8/4/14 Report - Bertha Becomes Hurricane. Various Treasure Coast Beach Finds.

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Treasure Coast Beach Gold Ring Find
Find and photo by Leonard G.

Leonard G. recently found this gold ring.  Congratulatons Leaonard!  

Leonard uses a Fisher 1280 and a GTA 350.

 

I went out to the beach this morning near low tide and did about an hour an a half of detecting.  The first hole was a silver ring, the fourth hole was a diamond stud earring.

 

Later I found the other stuff.  The percentage of jewelry to coins has been high there lately and the trash in the wet sand area has been very low where I've been hunting.

Below is a picture of the beach there.

Beach This Morning

The wave in this picture looks bigger than it actually was.  It looks much bigger from that angle for some reason.  It was only about a foot or foot and a half at the most.

The sand was nearly flat from the area where the wave is and in for a good fifty or more yards.  The wet sand had small ripples and scattered patches of black sand.  It was a very fine densely packed sand that made digging tough.



NOAA NHC Map.

I'm hoping for some of that sand to get moved some day soon.

Bertha is now a hurricane.  You wouldn't know it by looking at the beach.  She is already north of us and out on the other side of the Bahamas, heading north.

Maybe somebody up the coast will get something from that, but we're just going to get a 1 or 2 foot surf for the next several days.

It seems Bertha turned into a hurricane earlier than expected.
 

 

 



Some Finds From This Morning.

Here are some finds from the beach that I hunted this morning.

I was using the Whites PI again this morning. 

The stud earring didn't make a loud signal, as you would probably guess.  It tests as 9K gold.

I don't know what the big ring is made of.  Maybe titanium, cobalt or stainless steel.

It is just marked Triton.  They can sell for around $200 new.   More than silver in many cases.

I took some videos of the beach, but did a very poor job.   Sheeesh.   My fault, not the camera's.

A lot of people looked at the post about the Booty's find of the gold pyx.   If you haven't seen it you might want to go back and look at it.   I gave a couple of additional links there.

I did a post on old bottles the other day and added a great bottle link to my link list.

Don't forget to use the like button to indicate which posts you like.   Number of readers doesn't seem to highly correlate with number of likes.  Some posts get mentioned various places which brings more readers, so I can't go just by that.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@Comcast.net

6/5/14 Report - New Type Diving Suit, Mary Medallion, Diamond Ring Find, Returned License, and Lost Ring

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This suit will be used to explore the Antikythera shipwreck in the deep waters of the Aegean Sea later this year.

Here is the link for more about that.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229724.300-wearable-submarine-to-hunt-for-2000yearold-computer.html?full=true#.U5DBuSDD8u1

Silver Religious Medallion
Find and photo by William M.

William M. has been finding some things off-beach.

Here is a sterling silver Mary medallion that he found.

And below is the back of the same medallion. 

William is more interested in older sites and relics.

Thanks for sharing William.




On the Treasure Coast we are now down to around a two foot surf again. 

We had sunny skies and a south wind most of today.

The tides are almost flat now.  Not getting much tidal change at all lately.

Overall conditions remain poor, but with the surf decreasing we'll have easy water hunting again.

According to the predictions we'll have several days of two foot surf before it changes again.



Joan T. sent me a picture of a switch blade she found.  Also a current driver's license that she found in a park.

She put the license in an envelope and mailed it to the proper address.

Good work Joan.  Thanks!

You'll recall that I was talking about all the trash and dangerous items that detectorist remove from parks.  That is one more example.

Find and photo by Robert H.

Here is another bling ring found by Robert H.







On Kelly and Michael, or whatever they call that show, this morning they showed an engraved ring found in St. Petersburg by a detectorist.  If I heard his name correctly is was Don Osmond or something like that.  I presume not Donnie Osmond.

They showed the ring with the engraving on TV and asked whoever it was that owned the ring to call in.   The engraving was BART & SOMEBODY.  I can't remember the female name right now.  I wonder how many calls they got?

They said that the fellow, whatever his name was, had returned many rings.   I was surprised to see that on that show.  I wish I was paying attention at the time. 

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

5/25/14 - Ring Found, Fishers Detecting Silver Bars at Five Feet, New Snorkel Mask and More on PSL Regulations

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Before I really get started today, the lost ring in Ft. Lauderdale that I mentioned yesterday was found by a detectorist.  Thanks guys.  That is one more example of how detectorists benefit the public.

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The Fisher organization has been testing a detector coil attached to Dolores, the remotely controlled underwater vehicle.  In tests the EM coil detected a test silver bar easily at 1.5 feet and could easily detect a silver bar at five feet.

