5/31/18 Report - Illustration Showing How Sand is Moved. Deadly Lightning.

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Shallow Water Sand Spit

As you probably know, I spend a lot of time talking about how sand and other items move on a beach and in the shallow water.  That is critical information for any detectorist who wants to understand what is going on and where coins and things will most likely be found.  Today I'm going to try to show a developing sand spit.

In the above photo, there is a sand spit that runs from the bottom right of the photo to near the top center of the photo.  I'll outline that below.

Also there was water hitting the spit from two directions.  I'll also try to highlight that.

The predominant direction of the waves is illustrated by the blue line labeled A.  In deeper water that was the direction (from the upper right corner towards the center of the picture ) of all the wind driven waves.  As you can see things were different in the shallow water.

Near the orange circle, labeled D, there seemed to be a point where the waves bent and came up onto the sand bar as shown by C.  I watched this a little earlier before the bar was covered by water and waves were coming from about two o'clock and there were also waves hitting the bar from about 10 o'clock.  I wish I had my camera at that time.

The orange spot (D) would be the first place I'd check with a metal detector, however the dip was not nearly deep enough at this time.

The waves coming onto the bar from the left were getting bent and breaking on the sand spit.  You could see how the spit was bending the waves coming from that direction.

The following illustration shows waves hitting the spit from both the right and left.

Yellow Lines Indicate Waves Coming From Left
and Orange Lines Indicate Waves Coming From Right.

I came back the next morning and, as you would expect, the spit had changed a little.  The tide was lower and you could see more of the sand.  It had changed a little, but you can still see the waves wrapping around the point.

The water was funneling through the low spot and then encountering the slope, and having no where to go, piled up on the slope and the spit.  The waves appear to slow wherever it is shallower.  That causes the waves to bend.  There was undoubtedly also some water bouncing off the hump of sand at the upper left and bouncing back towards the spit.

Layers of Sand Built Up On Left Side of Spit.

Pshewww!  I finally got that done.  I spent a lot of time trying to upload a video but never got it to work.

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A Lake Worth woman was killed by lightning.

https://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/weather/lake-worth-woman-killed-lightning-strike-parkland-injured/Chbg6q5PcbM71opQGjpF6I/

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I spent a lot of time on the illustration above.  I'll get back to some other things I had planned in then near future.

Check out the TGBottleBarn.blogspot.com.

I'll keep adding Treasure Coast bottles as I get a chance.

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On the Treasure Coast have a one foot surf for a few days.  That makes for easy shallow water hunting.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

5/30/18 Report - 170-Year-Old Shipwreck Found. Two Substances for Treating Coins. Why Some People Don't Attend Coin Conventions.

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After 170 years and countless searches, archaeologists have discovered a famed wreck in the frigid Arctic.  Above is one of the artifacts from the Erebus.

Here is the link for more.

https://www.archaeology.org/slideshow/4567-canada-erebus-shipwreck-slideshow

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There is a lot of discussion about cleaning coins.  It is a complex subject.  A lot depends upon the coin, what it is and its condition.  Some of it comes down to your own preferences and what you like and want out of the coin.

If you've been reading this blog very long, you know that I've discussed using Muriatic acid to treat some coins - including silver reales.  Acid is what I normally use with them.  It removes incrustation and other stuff pretty well without damaging the silver coin.

I've also discussed electrolysis, which works well, especially with artifacts.  I don't generally use it with coins.

I wouldn't touch very valuable coins that are in fine condition and wouldn't recommend doing anything to those types of coins unless you really know what you are doing, but many coins found in the ocean or on the beach aren't in great condition to begin with and won't be hurt much or at all by a gentle cleaning.

I found an article about two substances that coin collectors often use.  One is acetone.  It is a solvent and will remove some substances from the surface of a coin.  Coin collectors occasionally use it.

Another substance is Verdi-Care.  Verdi-Care is a conservative.  I haven't used it, but might consider it.  I just read about it and thought you might want to know about it too.

