Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.
Typical Treasure Coast Beach Early This Morning.The blowing sand almost looked like a blizzard at times.
It is a cold windy day at the beach. If you go, take your winter gear. I would suggest gloves.
The wind was from the northwest early this morning. You can see the waves. It was pretty rough.
It looked to me like the sand in the shallow water was getting stirred up. It also looked like a little sand was being moved from the front of the beach.
The water had not been up very high yet.
I did see one small area where a little cutting was occurring.
Small Cut on One Treasure Coast Beach Early This Morning.The cut that I found was only about a foot high and ran only a very short distance.
It did appear as if sand was being removed from the front of the beach, but not very much yet.
I think the wind increased later in the morning and maybe the direction of the wind is changing too. Maybe when the wind shifts from the northwest to be more from the northeast, more erosion will occur.
Early this morning, not too much had happened yet. Maybe later.
It wasn't enough this morning to upgrade my conditions rating yet.
Tomorrow might show improved conditions. If we get the wind from the right angle when the tide is high, that should improve things. We'll see.
The most recent blog poll is over and the results are in. The subject received a lot of interest. I heard from several people, some of whom would swear by dowsing. I also heard from some who planned to use dowsing along with their salvage efforts.
My poll did not determine the effectiveness of dowsing. The poll was only about opinions about dowsing.
It is actually a more complex issue than the poll suggested. One person wrote and told me they believed very strongly in dowsing but that there were other things to consider. They suggested that although dowsing works, it only works when used for certain purposes.
Skill might also be a consideration. You might expect some people to be more skilled at it than others.
What the poll results showed is that nearly 45% of the respondents indicate that they don't know if dowsing works or not.
Of those that did have a opinion about it's effectiveness, about the same number believed that it was very or a little bit effective as the number of respondents who believed it was not effective.
Dowsing appears to be an area where the public has no clear consensus. Close to half claim they don't know, and of the remaining group, there is a nearly equal split between those that believe that it has some value and those who believe it does not work.
I would say that the division is in part due to the fact that a lot of people have little or no direct experience with it.
Nearly one out of five believe that dowsing is highly accurate and effective under some circumstances. That is a pretty good number.
As I said, there are those who will be testing it out this summer when the salvage season begins. I hope we hear about their results.
Palm Beach County decided to not let a two foot wide hole be dug for treasure at DuBois Park. Who would be surprised at that. Too many policitical forces to buck for them to follow up on the initial excitement.
Here is the link to that story provided by James D.
http://coastalnewstoday.com/florida-treasure-the-memory-dont-dig-up-beach-palm-beach-county-tells-treasure-hunter-palm-beach-post/
Happy hunting.
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
