1/18/20 Report - Higher Surf Recutting One Beach. EO and UFO (Unidentified Floating Object). Random Thoughts

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Large (Approx. 7 ft. long) Fender(?) On Beach.

I saw this item rolling in the surf Friday.   The size, I would guess, is about 3 - 4 feet high (as it lies) and about seven feet from end to end.  From how it moved I would guess it is empty.  It does have metal eyes on each end.  I didn't get real close to it, but it looked like it might be made of a thick, but hollow, flexible rubber like material, and the ends had a yellowish color, looking like brass or bronze.  I'm guessing it is a large boat fender or air bag.  It looks more heavy-duty than anything I've found online so far.  What do you think?

John Brooks Friday Afternoon.

As of late Friday afternoon, from the few beaches that I saw, it looked like the wind and surf had not yet improved beach conditions significantly.

The cut at John Brooks looked like it was being recut, but the cut was not nearly as big as it was when I increased my beach conditions rating to a two.

The beach in front of the cut was soft and mushy.

John Brooks Friday Afternoon.

Frederick Douglass Beach Friday Afternoon.

The front beach at Frederick Douglass appeared to be building.

Frederick Douglass Beach Friday Afternoon.

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A couple days ago GC was working the shell line at Fort Pierce South Jetty and picked up the usual light stuff along with an interesting EO, which is circled in the photo of finds in the photo below.

Wednesday Objects From the Shell Line

Photo by GC.

Here is how he described it.

Went to FP South Jetty Park on Wed. I see that the dune is cut back further than I have ever seen, but not as tall and vertical. So I guess any goodies are still buried under the renourishment. Lots of shells, and that shell line is where I dug up a curious object 2-3 inches in deep in sand.

     It gave off a very loud signal on my highly technical BH Time Ranger. All I did at the time was check it with my magnet because it was quite heavy. Not at all magnetic. Checked again at home with stronger magnet. Nope. When I tried, perhaps too vigorously, to chip off some of the encrusted material it broke, pretty much in half. The inside material appeared to be carbon, maybe charcoal like substance, in all appearances. and properties. I certainly have no level of expertise in identifying artifacts, but it occurs to me that it is a container or flask of some kind, possibly made of lead. In cross section an outer layer of some metallic substance, and what could possibly be a neck. That is my best guess to explain the heaviness and that layer. There are 2 areas, marked A and B, located within the outer layer, that appear to be shiny and metallic. They could be the inside surface of the container. But A has a very definite circular edge that seems quite different from B. I'm guessing that it was either round, and flattened somehow, or was a very thin, maybe pocket sized thing. The round thought is based on seeing what appears to be a crack at the outside edge in vertical photos.

      Any thoughts, ideas, guesses, would be greatly appreciated...

Two Views of EO

Find and photo by GC.

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You know you are getting old when -


you can't even remember the last time anyone asked about your schooling or occupation, which seemed so important at one time.

you are the only one who remembers the times, places and events of your childhood days.

the only people your age, or near it, that still look half way good are unrecognizable because of an extremely talented plastic surgeon.

you know more dead people than living.

you remember a day when the people you knew seemed to be united by a common view of things.

you realize that you were once just as stupid as you were young.

you realize that you didn't understand what your elders were going through and perhaps weren't as kind and considerate as you should have been.


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The wind was still blowing early Saturday morning but shifted.  It now is coming more from the south.  That means a change in how the beach was forming.

 The surf will peak about 9 AM, just after low tide.

Source: MagicSeaWeed.com

Like I said, I'm not increasing my beach conditions rating, but I haven't seen the Vero/Sebastian beaches, so could be missing something.  As of yesterday afternoon, the South Hutchinson Island beaches that I saw weren't encouraging.

Happy hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

6/25/19 Report - Musket Gun Barrel Mold. Cleaning Coins. Benefit of Metal Detecting. Gold Prices. Way to Remove Rust.

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Encrusted Musket Barrel as Found.

Find and photo by Will R.

If you saw yesterday's post early, maybe you didn't see the link I added later in the day.  That link was to a old post in which Will R. talked about some nice finds and how he made a mold of the gun barrel shown above.  Here is what Will said.