Acetone and Verdi-Care was used on a couple bronze coins and the results compared.  Below are the conclusions.

Conclusions

In this case we'd say that acetone was the superior treatment. This may be because the green stain was not actually verdigris but rather some sort of "green slime" that was easily removed with a solvent. Perhaps the carded mint set these coins came from was stored in close proximity to PVC for a period of time and some of the PVC softeners leached through the very thin plastic protecting the coins in the mint set. Perhaps this was an unfair test, next time we'll put Verdi-Care up against acetone on a coin that has real, hard, encrusted verdigris.

Here is the link.

https://www.australian-coins.com/blog/2011/02/verdicare-coin-conservation-fluid-and-protectant.html

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Yesterday I mentioned that fewer and fewer people were attending numismatic conventions.  One person told me the reason they quit going was because they ask for and copy your ID.  Who needs that in this day of ID theft.  He said, I now deal exclusively with local mom and pop shops on the rare occasion that I have a collecting need- I have all but been driven away from the coin collecting hobby due to their arrogance (?) and have moved on to other interests.

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The world gets crazier and crazier.  Now a video game that allows players to get points by shooting students in a school.  Just what we need: a school shooting trainer.  I said before, they are worried about guns, and they ought to be worried about the culture.

http://blog.spiritdaily.com/news/horrible-new-video-game-shooting-up-a-school

And Jesse Duplantis, televangelist, trying to raise $54 million for a private jet while the king of "creepy," Stephen King, calls Mike Pence creepy.  The world is turning upside down and backward.

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On the Treasure Coast we're having south winds and a one to two foot surf.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

5/29/18 Report - Silver Coin Find. Long Ater the Find. Recommendations for the Coin Collecting Community.

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Isle of Man One Crown Silver Jubilee Coin

When you start detecting, you probably never think about ten, twenty or thirty years in the future.  You know what you found and where you found it and you know whatever else you've learned about your finds. One thing I appreciate more every year is the importance of good organization, labeling and storage. You'll read something or learn something and all of a sudden decide that you want to take another look at a particular item but can't remember where you put it, or worse yet, remember that you put it somewhere safe, but can't remember where that was. Or you find an item that you found long ago and researched, but now you don't remember what you learned about it. Maybe you can't even identify it anymore. You just remember that you once knew more about it.

That might sound like a memory problem, but if you've been hunting for a few decades and made thousands of finds every year, few people will be able to keep up with the large number of finds and all the research.  I'm often surprised by how often I learn something new about an item after I had it for a few decades.  Just today I found out that one coin I've had for years could be worth quite a bit more if it has a straight nine rather than a nine that is more curved.  You learn things like that, and sometimes its only after years have passed.  The bottom line on all that is that it helps to organize your finds, keep records and label them well, and store them safely.  I hate when old items get corroded or broken.

Same Isle of Man Silver Jubilee Coin.

This is the first more interesting coin that I ever found.  It is 80% silver and it is one of those things that you wouldn't expect to find in circulation or on a tourist beach.  I remember finding this one four decades ago on Hollywood Beach.  It is one that impressed me enough when I picked it up that I still remember it.  At that time I was mostly finding clad spending change.  Being over 28 grams and 26 mm in diameter, it was not difficult to detect.

 I didn't know much about this coin other than it was a different and nice looking foreign coin. You couldn't find all the information on the internet like you can today, so it wasn't until much later that I learned more about it.

Over the years not only do you learn more about old finds, but more generally you'll look at them differently and perhaps appreciate them in a deeper way.  Of course there are also some finds that you'll learn are nothing more than junk, but even with those you might benefit from the journey.

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The American Numismatic Association is concerned that fewer and fewer people are attending coin conventions. It seems that millennials are more interested in things other than coin collecting and choose to spend there money on things like iPhones rather than collecting.

