Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.BlogSpot.com.
Yesterday was a rainy windy day from beginning to end. Unfortunately the wind was from the East. I went out this morning to check out the beaches. The wind didn't do anything good.One beach (shown in the photo) had some rounded scallops.
Some beaches showed the remains of old cuts. Some of those types of beaches had wide flat front beaches but were filling.
There are very few targets out there along the Treasure Coast now. The beaches are as clean and over-hunted as I've ever seen. There are very few easy targets. I suspect a lot of people will get discouraged.
I saw a few guys wandering around with detectors.
One beach had only shredded aluminum junk. As I've said before, many beaches have only one or two types of junk. This one had only shredded aluminum - no iron, bottle caps or pull tabs. That tells you that some one has been detecting that site heavily and only discriminated thin aluminum.
Take notice of that type of thing. If you do find anything at a beach like that, except for things just dropped, the best chance is for small gold that might be discriminated out with the aluminum.
Like I said, you can tell what others have been doing or not doing at a beach, and you can adjust accordingly.
One thing I'd say today is that instead of sticking to the same old over-hunted beaches and doing the same thing over and over with no success, you might want to spread out and try some different sites and strategies.
When will we ever get some good erosion? It has been a very slow winter season, and it is nearly over. Then we'll have to wait for some summer storms.
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| Shell Gorget Photo source: wvxu.org link. |
Contractors digging a trench for a fiber optics box found human remains and a neat carved shell gorget.
Here is that link.
http://wvxu.org/post/rare-native-american-artifact-discovered-newtown
On the Treasure Coast from time to time people looking for shells on the beach find arrow heads or shell tools or artifacts. Keep your eyes open.
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I mentioned the ATX detector a few days ago. One reader who does a lot of water hunting down South gave up on the ATX because the stem locks kept getting filled with sand and froze. Seems to be a weak spot on that detector.
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That's all for today.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@Comcast.net
