12/4/14 Report - Windy Rainy Day On The Treasure Coast. Silver Hoard Found, Carved Fossil Shells May Help Rewrite History. Turning Trash Into Cash.

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The wind picked up this morning and it was coming from the northeast.  We're supposed to have somewhere around a five foot surf today.  Then in a week or so maybe up to seven or eight feet.  That is the kind of surf that will normally improve conditions, and it is supposed to be from the North too.  We'll have to wait and see if that really happens.  As I've often pointed out, the longer range surf predictions aren't very accurate.

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A 100-piece silver hoard including coins and jewelry was uncovered by archaeologists.  Here is the link to that story.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/unearthed-hoard-of-roman-and-pictish-silver-found-in-aberdeenshire-field.1417626970

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Fossil shells collected in the nineteenth century were being photographed when human markings were noticed.  Some think that discovery could rewrite the history of human evolution.  The engraved and worked shells are thought to be at least 300,000 years old.

Here is the link to that story.

http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2014/12/worlds-oldest-engraving-discovered

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One day some time ago I posted about collecting trash finds and turning them into cash.  Here is a quick video showing how much money one detectorist got for scrapping the junk copper, lead and brass that he dug.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXkf5G9DLP0

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I think we need to start a protest against crime and a support the police movement.  They aren't perfect, but for they are generally better than the criminals they have to deal with.  My advice for those who don't like police is just stop crime.  That is one good way you can put the police outwork.  If we didn't need them we wouldn't have them.

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If I looked at the current predictions and picked out the best looking day to do some beach metal detecting on the Treasure Coast , right now I'd pick Dec. 10.  I would not be surprised, however, if things change again before then.

It also rained along the coast again this afternoon.  I'll do a reassessment of beach detecting conditions tomorrow.

Don't forget the seminar at FIT on Friday.  If you don't know about that, see my previous post.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@Comcast.net

8/27/14 Report - Vero and Sebastian Beach Conditions. Abandoned Burt Reynolds Property. USS Houston. Flourescent Fossil Shell.

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Corrigans

Turtle Trail Access Looking North

Sebastian North of McCarty

I took a look at a few beaches this morning.  Here are some of them.  I also looked at Rio Mar.

All of the beaches looked pretty much the same.  They all still have some renourishment sand. 

I didn't see any cuts.  There were a few scallops around Rio Mar. 

Nothing to make me upgrade my beach conditions rating.  They were all pretty mushy.  And all had a some new sea weed - not a good sign.

As it turns out, Christobal didn't do much for us.


The first target I dug produced this very small children's silver ring.

The small items tell you that you probably aren't missing much.


Here is an interesting video.   I thought it was anyhow.   It shows the abandoned and neglected Burt Reynolds property in Jupiter.

There are over grown paths, old docks falling apart, old film sets and all kinds of junk.

I found it interesting.  Think about where you would detect as these two looney guys explore the property.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-xVB-FfKLM

Navy divers explored the wreck of the USS Houston.

http://www.cpf.navy.mil/news.aspx/010301


Christobal is up by North Carolina now.  There are two other disturbances that could develop.  One nearing the West Indies and one in the Gulf by Texas.

Source: www.nhc.noaa.gov

We still have a 3 to 5 foot surf on the Treasure Coast.  The surf is supposed to decrease a bit after Thursday.   Maybe the next system will kick things up again.

Right now it will be hard to find anything but modern items. 


There haven't been hardly any shells on the beach lately.  And I haven't seen any fossils for a while.  I did run across my old black light and took a photo of a phosphorescent fossilized shell

I didn't know if I could take a photo of it or not.

Not bad.

The crystals glow yellow.

Haven't posted any fossils lately.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@Comcast.net