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| Post-Matthew Iron Find |
Iron finds are often very corroded and difficult to identify with precision. Proper conservation is absolutely necessary if you want to keep them. I've talked about that in the past and if you search through the blog you'll find excellent instructions on what must be done.
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| Another Matthew Iron Find. |
Some iron finds just won't clean up. Sometimes the iron will be completely gone and nothing will remain except an empty mold in the shape of the object. Sometimes other items will be in the clump, so it is good to check.
When I first dug this one I thought it might be a grapeshot, but don't think so now.
When I first dug this one I thought it might be a grapeshot, but don't think so now.
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The most recent blog poll has closed and the results are in (below).
If you detected since hurricane Matthew, what did you find?
5 (9%)
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1 (1%)
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4 (7%)
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1 (1%)
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27 (49%)
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17 (30%)
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As you can see, nearly ten percent of those that responded to the poll and had detected after Hurricane Matthew, found a treasure coin on the Treasure Coast. That is an important number for me. It is just right for what I rated as level 2 detecting conditions for the Treasure Coast. It is neither to high nor two low. If it had been much higher I would hope that my rating would have been a three or more. Of course that was undoubtedly helped along by the high number of people that were out detecting after the storm.
During a "1" rating I would expect almost nobody finding treasure coins, only an extremely rare exception.
You can also see that almost as many people found some type of shipwreck artifact on the Treasure Coast. That could be almost anything from a spike to a cross or jewelry.
There were also some coins and artifacts reported from other places than the Treasure Coast, but not many. The majority of those that read this blog are people that detect the Treasure Coast, so it is not surprising that that number is not higher.
Nearly half of the respondents reported finding modern coins and items, and thirty percent reported finding nothing but junk.
The poll could have been constructed better, and I probably should have allowed multiple responses rather than a single response per person. I don't take as much time as I should to construct these polls and always find something that I should have done differently. Nonetheless, the results are still informative. People did find treasure coins and shipwreck items, and I am very happy that my "2" beach detecting conditions rating seemed to be so accurate - neither too high nor too low.
Not only was it accurately predicted that cobs would be found, but the prediction of how many was also pretty good.
As I said before, Matthew was more like Sandy than Frances or Jeanne. We got high water and some cobs, but not anything like the erosion and cuts of the other two storms.
Thanks much to all who responded and made this information available.
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Darrell S. submitted the following report.
According to my sources here is the following for upcoming week.
Sebastian Inlet State Park on the west side of A1A are reopened.
McLarty Museum reopened.
North Jetty Sebastian Inlet still closed.
Sebastian Bridge was closed, and no update, but assume the entrance to the campground, which is reopen, should be accessible.
ALL Indian River County Parks are under close supervision. Some open, others closed.
Turtle Trail will be closed due to loss of vegetation.
This report is from County Park site posted on October 20th.
Sea Grape is closed for repairs.
Ambersand, Treasure Shore, and Golden Sand were closed but may be open now.
Recreation Department No. 772-567-8000.
Great info Darrel. Thanks much!
I don't know why loss of vegetation results in a beach closing. Most if not all of it was planted recently in renourishment sand and was therefore nothing that you would expect to last more than a few years anyhow.
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/10/21/investigator-claims-ufo-wreckage-is-evidence-aliens-visited-earth-250000-years-ago.html
