Treasure Coast Archaeological Society Hunt Will Be Held Saturday in Wabasso.

If you want to have some fun and meet a lot of other detectorists, you will want to be at the TCAS hunt, which will be held in Wabasso tomorrow.  Festivities begin at 9 AM.

Here is the link for more details.

http://www.tcas.us/tcashunt.htm

9/25/14 Report - How To Time Your Water and Wet Sand Hunt Based Upon Tides and Waves. Single Ear Rings Being Paired.

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

Waves Breaking
 

Can you believe summer is over and we are almost at the end of September?  There is a time for everything.   The Bible says, "There is an appointed time for everything.  And there is a time for every event under heaven."

Anyhow, I've had timing on my mind as it relates to beach detecting.  Whether you hunt in the water or on the beach, timing can be very important.  You will often want to time your hunt according to the tides.

Take a look at the above illustration.   The waves will break where the water gets too shallow for the swells to proceed without being disrupted by bottom features.   (I know that is a gross oversimplification, but it will serve for now.) 

The waves will break where the water gets too shallow relative to the size of the swells  Bigger swells will tend to break in deeper water, while smaller swells will break in more shallow water.  You can therefore get a good idea of how deep the water is from where the waves are breaking and how big they are.

In the illustration above you can see the waves breaking where the water gets more shallow.  

Here is the link that is the source of my illustration.  You can also get more explanation there.

http://www.surfing-waves.com/waves/how_waves_break.htm

If the swells are small, like they were yesterday, the waves will break right in on the beach front where the water is very shallow.  If the swells are larger, they will break in deeper water where the bottom rises.

I'll call the water area where the waves are breaking zone B.  That zone can be narrow or broad and it can be in deep water or shallow water - again - depending upon the size of the swells and the shape of the bottom.

Zone A is the deeper water where the waves are not yet breaking.  And zone C is where the water surges in after the waves break. 

Unless the waves are small, it can be very difficult to detect in zone B.  Waves that break over your head can be difficult to deal with.  It can knock your ear phones off and generally make things difficult.

It can also be difficult to detect in the rushing water in the shallows if there are strong currents. 

It is usually easier to detect in zone A if the water is not too deep for you.   Zone A is where you'd find the recovery technique I described in my 9/20/14 post most useful.

Sometimes there will be a dip inside of a sandbar.  After the waves break over the sand bar, the water in the dip can be fairly calm and easy to detect.

The three zones will change as the tide goes in and out depending upon a variety of factors that includes the changing depth of water.

How does that affect how you time your visit to the beach?  Time your visit so that you can detect the zone that you want to detect.  In zone A, for example, you will probably want to detect when the tide is out.   Then you'll have more wet sand, but zone A will also now be where there was deeper water before and perhaps where the breaking waves were earlier.

If the waves are fairly big, you will probably want to detect when the breaking waves are not over the area where you want to detect.  Maybe that will be on the sand bar. 

Remember, as the tides get higher, the waves will tend to break in deeper water, and as the tide gets lower, the waves will tend to break closer to shore.   Remember those three zones and think about how they can move with the changing tides.

One other thing I want to point out while I have this illustration up, is the sand bar can move in or out too.  If you remember the experiment I did not long ago, the crashing waves will stir up the sand, causing the sand to move and causing objects to sink.  Very often the waves will break on the one side of the sand bar, stirring up sand and pushing it in.  In that case, the sand bar can move in towards shore, covering up things as the sand bar moves over them.

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You know all of those unmatched ear rings that you've found.   According to Kovels Komments, one high-end jewelry store is matching up vintage ear rings that go together well and selling them as a pair.

http://www.kovels.com/tips-on-care-and-repairs/mismatched-earrings-are-high-style.html?utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Mismatched+Earrings+Are+High+Style&utm_campaign=ezinesept24&utm_content=ezinesept24


One thing I forgot to mention in my 9/20 post is that when you go with the flow, you don't have to hold onto your scoop if you have a scoop that will float upright.  Get a scoop of sand in the bucket, and let the scoop go when you get washed off of the hole.  Under normal circumstances, the scoop will be waiting for you when you get returned to the hole.  You can therefore use it as a marker and not have to take the time to relocate the hole by feel.

It is still a good idea to have the scoop tethered to you in some manner.

Source: www.nhc.noaa.gov

As you can see, there is now some weather in the middle of the Atlantic that could develop.  Today on the Treasure Coast the surf will be around two or three feet - a little rougher than it has been.  It might increase a little more in about a week.

The low tides are not getting very low.

