9/29/17 Report - More Storms Brewing? Importance of Shoreline Changes. Rose Colored Gold. New Blog Poll.

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

Source: Weather Channel

What was I just saying?  I think it was something about people giving up too soon.  Anyhow, there is still a lot of weather that might affect.

Take a look at this.

Latest MagicSeaWeed Prediction for the Fort Pierce Area.

Five to eight feet isn't shabby.  It all depends upon how it hits us.  In the next few days I'll be looking at the predicted wind and swells.

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Alberto S. sent me the following message.

I haven't done much detecting lately but continue to read your posts everyday and today I saw your comments about coastal change, I went to the link you provided and looked up Miami Beach which is the closest beach to me at this time and what I saw was impressive as far as the change that has taken place over time, the actual coast line back in 1848 is where you find today's famous Ocean Drive. The other item of interest was the beach around the Ft. Pierce inlet specifically the north side vs the south side shore line, the original shoreline based on this information is actually in front of the year 2000 timeline in the South shore and way up in the parking lot area in the North side. Guess if I go up there I will be digging the parking lot.... :) 

Thank you for sharing this information. 

Thanks for writing Alberto.  I was hoping that people would see the value in that web site.

Here is another example from that USGS web site.

Source: USGS Web Site (See yesterday's post.)

Here is a location on Virginia Key where I used to get lots of U. S. silver coins in very good condition.  Whenever the dunes in front of the building would erode, you could find silver coins eroding out of the dunes. You can see that back in the early 1800s, the shoreline was farther out, then in 1900s it varied frequently.

I wasn't really targeting silver U. S. coins that much, but it was fun and easy when conditions were right and I was passing by.

In locations where the shoreline is moving seaward you'll have less chance of finding old items on the beach and in the shallow water, but when the shoreline recedes at that location, you'll have a better chance of finding older items.  Places where the beach is building, such as north of most of our inlets, many older items will get buried under the accumulating sand.  The building and removal of sand has a lot to do with what beaches will produce older items at any particular time.  

I remember back a few decades ago that the beach north of John Brooks was eroded back to very near the condos.  There was a line of pine trees, which were removed.  Now the sand is out a long way from there even though it has erode a little lately.  

There was also an old concrete foundation exposed at the water line between John Brooks and the condos.   I haven't seen it in quite a while.  I don't know if it was for the submarine observation tower or what, but it was there and was very much exposed at one time.

A beach might look like it is eroding, but the erosion might only be into relatively recently accumulated sand.

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Here is an article that tells how some ancient South American populations that knew how to do gilting and other techniques, actually preferred a more rose-colored gold and removed some of the gold content to get the more copperish look they liked.

Here is the link.

https://www.livescience.com/60535-ancient-colombians-preferred-rose-gold.html

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As you probably noticed, I added a new blog poll.  It will help us determine how much of what was found as a result of Irma, Jose and Maria.  In order to get good information I need your participation.  I hope you will respond to the poll.  There will be other polls after this one.  I can only do so much in the limited poll app provided by blogspot.  Thanks for responding to the poll.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

8/12/16 Report - South Hutchinson Island Beaches and Salvage Vessel Begins Day. Awl or Fid Artifact. More Storms Predicted.

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

Walton Rocks This Morning.

I looked at some beaches along South Hutchinson Island this morning.  Beach conditions remain poor.  There was a lot of mushy sand.  You'll see that in some of the pictures.

I also stopped at Blind Creek, but didn't take pictures.  There were a lot of nudists there already. They used to stay well south of the access, but now are up by the Blind Creek access.  It gives a new meaning to the name Blind Creek.

Beach South of Frederick Douglas Beach.

John Brooks Beach Looking North.

Treasure Slavage Vessel
Arriving At North End of Nieves Site.

Same Boat Getting Ready To Begin Day.

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Treasure Coast Shipwreck Beach Find.

What do you think this object is?  I wondered about it, but now feel more confident about the answer.  I feel about 80% confident now.

The reason I'm now fairly confident is that I saw a picture of another one having exactly the same shape, and it was described by an archaeologist as an awl.  Unfortunately I can't find that picture again right now.  That one was about an inch and a half longer than the one shown above, but they come in different sizes, and this one probably lost some material to corrosion.

I don't know how they determined that it was an awl, but I assume they had good reason. It looks like it could be a fid.  Maybe it had a dual function.  That could certainly be the case.  Awls and fibs would be used by the same type of person, and you would expect both to be present on a sailing ship.

A fid is conical pin or spike used in splicing rope.  Below are some fids.  They also come if various sizes.

The one awl shown below has a wood handle.  The one shown at the top of the post, if that is what it is, does not, and I do not believe it ever had a handle.  I don't think it would be pointed at the big end if it had a handle.

What I am very confident of now, is that it is either an awl, as the archaeologist said, or perhaps a fid.

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They revised projections for this hurricane season.  They think there will be more storms than originally predicted.

So far there have been five named storms and two hurricanes. The most active months of the season are just beginning.

Here is a link to that story.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/weather/weather-blog/bs-md-weatherpage-0812-20160811-story.html

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net