Here are some recommendations from David Bowers concerning that.

Those in numismatics who emphasize the art, history, and romance of numismatics will stay for a long period of time, even lifetimes. These elements are essential.

 
Specialization is the key to longevity. If you look at the officers and contributors of articles to Early American Coppers, Colonial Coin Collectors Club,Liberty Seated Coin Club, Numismatic Bibliomania Society, Civil War Token Society, Token and Medal Society, John Reich Collectors Society, and other specialized groups you will see that most have been active for years! 

As I mentioned earlier, like it or not, many, if not most, new collectors are attracted by gold and silver, or by telemarketers offering modern coins in high grades, as well as a lot of products advertised in USA Today, by telemarketers, and others, that have no realistic aftermarket. These people leave quickly, never to be heard from again. Neither the ANA nor the PNG is even slightly interested in regulating ethics, giving excuses such as “afraid of lawsuits,” etc. As a proponent of ethics in numismatics, and as having worked with the Federal Trade Commission to put fraudsters in jail, I can say that NO perps ever threatened to sue the ANA or the PNG. Nothing but nothing is being done about ethics. The ANA and PNG act on specific complaints, but that is about it. How sad. 

Young Numismatists, say ages 8 to 15, are the brightest and the best. Encourage them in any way possible. As Gary Adkins knows, the ANA already scores high points on this. 

One of the greatest potentials for ANA is people past the age of 65, especially those who are educated and have been successful in life. Millions of people are potentials for learning about numismatics and the ANA. With proper promotion and education, thousands of retirees might well come into the hobby. 

For Whitman (for which I am the numismatic director) or, if they pass on the idea, for the ANA I volunteer to create a book on how specializing is the key to numismatic enjoyment and longevity.

Here is the link for more of what David Bowers had to say about that.

http://news.coinupdate.com/bowers-on-collecting-changes-for-the-american-numismatic-association/

Many detectorists are also coin collectors although many are not.  A lot of what Mr. Bowers says about coin-collecting applies to metal detecting too.

Back a few years ago I conducted a poll in this blog and found that 93% of the respondents were over 35 years old and over half were over 56 years old. The biggest age group was the 56 to 65 age group.

In the future, I'll have more to say about how coin-collecting and how the metal detecting hobbies are doing.

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Alberto is now in Alabama and heading north.  We're going to have a few days of small surf.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comc

Memorial Day 2018

Memorial Day

WW II  Minesweeper 250 Clearing the Way.
Wood hulled - Crossed Atlantic and Pacific

Minesweeper Personnel Insignia

Thanks 

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Regardless of the exact date or location of its origins, one thing is clear – Memorial Day was borne out of the Civil War and a desire to honor our dead. It was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11. “The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land,” he proclaimed. The date of Decoration Day, as he called it, was chosen because it wasn’t the anniversary of any particular battle.

Source:  USMemorialDay.org



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In December 1835, during Texas’ war for independence from Mexico, a group of Texan volunteer soldiers occupied the Alamo, a former Franciscan mission located near the present-day city of San Antonio. On February 23, 1836, a Mexican force numbering in the thousands and led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna began a siege of the fort. Though vastly outnumbered, the Alamo’s 200 defenders–commanded by James Bowie and William Travis and including the famed frontiersman Davy Crockett–held out courageously for 13 days before the Mexican invaders finally overpowered them. For Texans, the Battle of the Alamo became an enduring symbol of their heroic resistance to oppression and their struggle for independence, which they won later that year.

Spanish settlers built the Mission San Antonio de Valero, named for St. Anthony of Padua, on the banks of the San Antonio River around 1718. They also established the nearby military garrison of San Antonio de Béxar, which soon became the center of a settlement known as San Fernando de Béxar (later renamed San Antonio). The Mission San Antonio de Valero housed missionaries and their Native American converts for some 70 years until 1793, when Spanish authorities secularized the five missions located in San Antonio and distributed their lands among local residents...

