend to be closer to the foot of the cut, while more zinc pennies will be farther from the cut.

I tried to do this post yesterday evening but had some trouble with posting photos.

So far the higher surf we've been having the last few days hasn't done much to the Treasure Coast beaches.  The waves have been hitting straight on to the beach.

You can see the how shallow the water is where the waves are breaking.

There is a lot of sand that needs to be moved before you start to see much older stuff.  We've had a long period of accumulation.

There are a lot of beaches that have big cliffs back by the dunes, but the cuts are in renourishment sand.  I did see one tiny spot where the renourishment sand had been removed back to near the older sand.

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If your wife or children go to the beach with you but do not detect, they can still be helpful if you teach them what to look for and send them on scouting missions.

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A low power digital microscope can be a handy thing.  I find it easier to closely inspect items by simply sliding them under the microscope and seeing the image on the computer screen.  I find it easier and often more effective than using a jewelers loop.

I slipped this watch under the microscope the other day and noticed for the first time it was an Oscar de la Renta watch.  It is in pretty good condition and has a nice leather band.

I decided to look up de la Renta watches and was surprised to see that many sell for up around $700.  That was a complete surprise to me.

This particular watch isn't worth near that, but it is worth more than I ever figured.  I didn't pay any attention at all to it before.

It can pay to know the value of things.  You might be surprised.

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Wednesday and Thursday we're supposed to have some north winds but unfortunately at the same time the surf is decreasing.  I'm not expecting any change to beach detecting conditions.

Next weekend we're supposed to have a smoother surf again.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

11/19/14 Report - Cold Front Brings North Winds and Cuts Some Treasure Coast Beaches. Minimal Beach Detecting Conditions Upgrade.

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

Global warming strikes again.

As the front came through yesterday the wind picked up and is now comiing from the North.  Yesterday I said I expected some sand to be moved, and this morning I went out to check it out.  Below is what I found.

One Cut Treasure Coast Beach This Morning Looking South

Same Treasure Coast Beach This Morning Looking North

Three Foot Cut At Same Beach

 The beach above was cut for hundreds of yards.  The cut was from about one foot to just over two feet.  The front beach was not firm.  There were not many targets of any kind here.  The swash was only about ten yards in front of the cut.

Larger Cut At Another Treasure Coast Beach

Shells Being Uncovered On Same Treasure Coast Beach

 The first beach is natural sand, but the second beach (last two photos) was also cut but only in renourishment sand.  Plenty of shells were just under the surface.  There were many iron targets here as well as a few coins.

One beach I looked at had no cuts.  In fact sand was accumulating there.

As you might know, the original purpose of this blog was to keep you up to date on the changing conditions of the Treasure Coast treasure beaches.   The conditions have been so consistently poor that I quit giving a rating when it was the same day after day.  I started to only comment on conditions when there is a significant change.

I use a five-point rating scale for treasure beach detecting conditions.  A "1" rating indicates poor conditions, which we've had a lot of this year and last year, and a "5" indicates excellent conditions, like you normally get only after something like a hurricane.

Today I'm actually going to issue a beach detecting conditions rating upgrade, but only to a 2.   It is a minimal 2 at that.  If I gave fractional ratings, this would be more like a 1.5.

The cuts are scattered.  And they are not real good, but there is the distinct possibility of one or two old pieces of treasure to show up on the beaches.  The probabilities are low though.  Like I said, I'm only expecting very few, maybe one or two to show up.

More sand will need to be moved to improve increase the probabilities.  It is worth keeping an eye on for the next couple of days.

Once again this shows that the direction of the wind and waves is as important as the size of the waves for creating erosion.


At Jupiter Inlet beach it looks like they are doing another project.  You can see the bull dozier at work. (Thanks to GoSports1 for pointing this out.)

http://evsjupiter.com/


Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net