They say their traditional hand-held detectors were only able to detect a silver bar about 24 inches beneath sand and mud.  Of course a magnetometer would not detect silver at all, so this is a big improvement.

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As I expected, the action on the part of one PSL parks worker to stop one detectorist has sparked considerable outrage.  I'm hoping, though, that we all understand that we are in the winning position, not only for ourselves but for society in general, and that all we need to do is educate to inspire the more rational motives of our public servants.

In doing my updates yesterday I might have deleted an important part of the original email that I received from Stephan.  Here it is.

...The detecting community better take action. Polite, respectful, and intelligent
explanations of our hobby are what will work the best. No diatribes or
anger. People are more willing to listen to reasoned arguments from
respected members of the community, so the more info given about your
profession, background, how you've helped people find lost objects, and
copies of such stories from the local papers, the more likely you will
be listened to.

At this point, I am recommending a brief cool-off period for reflection, followed by detectorists coming together for a concerted education effort.  I hope detectorists will come together like they did a couple of years ago to stop a proposed Florida statute.  I will be happy to use this blog for communication for any person, group or forum that wants to head up this effort.  This is not only a Port St. Lucie issue.  I have received emails from different areas of Florida where the issues are the same.

I underlined a few important phrases in Stephans email for emphasis.

The concern about detectorists digging is a common one that you will run into.  It is based upon the misconception that detectorists go around digging large holes.  People do not seem to realize that coins are detected only a few inches deep and that digging is not the preferred recovery technique, especially when detecting in lawns or parks. 

Probing is the preferred technique for those types of environments.  I, for one, use a screw driver, and rather than digging, I probe and plug, or simply pop the coin out of the earth.

I always have maintained that it is best to maintain a very low profile when detecting.  Shovels are not a good choice, and I don't know any detectorist that would use one in a park.  Don't use anything larger or more obvious than is necessary.  People will draw the wrong conclusion.

I don't dig in the water either.  I simply fan or scoop and sift.

If you don't dig, you are not likely to be in violation of any such  regulations any more than children playing in the sand with their sand shovels or a baseball batter who picks up dirt and rubs it on his bat (if they still do that now that bats aren't made of wood).  You get my point.

The city ordinances say, (c) No person shall dig or remove any sand, whether submerged or not, or any soil, rock, stones, trees, shrubs, or plants, down timber or other wood or materials, or make any excavation by tool, equipment, blasting, or other means or agency.

Someone walking in the park better not get sand or dirt on his shoes and track it into their car or truck and take it home.  That would certainly be "removing."  That phrase must mean "removing" from the park rather than simply "moving."  Heaven knows, my car floor shows that that happens simply from walking.  I have to clean it out almost every time I go to the beach. 

Blasting!? 

I don't want to sound ridiculous here, I just want to make it clear that there is always room for interpretation - and good judgment too!. 

Also the PSL ordinances say, No person shall dig in or otherwise disturb grass areas, nor in any way injure or impair the natural beauty or usefulness of any area.

I've already addressed digging, but when it comes to "disturbing" does walking on grass disturb the grass?  I'm sure that someone could make that case convincingly.  I'm sure that walking can contribute to killing the grass.  Otherwise, why do we have walks, they might argue.  Prairie dogs, as well as earth worms, aerate the earth and make it easier for plants to grow.  So is it harmful to loosen the earth?   I say not.  Then it is not disturbing, but rather enhancing.

Again, I'm not trying to be cute or ridiculous - just point out that a reasonable interpretation of the regulations is in order.   Some seem to think that detectorists dig big holes like dogs or kids.   Actually, for a detectorist, the less digging they have to do the better they like it. 

If these are indeed the ordinances being enforced, the detectorist that was not allowed to keep his detector with him should have been allowed to stay in the park with his detector as long as he did not "dig" or otherwise "disturb" grass areas or injure or impair the natural beauty of the park.  Dig or disturb seem to be two key words.

As we begin this Memorial Day holiday and remember the great sacrifices of our veterans, it is a good time to think about our freedoms and the need to continually protect them.  

Hitler started small, and you know where that went.

I spent a few hours Saturday watching WWII on the history channel.  Amazing and thought provoking.  Horrendous and unimaginable, yet real.

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Here is a new type of snorkel mask.  I'll probably have one of these before long.

Check it out.

http://www.hashslush.com/easybreath-snorkeling-mask/

 I hope swimming doesn't displace or disturb the water.  Sorry, couldn't resist.


There is no change in beach conditions on the Treasure Coast today.  Still a very small surf.


Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net