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| Beautiful Fort Pierce Beach Monday Morning. |
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| Dumping More Sand and Money In The Big Black Hole. |
I went out to see what the higher surf did this weekend. The answer is, not much.
Below are two photos of John Brooks Beach.
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| John Brooks Beach Monday Morning Near Low Tide. |
There were some small scallops and peaks here. You can see that in the photos.
The beach down near the water was pretty firm and flat. Even zinc pennies were down a few inches.
The sand bar was out in front of the beach some thirty or so yards.
Notice the sea weed.
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| John Brooks Beach Near Low Tide Monday Morning. |
A little farther south where there were some decent cuts back not too long ago, a lot of sand had accumulated and filled the cuts.
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| Blind Creek Beach. |
There were good numbers of modern clad coins in the dry sand and a few in the wet sand this morning. Those in the wet sand were at least a few inches deep.
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I don't generally post YouTube videos, but it has been a while since I talked about the movement of sand and other objects, and SuperRick made this video that shows how a coin can quickly move in the shallow water near the water line. I've observed the same thing and talked about it before, but this shows it.
Thanks Rick.
A coin that has just been uncovered so that it is on the surface can move quickly. There are times when I'll throw a coin in the surf and track it just to observe how things are moving, particularly in front of a cut where there is a concentration of coins.
Back some time ago I did an experiment to determine what factors determine how much items are moved by the water.
Here is that link.
http://treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com/2013/08/8513-report-what-actually-determines.html
Everybody talks about weight, but as I've explained many times, it isn't weight. A ton of styrofoam still floats. It is more about density and the shape of the object.
And here is a post about five ways coins move on a beach.
http://treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com/2015/07/7115-report-five-ways-coins-move-on.html
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A couple people offered good suggestions for hunting in an area like the area where the ten dollar gold coin was found in a canning jar.
Dan B. suggested tuning into the canning jar and looking for more. Since the jar was found under a piece of concrete he also suggested probing for concrete. Good ideas.
You'll also recall the sifting experiment done by one reader that showed that only a small percent of the coins buried in one lot were found by repeated metal detecting sessions. I featured that post for a while. That reader also suggested that there were most likely much more buried at that site. That is something I believe too. There will be more on that in the future.
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My Comcast has been out more than it has been working for several days now. Really a pain.
The surf will be decreasing gradually for a few days. I don't expect to see any improvement in beach conditions any time soon.
I'd really love to see some good cuts into old sand. They have been very scarce the past couple of years.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
