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| Groin Showing at Palm Beach Photo by Joe D. |
Hit Palm Beach at low tide this morning! Some spots are as eroded as I've ever seen them in many years! TONS of iron from the exposed steel groins everywhere, making any finds hard to come by! Literally thousands of pieces seen and unseen! Even when discriminating ( which I rarely use) still drove my detector crazy! Also backed down the sensitivity! Ive been keeping track of the erosion in certain spots with pictures each time I visit here, and hope to find more old stuff soon, if it continues!
There were some things exposed that I took some pics of that I have never seen before that were interesting! The steampunk looking pipes were brass or bronze and where in a strange spot for such items! I would love to know what they are part of, and would probably be valuable salvage! Also some old pilings exposed and a anchor point for something!
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| Sea Wall at Palm Beach Photo by Joe D. |
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| Pipes on Beach Photo by Joe D. |
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| Posts on Palm Beach. Photo by Joe D. |
The first picture reminds me of some detecting that I did many years ago between exposed groins that produced many very high quality finds.
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| John Brooks Thursday Near Low Tide |
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| Surf at John Brooks Near Low Tide Thursday. |
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17 Mysterious Shipwrecks You Can Find On Google Earth. That is the title given by Live Science - not me.
Anyhow you might find it interesting and perhaps possibly informative in some way.
Here is the link.
https://www.livescience.com/60505-mysterious-shipwrecks-on-google-earth.html
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Whale saves snorkler from shark? That would really be an experience just to be so close to such a large animal.
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/01/08/hero-whale-saves-snorkeler-from-tiger-shark-in-pacific-ocean.html
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Two days ago I mentioned an article that talked about how much we can expect the sea level to rise in the next hundred years Champ F., a geologist, sent the following response to that.
Good hunting!
Two days ago I mentioned an article that talked about how much we can expect the sea level to rise in the next hundred years Champ F., a geologist, sent the following response to that.
As a geologist, one of my pet peeves is the brainwashing the media has done re sea level.
Yes, sea level is rising but a very important component of that is that the ground is subsiding too. Added to that fact is that for 100+ years we have greatly reduced our rivers' sediment load to the coastal areas by building dams and other flood control projects. sand is constantly being lost off the beach to deeper realms and if not resupplied, the beach will go away. (I am in No Way advocating for renourushment as it is currently done. Adding more sand at a point source, say at the mouth of a major river, over a long period of time and allowing nature to distribute that sand as she sees fit is probably a better way).
Its not just the sea level rise (and the implied 'global warming' or whatever the Tax/Spend politicians and their suckups call data falsifying these days), but also subsidence and sand resupply. and all this ignores that sea level rises and falls over time- thats the way it is and always has been.
I dont know costs, but there is an effective way to allow nature to resand a beach for you. just build a breakwater line x-feet offshore and the sand will fill in from the shore to the breakwater all by itself. probably best not to push this tho as it would lead to sanding in the area for ever. but remember, without the rivers resupplying sediments, all beach sand will eventually conveyor belt into deeper waters.
Good hunting!
Champ F.
Thanks Champ.
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Bathtub beach is closed for repairs again. It is really ripped, as is often the case.
I think they are digging near the Port of Fort Pierce and will probably be dumping more sand south of the Fort Pierce Inlet before long.
I remember back in the eighties, John Books beach was very different. At the edge of the water there was about a four foot drop-off where now the sand extends out many yards.
While sand has not been dumped on John Brooks down by the beach access, a lot of it has been dumped on the beach to the north and the longshore currents washed it down to John Brooks.
One year the erosion was all the way back to right in front of the condos to the north. Now the beach is nearly a hundred yards out to the east of there.
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Google stats says the blog is drawing very close to having 2 million page views.
Back a few year ago I started to work on a formula for metal detecting success and the factors that go into it. I think that I'll refine and expand on that in the near future.
Another front will be coming through this weekend and the surf will bump back up to around six feet by Monday.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
Thanks Champ.
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Bathtub beach is closed for repairs again. It is really ripped, as is often the case.
I think they are digging near the Port of Fort Pierce and will probably be dumping more sand south of the Fort Pierce Inlet before long.
I remember back in the eighties, John Books beach was very different. At the edge of the water there was about a four foot drop-off where now the sand extends out many yards.
While sand has not been dumped on John Brooks down by the beach access, a lot of it has been dumped on the beach to the north and the longshore currents washed it down to John Brooks.
One year the erosion was all the way back to right in front of the condos to the north. Now the beach is nearly a hundred yards out to the east of there.
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Google stats says the blog is drawing very close to having 2 million page views.
Back a few year ago I started to work on a formula for metal detecting success and the factors that go into it. I think that I'll refine and expand on that in the near future.
Another front will be coming through this weekend and the surf will bump back up to around six feet by Monday.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