Here is the link for more about that.

https://www.history.com/topics/alam

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Prediction For Alberto at 5 PM Today.
Source: Ventusky.com

While the Panhandle braces for the storm surge, on the Treasure Coast the surf is decreasing down to around two feet today.  Nothing big for us in the next few days.

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Hats off.

WW II Crush Hat

A day for remembering,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

5/27/18 Report - 18 Foot Waves From Alberto For Parts of FL. Whatzit Coin Solution. Double Die Coin Error Site.

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.

Alberto
Source: nhc.noaa.gov

On this rainy holiday weekend, Alberto is still heading towards the Florida Panhandle and tropical storm warnings are out for much of Florida's west coast as well as the panhandle.

The NWS said waves as high as 18 feet (5.5 meters) could pound the popular Gulf beaches in Baldwin County, Alabama, and northwestern Florida on Monday. A high surf warning was in effect through 7 p.m. Tuesday local time.

At 5 a.m. EDT Sunday, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Alberto was about 330 miles (530 kilometers) south of Apalachicola, Florida, and moving north-northeast at 13 mph (20 kph). The storm had top sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph)...

Here is that link.

https://apnews.com/000a9903ef2f45be824940cf1ee99958/US-Gulf-Coast-prepares-as-Alberto-brings-wind,-rain-north

Alberto is predicted to be very near landfall on Monday morning.

Source; Ventusky.com

Here is the Ventusky prediction obtained at around 7AM Sunday morning.  It looks like nothing more than 50 mph sustained winds.  The water will be building up in the big bend area.

On the Treasure Coast the surf is supposed to be three to four feet today (Sunday) decreasing tomorrow.

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First off I want to say thanks to each and every person that sent their ideas on the mangled coin that I posted yesterday.  Every response is important to me.  I don't care if everyone has the same answer or if there are different opinions.  Each response makes a difference to me, and I appreciate those of you who take the time to respond.

If I get several responses that are all the same, that gives me a lot of confidence in the answer.   If there are divergent opinions, that is important to me too.  I do very much appreciate and consider every response, and every response means a lot to me.

In this case, there was a very high degree of agreement, and I am now highly confident that I have the answer.

There was one thing that really threw me off.  I'll show you what it was.

Below is a picture showing what I originally misinterpreted.

One Side of the Mangled Coin That I Posted Yesterday.

In the above photo, the red lines show the area that I mistakenly thought was the bow of a boat.  What I thought was the front of the bow was actually part of the outline of the state of Minnesota.  The boat that actually appears on the coin lies within the yellow circle.  So I was right that there was a boat on the coin, but I was wrong about the placement.  When I tried to find a coin that had a boat where I thought I saw one, I didn't find one that matched.

Here Is What The Coin Looked Like Before It Was Mangled.

Once again, thanks to all who responded and helped me figure his out.

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Here is a great web site for checking out possible double die error coins.

http://doubleddie.com/

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Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

5/26/18 Report - Whatzit Coin for ID. Bottles and Huge Insulators Found. Alberto. One Reader Who Suffered Rattlesnake Bite.

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Very Mangled Coin.

I found this very mangled coin.  It is one of the most mangled that I've seen.

The photos show more detail than the actual coin, which only shows very very little surface detail if you get the lighting just right.  In fact, looking at the actual coin, I didn't see any surface detail at all until I caught the light just right and could barely make out part of the face.  I thought it might just be a slug or blank for a long time, but after seeing part of the face, I tried to clean it some and then took the photos, and I could see much more with the photos than the unaided eye.

You can see part of the words "LIBERTY" and "GOD WE TRUST"  in the photo above.

Two Photos of the Back of the Same Coin.

The above photo appears to show "10 60" and "KES" along with a boats bow with people standing on it and a bird overhead.  At least that is what I think I'm seeing.  You have to look close.

The camera angle is slightly different and I think you can see how much difference that makes in what you can see.

