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It looks like the Gulf is starting to produce a lot of weather. We now have a new disturbance in about the same area that Emily formed. At this point it only has a small chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, but that is the way Emily started too, and Emily formed very rapidly. Emily is no longer a tropical storm and is headed out to sea.
There is another disturbance out in the Atlantic, but it is too early to be too concerned about that one.
Expect another week of one and two-foot surf. The tides aren't big now.
AFTERNOON UPDATE: Emily and both of the other disturbances have now disappeared.
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When I post links, they usually provide some type of clue or lesson. That is definitely the case with the next article. Here is a brief excerpt.
...So Stirn set out to develop a model to predict the location of more, similar villages.
He first determined all of the main traits that the newfound villages had in common — namely, that they were positioned on south-facing, sunny slopes near whitebark pine stands above 3,200 meters in elevation....
I often talk about patterns: weather patterns, beach dynamics, coin distributions, etc. There are signs or clues to the location of treasures. It is all about increasing the probability of success by understanding patterns.
You might occasionally find something by wandering around randomly ( the blind hog occasionally picks up an acorn ), but you'll be much more successful if you recognize the signs or clues and patterns. Treasure doesn't just fall out of the sky, it ends up where it is found as the result of human behavior and the laws of nature. People are somewhat predictable, as is nature.
Patterns can be complex, especially when it comes to treasure, and we seldom get the whole picture, but the more you understand the patterns, the better you will do.
In the article that I am referring to, several signs predicted the location of Native American villages that were previously unknown. The newly located villages were located on south-facing slopes that were sunny, above 3200 meters of elevation near stands of whitebark pine.
There are signs or patterns that will help you located all kinds of things, such as metal detecting sites, shipwreck sites, coin holes, good jewelry beaches, etc. I've talked about all of those things in the past.
The particular pattern that you will be looking for depends upon the kinds of sites you want to find and the types of treasures you are hunting.
The article was talking about Native American sites, but there are more general lessons that you can take from it. Here is another excerpt.
Then, using Landsat satellite imagery, Stirn and his colleagues identified whitebark pine stands in the northern Winds that best fit their model’s description.
Ancient village sites were discovered in Wyoming after scientists predicted where the would be found based upon site characteristics...
They used Landsat satellite imagery to locate the village sites after they knew what to look for. As I mentioned in a recent post, you can use webcam images to survey beaches, and you can use other internet tools such as Google Earth to locate good detecting sites.
When you make a find, observe where it was found. Ask yourself why the item was there, how it ended up where it was found, and what are the clues or signs that might have led you to believe that it might be there.
Here is the link to the article I've been talking about.
---Ancient village sites were discovered in Wyoming after scientists predicted where the would be found based upon site characteristics...
They used Landsat satellite imagery to locate the village sites after they knew what to look for. As I mentioned in a recent post, you can use webcam images to survey beaches, and you can use other internet tools such as Google Earth to locate good detecting sites.
When you make a find, observe where it was found. Ask yourself why the item was there, how it ended up where it was found, and what are the clues or signs that might have led you to believe that it might be there.
Here is the link to the article I've been talking about.
This is an inexpensive device that I've used for a lot of years. It still works and is very handy.
It is a battery tester and works on batteries of various sizes. If this one ever quit working I'd get another right away.
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Happy hunting,
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