I love your last post. I ran into a similar situation last year. I was detecting a private site on the intercoastal when I found a brass butt plate, then the side plate and one of the ramrod tubes. Then it hit me... where's the barrel? Soon I found the barrel because it had one of the ramrod tubes stuck in the EO chunk. I took it home and did as I do with most EO's and put it in a tub of fresh H2O. The next day I noticed the end of the EO was oozing sludge. I figured this was the end of the barrel. I gently flushed the end of the EO with water and then I knew I had rare opportunity. This was a perfect mold of the metal barrel that once was there. I carefuly flushed the rest of the mud and sludge out and made sure it was clear of all metal. Now here's where the fun began. I used fiberglass resin and made a perfect mold of the barrel. Here are some pics of it. You're welcome to use them if you like.

Finished Copy Made From Mold.

By Will R.

If you used the link yesterday, you might have already seen this, but I thought it was worth posting again for those who might have missed it.

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Surfaces on Recently Dug Dime and Quarter That I'll Be Cleaning.

I'm going to use diluted Muriatic acid.  I'm doing four dimes and three quarters, all having a black patina very much like the dime and quarter shown in the photos above.  Some are a little worse than others, but all are similar.

You hear that you should never clean coins.  There is no danger with these coins since they have no collector value other than the melt value.  They are already damaged beyond what any body would pay a premium for.  Therefore there is no danger of actually hurting the value.

Make sure you know that is the case before you clean any coin.  In the case of possibly valuable coins, definitely don't clean them until you know for sure.

I hope to have some photos for you as things progress.

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I heard another way to remove heavy rust from iron objects.  On the Antiques Roadshow it was said that a fellow found a clump of rust and buried it in his barn in horse manure.  It looked like it did a good job of removing the rust from what turned out to be a medieval key.

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The price of gold has been really flying for the past week or two.  It went up another $28 per ounce in the past couple of days.  That puts it close to $1430 and moving.

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I've commented about some of the fake elements of some of the "reality" treasure shows.  I realized the other day that I actually hope that some of the other so-called reality shows are fake.  It would be sad to think that people are actually like that.  I could list a number of shows that I've seen enough of to actually hope that they are really fake.

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It's been established that people who spend more time in parks and other natural settings tend to report higher levels of health and happiness, but new research shows there's actually a magic number for it.

According to a study published this week in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, spending 120 minutes a week strolling a tree-lined street or sitting by a lake can greatly enhance a person's overall sense of well-being. Less time didn't yield any significant benefit, the research showed...

Here's the link.

https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/People-who-spend-more-time-outdoors-lead-more-14025910.php

As always you can quibble with the conclusions and details of the article, as I'm so prone to do, but isn't that one thing we all like about metal detecting or treasure hunting.  You have to be out there.

There is something about feeling the sun, wind and rain.  I like being barefoot.  I like feeling the grass or sand beneath my feet, and will accept the risk of fire ants or other dangers.  I like when it is stormy and nature is getting a little frisky.  You feel nature even more.

On the other hand, there is the garbage and pollution littering the out doors.

Millions of tons of plastic enter the oceans every year, polluting our seas, littering our beaches and endangering wildlife.

Plastic can take centuries to break down, and instead of quietly disappearing beneath the waves, it has a way of coming back to haunt us.

Almost 1 million shoes and over 370,000 toothbrushes were among more than 400 million pieces of plastic recently found washed up on a remote group of islands in the Indian Ocean.

Great chunks of plastic have been found inside the stomachs of everything from seabirds to whales, while tiny microplastics are eaten by fish and other sea creatures, ending up as part of the food chain...
See https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/24/health/plastic-pollution-rivers-oceans-scn-intl/index.html

The litter makes me a little sad.  It intrudes on nature, and makes it a little less "natural."  Litter seems to intrude upon nature and removes some of the healthy-giving and aesthetic benefits.

One of the side benefits of the dig-everything and take-everything philosophy that I encourage, is that it leaves the environment a little better than you found it.

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The price of gold continues to rise, going up another $28 per ounce in the past couple of days.  That puts it close to $1430.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

2/20/19 Report - Current Beach Renourishment on Treasure Coast. Encrusted Object for ID. Southeast Winds.

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McLarty Museum Observation Deck Looking South.

Photo by Dale J.

Thanks Dale!

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I'm ashamed.  I often mention how difficult it is to identify an item from a photo, and then I go and post two sides of an object without any indication of depth or the contour.  That is what I did yesterday, so I hope to correct the situation today with some additional views of the object I showed yesterday.  

