4/23/18 Report - Beach Reports. How Coins Move On A Beach. Tips For Cache Hunting.

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

Beautiful Fort Pierce Beach Monday Morning.

Dumping More Sand and Money In The Big Black Hole. 

I went out to see what the higher surf did this weekend.  The answer is, not much.

Below are two photos of John Brooks Beach.

John Brooks Beach Monday Morning Near Low Tide.

There were some small scallops and peaks here.  You can see that in the photos.

The beach down near the water was pretty firm and flat.  Even zinc pennies were down a few inches.

The sand bar was out in front of the beach some thirty or so yards.

Notice the sea weed.

John Brooks Beach Near Low Tide Monday Morning.

A little farther south where there were some decent cuts back not too long ago, a lot of sand had accumulated and filled the cuts.

Blind Creek Beach.

There were good numbers of modern clad coins in the dry sand and a few in the wet sand this morning.  Those in the wet sand were at least a few inches deep.

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I don't generally post YouTube videos, but it has been a while since I talked about the movement of sand and other objects, and SuperRick made this video that shows how a coin can quickly move in the shallow water near the water line.  I've observed the same thing and talked about it before, but this shows it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttcQacW3F90&feature=youtu.be

Thanks Rick.

A coin that has just been uncovered so that it is on the surface can move quickly.  There are times when I'll throw a coin in the surf and track it just to observe how things are moving, particularly in front of a cut where there is a concentration of coins.

Back some time ago I did an experiment to determine what factors determine how much items are moved by the water.

Here is that link.

http://treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com/2013/08/8513-report-what-actually-determines.html

Everybody talks about weight, but as I've explained many times, it isn't weight.  A ton of styrofoam still floats.  It is more about density and the shape of the object.

And here is a post about five ways coins move on a beach.

http://treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com/2015/07/7115-report-five-ways-coins-move-on.html

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A couple people offered good suggestions for hunting in an area like the area where the ten dollar gold coin was found in a canning jar.

Dan B. suggested tuning into the canning jar and looking for more.  Since the jar was found under a piece of concrete he also suggested probing for concrete.  Good ideas.

You'll also recall the sifting experiment done by one reader that showed that only a small percent of the coins buried in one lot were found by repeated metal detecting sessions.  I featured that post for a while.  That reader also suggested that there were most likely much more buried at that site.  That is something I believe too.  There will be more on that in the future.

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My Comcast has been out more than it has been working for several days now.  Really a pain.


The surf will be decreasing gradually for a few days.  I don't expect to see any improvement in beach conditions any time soon.

I'd really love to see some good cuts into old sand.  They have been very scarce the past couple of years.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

6/1/14 Report - Mel Fisher Days, Hidden Cash Craze Spreads, Best Target Recovery Techniques & Valuable Secret

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

Each year a celebration is held to commemorate Mel Fisher’s famous 16 year search for the Spanish galleon Atocha which led to a $450 million dollar treasure discovery in the waters just off Key West. Events are scheduled from July 10-13 in Key West.

You can find more information and register for all events at www.MelFisherDays.com


The hidden cash craze has spread to cities across the United States.  It seemed to begin in San Francisco where one real estate millionaire hid cash filled envelopes and then provided clues by way of tweets from @HiddenCash.  Other cities are now involved, and it now seems that others have taken to hiding cash too. 

It might have been started by one person who wanted nothing more than to share some wealth, but I'm sure that it will become a method of advertising or promotion.  Below are links to some of the stories on this new craze.

http://article.wn.com/view/2014/05/30/Hidden_Cash_craze_on_Twitter_hits_Tampa/

It was rumored that one place to find hidden cash yesterday (Saturday) was Orlando.  Another Florida city was Tampa.

Check out @HiddenCash, as well as @Moolah Mystery.

Here are more links.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hidden-Cash-Phenomenon-Twitter-Clues-Lead-to-Envelopes-Stuffed-with-Money-444641.shtml

http://globalnews.ca/news/1365351/vancouver-the-latest-city-to-catch-on-to-the-twitter-cashscavenger-hunt/

http://austin.culturemap.com/news/city-life/05-30-14-company-hides-envelopes-of-cash-in-random-downtown-locales/

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-get-thee-to-hermosa-beach-hiddencash-seekers-20140531-story.html



In the US, credit cards carry a magnetic strip that is easy for criminals to duplicate.   Other countries, I understand, use cards that use microchips instead of the magnetic strips  The microchips are safer. 

Unlike magnetic strip cards that transfer a credit card number when they are swiped at a point-of-sale terminal, chip cards use a one-time code that moves between the chip and the retailer's register. The result is a transfer of data that is useless to anyone except the parties involved. Chip cards, say experts, are also nearly impossible to copy.

I said before that cash is becoming a thing of the past.  It might happen sooner than you or I expect.


The other day I said that I don't dig holes in parks or lawns but instead plug or probe and pop the item out of the ground. 

Detectorists should never leave a public area leaving signs that they were there - other than the fact the area should be cleaner.  And I'd say that real detectorists are pretty good about that.   Most of the  trouble comes from beginners or people that are just giving treasure hunting a try thinking that they are going to dig up a treasure chest or something and can't tell the difference in signals between a coin and a cannon.

Well, plugging can be abused too.   Just yesterday I was watching the TV show Diggers, and one of the fellas on the shows was doing what he called plugging, but the problem was that his "plug" was about a foot square.  That is not what I call plugging.   When you plug, the objective is to take out a whole plug, about the circumference of the target and not much bigger.

Here is a good article on proper recovery techniques.

http://goldpanprospectors.com/files/METAL_DETECTING_RECOVERY_METHOD11.pdf

Another technique taught in that article is "slitting."

It is important to be very careful about how you recover items.   You hear people say that you shouldn't take a knife to a gun fight, well with detecting it is the opposite.  Don't take anything bigger than you absolutely need.   Take a screw driver instead of a shovel.

I'll tell you a secret here.  You don't need a detector to recover an item.   It is not necessary to have a detector with you when you remove an item.  AND, it is not necessary to have a recovery tool with you when you detect.

I don't know if you realize the value of that statement.  I'm sure you didn't hear it before this.   If you get what I am saying, it is worth big bucks.   I'll give you detailed instructions on that some other time.

The one thing I want to leave you with now is this, leave a site looking better than you found it.

And also don't carry around a shovel or anything larger than necessary in a public place such as a park.

Keep a low profile when detecting. 


Today the surf on the Treasure Coast will be up a little, close to four feet.   By Tuesday the predictions are saying that we might get something closer to six feet.  That is getting in close to a surf that could, depending upon other factors, result in improved detecting conditions.   There is a lot of sand that has to be moved though.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net