Don't forget to respond to the blog poll.

I have a lot of new find photos to show in the near future.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@Comcast.net

6/7/14 Report - Do You Want To Hunt For Treasure On TV, Casting Call, Nice Detector Finds & Sandy Beach Conditions

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

A Couple Nice Finds by Michael E.
Photo submitted by Michael.

Beach conditions remain poor, however finds are still being made.  The weather is beautiful and people have been going to the beach.

Sand continues to wash in at most beaches and is filling the shallow water.  Anything lost in the shallow water at most spots will be buried relatively quickly.

You'll see sea weed at some locations.  And in many places there will be a sand bar.  The bar will be moving in and sand will be filling the dips. 

It looks like we'll have a one to two foot surf on the Treasure Coast for about a week.

The tides are still pretty flat.

Photo submitted by Michael E.

Here is another nice find by Michael E.

Congratulations Michael!


















Below is a quick video showing a beach that I visited this morning.

Want to hunt for treasure on TV? 

I've been hearing from a lot of TV production companies.   I just received this casting call for a major cable network TV series about treasure hunting .  I'm not interested in this one, so I decided to pass it along.

The casting call is for treasure hunters and explorers who will search for the Treasure of the Trinity in southern Brazil.  They might be interested in you if you captain a treasure hunting vessel, are a scuba diver with credentials or just an experienced adventurer.

 

This isn't a walk down the beach and isn't for the faint of heart.

If you qualify and are interested contact Stacy Kitter, Casting Director, at makpicturescasting@gmail.com .

 

 

MAK PICTURES
www.makpictures.tv
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You probably saw some of the D-Day events held yesterday.  Those fellows really went through it.

You look at the beach today and there aren't many remaining signs of what went on there in the past.  That is the way beaches are.  Things get lost in the sands of time.

The young boys that stormed that beach and survived are now fragile, their strength now largely spent.

I think they earned the title of The Greatest Generation.  Maybe it was thrust upon them.  Maybe that is how it is with greatness.  Who would choose to do what they went through?  Yet they did it.


Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

8/15/12 Report - $200 Million Treasure, Big Fin & Good Book

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

Photo and Find by William M.

I was standing in a little less than waist deep in the water in the Indian River Lagoon Tuesday evening  as the sun was going down and spotted a fin at some distance.  I didn't know how much distance for a while.  I continued to watch, and the fin came closer, and closer, and got bigger and bigger -  bigger than I ever expected.

I was doing some cast netting and kept my eye on the fin as it came closer.   I wondered what type of fish it might be.  For while I entertained the idea of seeing if I could catch it to get a closer look.   It would have been an exciting adventure for sure, but also stupid.   It is probably a very good thing it never got close enough for that because there is some possibility that stupid might have won out over common sense.  I am now pretty sure that it was a shark - and a pretty healthy one at that.

There are sharks in the Lagoon.  In fact the Florida Museum of Natural History has been studying them and says that the Lagoon is a very important Bull Shark nursery.

Here is a link for more information about that.

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/sciencestories/2009/bull_shark.htm


Above is a picture of the lead seal found by William M. after a good cleaning.  The cleaning didn't reveal any more detail. 

If anyone can identify this seal, please let me know.

A  famous British archaeologist is looking for more than $200 million in gold, silver and jewels on a deserted island in the Pacific.  The treasure is the famed Treasure of Lima, thought to be buried on the island in 1821 by Captain William Thompson.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/13/shaun-whitehead-treasure-hunter_n_1772807.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D192346



There is one book that I recently read that I'll mention.  Not because anyone contacted me or that I get anything at all from it, but because I think it would be very useful for any novice Floria fossil hunter.  The name of that book is Florida's Fossils: A Guide to Location, Identification and Enjoyment by Robin Brown.

There are a number of good books on Florida Fossils that I've read, and they all have their good points.  This one isn't real technical but gives you the information you need to get started collecting Florida fossils. One thing I really like about this book is the maps that show a number of good places where you can access good fossil sites.


The capsized Costa Concordia hasn't been moved yet and might not be moved until Spring.  Here is the link for more about that.

http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2790:costa-concordia-removal-schedule-pushed-back&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=195


Treasure Coast Treasure Beach Detecting Forecast and Conditions.

The wind  is out of the southwest and the seas flat to knee high.  No change in the calm seas and sandy beaches is expected for at least a few days.

The low tide today will be about 1:00 PM.

There is a low pressure area in the Atlantic that has an 80% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, however it looks like it will turn north and not affect us on the Treasure Coast.


Happy hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net