Edge

Angled View

The metal has dissolved and the encrustation appears hollow.  The diameter of the round part is about seven inches and the edge or rim is barely over an inch.  One can assume that the object was somewhat smaller than the encrustation.

As you go from the outside of the round area towards the middle, it first become more thin and then bulges out in the middle.

Angled View of Other Side

And below are the same photos that were shown larger yesterday.

Thanks to those of you who already gave me your opinions without really having a fair shot at it.  I hope the new photos help.  I'm still looking for any and all ideas.

I have one idea, but I'd like to hear what others have to say first.

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Last night I ran across a metal detecting TV show that was produced in 2013.  I think I might have watched it before, but I barely remembered any of it.  The name is Dig Wars and it was on the Destinations network.

Three or four pairs of  detectorist formed teams and hunted various historic locations.  At the end of the day, they had finds appraised to see which pair of detectorists had the highest total.  I think I remember seeing it years ago.  They seemed to find old and interesting items going back centuries most of the places they hunted, even though they only hunted each site one day and didn't turn the site upside down with heavy equipment -  just detectors and some small holes that were filled, or course.

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We have a fairly strong southeast wind today.  I wouldn't be surprised if some spot opens up.  There is one in particular that might be expected to improve under these conditions.

The surf should be a little higher tonight and we are having some good high tides.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

10/5/18 Report - Fort Pierce Ring Found and Returned. Movement of Sand and Beach Scalloping. Mining Cremations.

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Dug Encrusted Object.

The surf has decreased, but that isn't all bad.  While I like to detect while items are being washed out of the bank, the rough surf will make it impossible to detect the entire beach.  When the surf decreases you can get to areas that were impossible to detect when the waves were breaking higher on the beach.  The above encrusted object and a few other encrusted objects were found after the surf decreased a little.

I didn't check all of the beaches, but I think they were pretty much all the same.  There could have been some exceptions, but I didn't see any.  I even took a look at some beach cams, like the one for Jupiter beach, and it looked pretty much the same too.

Jupiter Beach Cam Image From 10/4

The water didn't get near the dunes there.  Also note the sea weed.

We had a long period of good surf but just east winds.

The water can move sand and other items onto the beach or off the beach.  When the waves are hitting the beach straight on, the flow decreases as the water goes up the slope until it stops.  That is obvious.  As the flow coming up the slope decreases in force, sand is dropped.  If the flow back down the slope continued uninterruptedly with enough force, the sand would be washed back into the water, but when the sand is dropped without washing back into the water the beach builds.

There are a variety of factors that determine if the beach is going to build or erode.  Remember that it takes more force to get settled sand to start moving than it takes to keep it moving. When the force decreases to a certain point, the sand or objects will settle once again.  There is a certain amount of force required to get it moving, but less force required to keep it moving.  When the force decreases to below what is required to keep it moving, it will settle out.

Illustration Showing Two Dips on a Scalloped Beach.

When you have a scalloped beach, the water coming in can bring sand as usual, however the incoming water washes off the slopes on the sides of the dips and is directed towards the middle of the dip.  Sand is dropped at the higher edges, building the slopes, and sand is washed out of the middle of the dip where the returning water gathers with more force.  There are a lot of factors, but that is a big part of it.

Sand differs in size and shape, as do other objects.  Different objects require a different amount of force to get them moving, and they'll also drop out at different points.

A few days ago I asked you to think about if the weight or shape of an object has more to do with how quickly or deeply an object will sink into beach sand.  I forgot about that question when all of the weather and high surf was in the news, but I'll talk about it more tomorrow or sometime soon.

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Here is a story about a long-time Fort Pierce detectorist, Jennifer Gregory, who found and returned a wedding band lost by a kayaker in knee-deep water along the Fort Pierce.

https://www.wptv.com/news/region-st-lucie-county/fort-pierce/woman-with-metal-detector-finds-lost-wedding-band-in-water-in-fort-pierce-inlet

Thanks to Jorge Y. for sending me that link.

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Gold and precious metals filtered from cremated bodies are being sold.

Here is that link.

https://www.thelocal.ch/20181002/zurich-crematorium-starts-to-trade-precious-metals-filtered-from-peoples-ashes

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The Treasure Coast surf will run between three and six feet for the next few days.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

8/17/17 Report - More 1715 Site Finds From the Capitana. 1802 Shipwreck With Interesting Cargo. Storms Forming in the Atlantic.