I could use some help in identifying the coin.  I don't know why I need to, but it has become a bit of a puzzle for me.

It weighs more like a nickle than a quarter.  In the bottom photo, I think I can see either 2005 or 2007.

Notice how a slight change in camera angle can make additional details more clear.

By the way, these photos were created using a Cannon EOS Camera (Digital Rebel XTi) with the lens that came with it (EF-S 18 - 55mm).  No close-up lens or anything special was used.  I was pleased with the photos, and a small amount of digital enhancement.  I could see way more in the photos than I could see with just bey looking at the coin.

I'm hoping someone can tell exactly what coin that is supposed to be. Thanks.

And how do you think it got so mangled?

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I was clearing an area covered with brush and vegetation this morning and found a bunch of bottles and some insulators.

Here are a few.

A Couple Bottles Found This Morning.

The clear one is about a foot and a half tall.  I don't have any idea what it might have held.

Insulators and Bottles Found This Morning.

There were a lot of milk bottles.  You can see one of those in the background of this photo.

I haven't looked through those bottles much yet.

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I add this rattlesnake story to emphasize what I said yesterday about being careful.  In Florida we have some very deadly snakes.  Here is Brain B.'s dramatic story.


Hello,

I'll share a true story with you regarding being bitten by a rattlesnake. When I was 15,I broke my ankle playing basketball at school. The cast stayed on for 6 weeks up to my knee.I begged the doctor to take it off on the evening before Thanksgiving. I was his last patient of the day. He xrayed it and said it could come off so I could hunt Thanksgiving long weekend but wasn't due off until the following week.

The next day around 1pm before the big family dinner I was hunting up near Tomoka State park. I stepped on a palmetto fan laying on the ground. As soon as I stepped off of it something sprung up and latched onto my left calf up high near my knee.

I grabbed it and yanked it off,as my buddy ran away from my scream. I climbed a small oak quickly(funny how your brain tells you to run and get off the ground) and rolled up my pant leg. I heard the rattle then. There he was coiling around my shotgun laying on the ground.

My friend threw pine cones at it and I slid the gun to me and shot it many time. 14 rattles and maybe 7 feet in length. Fang marks were 2 1/8 apart. My buddy ran for help as I limped out of the woods with rattles in hand.At the hospital they called my parents and asked permission to treat me. Guess what? I was allergic to the horse serum as they prick you a couple times with lose dose to see how you react.I was screwed. 

They tried to get in touch with Ross Allen in Miami for a pint of his blood. No luck. For 13 days I stayed in Halifax Hospital while the venom ran its course. For the first 2 days they kept me awake, Low dose of morphine for pain. I turned black,green,yellow and blueish on half my body. My whole left side from toes to neck was twice the size of the right side. A perfect dividing line one side chest bigger than right side.

When you are allergic to horse serum there is nothing else they can do without getting someone else to give you a pint of their blood that has been bitten before and allergic to horse serum too. You body has to build up on it's own.

Yes,the doctor whom cut the cast off that evening before stopped my room as it made the papers and throughout the community. We laughed about the the timing of cast coming off early and getting bit on the same leg. For the next 3 months I was on crutches and limping along. To this day I can take a pencil tip and still pinpoint to the exact location of where the fang marks were as they are sensitive.No surgery was needed as they wanted to cut my whole leg open and remove the poison  dead tissue. I thank my dad for not allowing them to do that as my leg is 100% today and everything is normal.When you are bitten you feel light headed,like you are walking on a hot day ready to faint. You feel disoriented as the poison hits your system. Worse part? The force of the strike like punching nails into your calf with a hammer. The rest isn't bad at all. Thanks and enjoy your weekend.

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7 AM Saturday Update.
Source: nhc.noaa.gov

The path of Alberto has been steady.  It looks like it will hit the Florida Panhandle as a storm.  Probably no big deal.

