3/4/18 Report - Around The Treasure Coast. Updated Sunday Afternoon. Higher Surf Beginning To Hit Treasure Coast.

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

Looking South Towards McLarty Museum A Little After Noon Sunday.

I took a look at some beaches in the Vero/Sebastian area just after noon today.  I saw no erosion, however some beaches were closed and some I didn't get to look at because the parking lot was full.

Golden Sands was closed for beach renourishment.  Turtle Trail was closed or repaving.  That is what it said anyhow.  It seems Turtle Trail is closed anytime something might happen.

The Wabasso and Rio Mar parking lots were full and I didn't see either of those.

As you can see above, there was no erosion up north of McLarty.  I also went north to just before the bridge, and the beach there was the same.

Looking South From Ambersands Beach Access Sunday After Noon.

The fellow you see in the above photo was detecting, but there was no erosion in the Ambersands area.

Looking North From Ambersands Beach Access Just After Noon Sunday.

The photo below shows about a foot cut under and a little ways to the north of the Seagrape Trail access.  That was in renourishment sand.  Otherwise, no erosion there either.

Looking To The North From the Seagrape Trail Beach Access Just After Noon Sunday.

My photo of Seagrape wasn't much good, but Alberto S. came to the rescue and sent the one below.

Seagrape Looking North
Photo by Alberto S.

Alberto sent the following report and photo of Wabasso.

Pics of Seagrape looking north and Wabasso looking south. Either direction looked the same. Turtle Trail has been closed for repairs. Yesterday Seagrape had 3 small cuts north of the beach entry and today they were gone. 

Wabasso Beach
Photo by Alberto S.

Thanks Alberto! 

I didn't get up to Bonsteel.  Generally beach conditions were not very exciting.

Below are the photos I took yesterday afternoon of some of the South Hutchinson Island beaches.

So far, despite the bigger surf and high tides, the beaches aren't looking too good.  However, I was there before the highest surf of the day, and tomorrow the surf is supposed to be even bigger.

I'm discouraged by the direction of the swells.

Below is what I posted earlier today.

Looking South From John Brooks Saturday Afternoon.

I went out Saturday afternoon to take a look at some South Hutchinson Island beaches to see what it looked like prior to the peak surf that we're supposed to get.

Here are photos from John Brooks and Frederick Douglas beaches.  Those two beaches looked similar.  You can see some small but unimpressive cuts already.  The slope was suprisingly firm.  I didn't look at any beaches in the Vero and Sebastian areas yet.

Despite the many snowbirds, the only detectorist I saw was leaving the beach at Fort Pierce South Jetty Park.  Some of the equipment used for beach renourishment is already there.  I didn't get to take a look at that beach though. 

I also looked at Walton Rocks but didn't see any erosion or improvement there.

Looking North From John Brooks Saturday Afternoon.

I hope to get out today and add to this report later today.  I'd also appreciate others sending reports from around the Treasure Coast or other parts of Florida.

Looking North From Frederick Douglas Beach Saturday Afternoon.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

10/18/16 Report - Civil War Ordnance Uncovered by Matthew. Kang-hsi Of Manila Galleons. TCBDCR= 2.

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

Pot Shards From Manila Galleon
Source: Xinhualin link below.

The first thing I want to mention today is the big tides that will be combined with a 4 - 6 foot surf today and an even bigger surf tomorrow.  Unfortunately the winds will hit straight on, but there could be enough water action to help, especially tomorrow.

High water can result in a few scattered cobs on the beach even if there are not much of any cuts. However, you can almost always find some erosion if you look around enough after high water, especially around rocks and other natural or man made obstacles.

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4PM update: I was out this afternoon and as a result am giving a Treasure Coast a beach detecting conditions rating of a 2.

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Hurricane Matthew uncovered Civil War ordnance in South Carolina,  One corroded clump of grenades was exploded.

Trae R. sent the following link.

http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/great-white-nursery-discovered-off-new-york-old-civil-war-ammo-on-south-carolina-beach-ocean-oddities-east-coa_142415/

Here is another link about the same thing.

http://www.livescience.com/56458-hurricane-matthew-uncovers-civil-war-cannonballs.html

That reminds me of the grapeshot I found in the Carribbean, but left there because to take it on the plane could have meant hefty fines or other troubles.

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Mexican archaeologists have uncovered thousands of fragments of a 400-year-old shipment of Chinese "export-quality porcelain" that was long buried in the Pacific Coast port of Acapulco.

The shipment of rice bowls, cups, plates and platters dates from the reign of the Ming Dynasty's 13th emperor, Wanli (1572-1620), and is believed to have arrived in Acapulco aboard the China Galleon, which regularly sailed between Asia and the New World...

Evidence even shows that starting in 1565, the return trips to Mexico were manned by Chinese crews, said Fonseca.

Here is the link.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-10/17/c_135761246.htm

I've talked a good bit in the past about Kang-hsi porcelain, which is sometimes found on 1715 Fleet beaches.  I've posted pictures of shards in the past and even provided information on how to identify Kang-hsi (See photo above.).  My 3/29/13 post is one that talks a little about Kang-hsi porcelain.

Obviously not all blue on white shards are Kang-hsi.  There was other pottery shipped in the Manila galleons that was not as fine as the Kang-hsi.  Lower quality pots were used for storage.

You can learn to easily distinguish between lower quality pottery and Kang-hsi.

Here is a link to a great but brief overview of the archaeology of the Manila galleons.

http://www.themua.org/collections/files/original/61b274c68e00272c5e50f0af53f5b140.pdf

That is all for now.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net