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Cole Smith of the Capitana Crew with Encrusted Object
Photo submitted by  Captain Jonah Martinez

Captain Jonah said, The cargo hook was found by Cole Smith newest member of the Capitana...

Congratulations Cole, and thanks for sharing Jonah!

Cole also found a class ring. Not the class of 1715 - but 1968.

Cole's 1968 Class Ring Find.

Things of various ages and sources sometimes get mixed together.  Just because something comes from a known shipwreck site doesn't mean it came from the shipwreck.  That is obviously the case with this class ring.  The ring looks like it has been lost for a good number of years.

Nice thing about diving all day is that your hands look like you just got a manicure - not like relic hunters.   Relic hunters usually look like they could start a seed garden under their fingernails. ( :

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Continuing with that theme, I found an article about a shipwreck that was lost in 1802 that was carrying antiquities taken from ancient Greece.

Chess pawns, combs and a toothbrush are some of the new findings brought to light by the underwater excavation of the wreck of the ship “Mentor” that sank off the island of Kythira in 1802...

Divers On The Site of the 1802 shipwreck of the Mentor.
Source: See GreekReporter link below.

The ship, which was carrying antiquities plundered from the Parthenon by British diplomat Lord Elgin, was bound for England via Malta but sank at the entrance of the port of Avlemona southwest Kythera...

For more about that, here is the link.

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/08/15/items-recovered-from-wreck-of-elgins-ship-off-kythira/

Another example how items from various sources and ages can be found together.

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov

The Atlantic is hearing up.  The system approaching the West Indies (red) had an 80% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours.  The next system has about a thirty percent chance.

Gert is way north now.

I'll be posting a projected path on those systems before long.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

4/7/14 Report - Bad Timing, Tungsten Ring, 1715 Fleet Diamond Ring & Tips For Removing Encrustation

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I went out today to do some volunteer sub-surface junk removal.  That was successful.  I did my civic duty.

Tungsten Mother-of-pearl Ring

As far as finds, I pretty much struck out.  I went to a place I like to hunt occasionally.  I hadn't been here for a few months.  I prefer to get there when there is a low tide early in the morning.  The tide wasn't low enough this morning for me to get to some of the areas I like to get to, so I had to settle for the remaining area.

At first it was really bad.  Nothing but sinkers. I expected some coins, but wasn't hitting any at first.

The bank had eroded but there were bushes covering everything in front of the cut so I couldn't get in there very well either.

At least you can scrap the lead or sell the sinkers if you want to.  I say it is better to pick them up and remove them than take a chance on encountering the same ones again some other day.  Might as well give a fisherman a good deal on some cheap used sinkers.

Well, it was slow going at first and frustrating because I couldn't get to the places I wanted to detect.

Eventually I started to get into the green encrusted clads.  I'll have to check them a little better because I have found some older coins there in the past, but I'll have to do some cleaning before I know if there are any older coins in that bunch.

Then I found this tungsten ring with mother of pearl inlay.  I got excited when I put my hand in my scoop and my finger slid into the ring but then I saw it wasn't gold.

I guess tungsten rings like this sell for around $100 new.  I have no idea what it might be worth used. 

They use a lot of different metals these days besides gold and silver for rings.

I also picked up this encrusted junk whatever it is.   If nothing else it will be a good extrication exercise.  Good practice anyhow.

Soaking the item first sometimes helps. 

Encrusted Object

Same Object Partially Extricated

Here is another tip for removing hard crust.  Instead of hitting it with a hammer of something (actually it is better to lightly tap rather than hit) use a pair of pliers or something like that.  I think you'll find that if you use something to squeeze the crust instead of hitting it you will have more control of the amount of pressure applied.  Squeezing is a more cautious technique and often will crack the crust just as effectively.  Don't apply more pressure than necessary.  Needle nose pliers will allow you to direct the pressure to very small areas of the crust that might look particularly weak.


Well, I didn't do so good today, but there is plenty to look at in the Sedwick Coins auction catalog.

Here is a diamond ring from the 1715 Fleet.  Sort of unusual.  The estimated value is $25,000 - $50,000.

Here is the catalog description.