It looks like we'll get some rainy days from it, but no big effect on beach conditions.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

5/25/18 Report - Subtropical Storm Named Alberto. Snakes Worth Money. The Power of Ideas.

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.

Clip From Ventusky.com

We now have a named subtropical storm.  It is the same system that I've been watching for a few days, and the name is Alberto, still down around the Yucatan but heading north towards the Florida Panhandle

I checked Ventusky this morning.  Here is what it showed for Monday the 28th at 8 AM.  

Remember, these are only predictions from one web site, and the predictions will undoubtedly change over the next few days.  The above suggests that the storm will make landfall around Monday.

I think we all remember Irma from last year and how unpredictable that one was.

You'll also notice from this prediction that the Treasure Coast probably won't be much affected by this storm unless things change dramatically.  At this point, it looks like we'll most likey only get south winds and a four foot surf at most.

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There are a lot of things out there in nature that can cause problems for you.  Just this morning I got hit by some kind of nasty stinging weed, was buzzed but not stung by wasps, and yesterday I encountered a diamond back rattlesnake.  That was not an amusing surprise.

If you are in the briars, weeds and brush a lot where such things might live, you might consider getting a good pair of snake boots or snake chaps.

It seems like I see a lot of coral snakes.  They are venomous too.  I"m told that you can get $1200 for coral snakes that will be used to produce anti-venom.  Now don't go running out to catch coral snakes unless you really know what you are doing.

I'm reminded of the time when I saw a large python crawling along the dunes of the beach very near the Flagler pier.  That was a sight, but that didn't bother me nearly as much as being surprised by a rattler's warning.

One time when about to start on a trail in El Dorado Canyon, I spotted a snake coiled on a rock just up ahead.  Not being a snake lover, I stopped in my tracks and didn't approach.  I threw a stone, which sailed well over the snake's head   The snake didn't move.  I threw another stone, and although it was a little closer, the snake still didn't move.  The third stone hit on the big rock very close to the snake, but again, no response.  Now I'm suspicious.  I'm wondering whats up with that snake?

Then a lady comes  down the path towards me and right past the snake like she didn't even notice it.  I asked her what kind of snake it was.  She said, "Its a sculpture."

It was!  It was a stone snake.  On the other side of the big rock by the sculpture was a big sign warning that there might be rattlesnakes on the trail.  But the snake that stopped me before I even got started was a sculpture.  It wasn't really the snake that stopped me, it was my mistaken idea.

I've used that personal true story as an illustration many times.  It is not unusual to be stopped by fears or concerns.  It is not unusual to be stopped by perceptions, even if they are not totally accurate.  If you think of it, your perceptions and ideas control you even more than reality. Ideas determine feelings and behaviors - not events.

Some people are more successful than others.  People who are not very successful tend to blame everything other than themselves.  They sometimes blame their circumstances when they should be looking within.

In treasure hunting, you're lucky when you have a bunch of facts to guide you.  Very often you're dealing mostly with theories, guesses or hunches.

As important as it is to objectively examine the world, it is just as important to examine and test your own beliefs.  Your ideas can hold you back or help you succeed.

Many problems are opportunities in disguise.  They are just waiting to be solved.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

5/24/18 Report - Storm Forming. Drought in Southwest. More on San Jose Shipwreck

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.

Souce: Ventusky.com

Here is the big new for me today.  Ventusky.com is showing a nicely formed storm with sustained winds of around 60 mph hitting the Florida Panhandle around Sunday (See picture above.).

Notice that if that is correct, the wind on the Treasure Coast will be from the south.  The surf will only be about two to four feet this weekend.

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Rivers and watering holes are drying up, popular mountain recreation spots are closing and water restrictions are in full swing as a persistent drought intensifies its grip on pockets of the American Southwest...