Gold-and-diamond ring, 4-1/2 to 5 carats, clarity SI1-SI2, fancy gray color. 8.44 grams, size 5-1/2. One of the most impressive jewels we have ever seen from the Fleet, with 11 high-quality diamonds in a circular pattern with the biggest rectangular diamond in the center and wedge-shaped diamonds to the sides, certainly not faceted to modern tastes or standards but obviously quite clear and brilliant, the gold with crosshatch pattern on saddle but plain at bottom and inside, completely intact and undamaged, the whole item very much on par with the "Queen's Jewels" found by Bob "Frogfoot" Weller and featured in various magazines. It should be noted also that diamonds are atypical for Spanish wrecks (unlike emeralds) and jewels containing them should be considered extremely rare. With photo-certificate. Recovered from: Spanish 1715 Fleet, east coast of Florida

The lot number is 1531.   

Notice the cut of the diamonds.  That isn't how they cut diamonds these days.  You can often tell something about the age of diamonds by the cut.   Also notice how they used to set stones.  That is diagnostic as well.

There is a plain gold ring from the 1715 Fleet in the May auction that has an estimated value of  $900 or less.  


I took a look at one beach today other than where I detected.   The surf was about three feet on that Treasure Coast beach.  The tides are pretty flat right now.

The wind is coming out of the South today, but that will be changing in a day or two, but we still won't get much surf even after the change.


Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

11/17/13 Report - EO, Relocating Specific Areas, $98,000 Found, Spanish Colonial Kings

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Unidentified Encrusted Object.
Find and Photo by William M.

This encrusted object was recently found on a Treasure Coast beach near the water line by William M.

The metal objects are not ferrous, although from the photo it appears that there is rust on the stone.  William says one of the objects is silver but not a coin.

Always watch for encrusted objects.  Besides using a magnet, acid, or test pen, the detector signal can also give you an idea what metal or metals are involved.

Just the other day I detected a couple of large non-ferrous objects near the water line and was unable to retrieve them because of the rough water.  I returned the next day to see if I could get them but due to the change in direction of the wind and waves that area had accumulated more sand, and I was unable to find them again.

Objects that you can not recover can often be retrieved another day when beach conditions and the surf change.  Make a good mental map of that area of the beach.

I was able to relocate and retrieve one other smaller object that I wasn't able to get the day before.  It was higher on the beach.  I knew exactly where I located it the day before and what it sounded like.  I also knew how the water would probably move it.   I went to the same area, and was able to find it where I detected it a day earlier.  It turned out to be nothing significant, but at least I now know what it was.

Of course there is some possibility that it was not the exact same object but something in the same location that sounded the same, but I think it was the same object that I left the day before.  There were very few targets on that area of the beach, and it sounded the same.

I hate to leave detected objects not knowing what they are.  The curiosity gets to me.

Beside forming a good three dimensional mental map of the area to be searched again in the future, mark the area well.   Some people use stakes.  I don't particularly like to use stakes.  They often get knocked over or disappear.  I prefer stones or more permanent natural or man-made landmarks.

Use more than one marker because not only is there the possibility that one marker will get moved either by nature or man, but a single marker is not enough unless it is sitting on top of the area of interest.

If you try to locate a spot by using a single marker such as a fence post, tree or telephone poll, you won't be very accurate.   Use at least two markers for each of at least two intersecting lines, for example one tree stump and maybe something like a telephone pole that lines up directly behind the stump.

Of course one line will not identify a spot.  You'll need another intersecting line.

With practice you can use natural or man made objects to accurately identify a spot even if the beach does change.

Some detectors now provide good GPS coordinates so you can use that to relocate a spot on the beach.

Besides relocating a previously detected but unrecovered object, the same technique can be used to find old hot spots or whatever.

A good three dimensional mental map of the beach can be very helpful.   Get to know your beaches.  Analyze how a beach is changing and where sand is accumulating or being removed.

The other day I mentioned a shell pile that was covered by sand.  Notice the layers of sand and shells.  Make that a part of your mental map.

Generally, make sure to detect areas where the sand is being removed.  They will tend to produce more good objects than areas where sand is accumulating.  There are always exceptions, but you can improve your chances of success by going with the probabilities.

It is one thing to go out and find modern jewelry on a regular basis, but locating the old stuff is much more difficult and depends much more on the right beach conditions.



Often you won't be able to find a date on a Spanish Colonial cob.  If you can find the king listed in the legend on the cob, that can help you get a date range for the cob.   Here are the kings and when they reigned.

• Philip III, 1598-1621
• Philip IV, 1621-1665
• Charles II, 1665-1700
• Philip V, 1700-1746
• Luis I, 1724
• Fernando VI, 1746-1759
• Carlos III, 1759-1788
• Carlos IV, 1788-1808
• Jose Napoleon, 1808-1813
• Ferdinand VII, 1808-1833

I'll leave my beach conditions rating at a 2 through Wednesday.  Beach conditions are not as good as they were.  The wind has shifted so that it is coming from the southeast, but there will still be some left-overs to be found.

The surf will increase again up to seven feet or so by Thursday, and the wind will come out of a more Northerly direction again.  I'd expect improving conditions by then again.

We haven't had a low low-tide for quite some time.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

7/27/13 Report - Beach Finds, Coin Downloads, Biggest Year for Shipwreck Discoveries, Dorian & More

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Mystery Encrusted Object.
Photo by William M.

As I said yesterday, people are seeing interesting things along the Treasure Coast beaches, but no cobs or treasure coins.  A good number of fossils are being seen in with the shells, some encrusted objects and other items that tend to appear along with shells are being seen.

Here are a few photos from William M.  First is an encrusted object.  A museum is taking a look at this one.  Could it possibly be a hand guard?  That seems like one possibility.

Below is a connector that was found in the same hole as an olive jar neck.

Those are the kinds of things that are being seen on the Treasure Coast beaches right now.


A couple of days ago I also showed a 18th or 19th century button that showed up on one Treasure Coast beach recently too.

Thanks for the photos William.


As I often repeat, when beach conditions are not right for one kind of item, it is good for another.  Right now we are seeing these types of items that tend to go along with shell piles.

Old Connector
Photo by William M.

It appears that Dorian, much like Chantal did, is falling apart.  Now predicted to take a more southerly track, it is expected to reach Cuba as only a depression.



What do you think was the biggest year for important shipwreck discoveries?  I know that is a hard question, and probably impossible to answer, but one candidate has to be 1985.

From the online archives of People Magazine, December 1985, is this brief article mentioning three big shipwreck discoveries that year.   The discovery of the main pile of the Atocha, which occurred on July 20, 1985, and the Titanic and Whydah, both of which were found in 1985.

Below is the link to that People article.

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20092640,00.html


The Numismatic News web site offers some very useful free downloads including a visual guide for grading circulated coins and another guide for handling and collecting coins.

Here is the site where you can get the downloads.

http://www.numismaticnews.net/



One waitress found $5000 in a diner booth and another woman found $20,000 along the side of the road.  Both women found the owners and returned the money and received a reward.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/26/georgia-waitress-jennifer-shaw-returns-money_n_3653696.html


Today's the day.   Most everybody knows that phrase and its role in treasure hunting.  The People article says that Mel Fisher said that almost every working day for 17 years.


In a very general sense, everyday is indeed the day.  Today is the only day you can grasp and work with.  It is the time at hand - it is where you make decisions and take action.  It is there to be used well or poorly.  The past is over and the future isn't here yet. 

If you take the phrase how I think it was meant - expecting that long-awaited big find - it seems to me that it was wrong hundreds of times before it was right.   But no matter if it is right or wrong, it represents a useful attitude.  It is the mind set of an optimist.   It enables a person to keep going with enthusiasm even when the odds are very long against you. 

A good positive attitude can be very helpful.   It is too easy to give up if you don't have a positive attitude.  Pessimists don't last long in treasure hunting.  And it would seems to me that pessimists struggle unnecessarily with life.

One way to maintain a good attitude is to have smaller goals as well as a large one.  Take pleasure in the little things as well as the big.  Don't define success too narrowly. 

Appreciate the little things in life.  The sun, the wind, the rain, the feel of sand between your toes, the relief of being in the water on a hot day, etc. 

Count your blessings.  Make it a habit.

Take advantage of obstacles and failures.  Learn from them.  Turn them around.  

Optimism leads to success, and success leads to optimism.   

Did someone need that today?  I thought about not posting it, but felt like I needed to.


Here is the new projected track of weakening Dorian.

Beach detecting conditions remain unchanged so far.  Most beaches are sandy and many have a lot of shells.

The ocean is smooth this morning.  The surf will be increasing up to a peak of about 2 - 4 feet Wednesday, and according to the predictions, decreasing again.

It looks like nothing is going to shake the beaches up for a while.


The poll is progressing nicely.  I hope the results will show our government officials the importance of detecting to the public and its impact on the region.

Thanks for responding.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net