Here is the link for the rest of that story.

https://www.kob.com/news/drought-on-tap-to-intensify-over-us-southwest/4918667/?cat=642

I recently commented on how rain can help detectorists make finds. So can drought. When lakes and rivers drop more ground becomes accessible and things can be uncovered.
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Site of the San Jose
Source:msn.com (Link below)

The San José, the largest galleon and the flagship of one group of Spanish ships that started sailing in the 16th century, was big and — thanks to 62 bronze cannons engraved with dolphins — deadly enough to deter or destroy ships, whether pirates or rival nations.

Except when it didn’t. On June 8, 1708, during the War of the Spanish Succession, the San José’s gunpowder ignited during a battle with British ships, sending 600 doomed sailors to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean — along with gold, silver and emeralds from mines in Peru, a total haul valued at some $17 billion in today’s dollars..

And here is the link for the rest of that one.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-robot-submarine-found-the-‘holy-grail-of-shipwrecks’-it’s-worth-billions/ar-AAxIFK1?ocid=spartandhp

It seems like all the media outlets are doing a story on this one the past few days.


Happy hunting,
Treasure Guide@comcast.net

5/23/18 Report - Some Cuts On Treasure Coast Beaches This Morning. San Jose Wreck Possibly Worth Up To $17 Billion.

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John Brooks Beach This Wednesday Morning Just Before Low Tide.

I went out to check the beaches this morning.  It got hot.  Would have preferred some clouds or rain.

The first stop was John Brooks (above) where this fellow was detecting in front of the cut.  The cut ran down to and beyond Frederick Douglass Beach.  It was a foot high and little higher in some places.  The sand up next to the cut was mushy.  You can see the seaweed.

Next stop was Blind Creek.

Blind Creek Beach This Morning Before Low Tide.

There were some smallish one-foot cuts in areas that were cut better back a few weeks ago.  Those previous productive cuts had filled in some and moved a little.

I found a fellow detecting there too - totally nude.  I think that is the first totally nude detectorists I ever saw and I tried not to see it.  I think he was out to prove that the human body is not always a beautiful thing.

Blind Creek Beach This Morning.

This view is looking north towards where there was a very nice cut (back to the dunes) a few weeks ago.  Now it is just a dip.

I did a quick check and found modern coins washing up in the wet sand at the edge of the drop-off.  I suspect there were more down in the dip.

Walton Rocks This Morning.

Walton Rocks didn't look real promising.  Around the bend to the north, the slope was steep.  It looked better than this stretch.

Frederick Douglas Beach This Morning.

The cut looks bigger than it is in this photo.  The cut was the biggest that I saw this morning.  It was one to two feet.

The sand at the top of the slope in front of the cut was mushy and firmer down near the water.

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SuperRick sent me a link to another article on the San Jose shipwreck.  Thanks Rick.

Here is one from LiveScience.  The title of this one is Archaeologists Find Holy Grail of Shipwrecks Carrying Stach Worth Up To $17 Billion.

And here is the link.

https://www.livescience.com/62638-san-jose-shipwreck-cannons.html

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A tropical or sub-tropical depression could form this weekend.  The surf is expected to be up a bit this weekend.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

5/22/18 Report - Singing in the Rain. San Jose Shipwreck. Tropical or Subtropical System Development Possible.

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.

Source: nhc.noaa.gov

As I recently mentioned, it is the time of year to start watching for tropical storm development.  Here is what is causing our rain and will possibly cause tropical development.

Special Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
745 AM EDT Tue May 22 2018

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

1. A broad surface low centered just east of Belize is producing a
large area of cloudiness and showers extending from the northwestern
Caribbean Sea across Cuba into the Florida peninsula.  While strong
upper-level winds and dry air aloft are expected to limit
organization during the next couple of days, some gradual
subtropical or tropical development is possible late this week while
the system moves slowly northward into the central or eastern Gulf
of Mexico. Regardless of development, locally heavy rainfall is
possible across western Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and much of
Florida during the next several days.  For more information on the
heavy rain threat, please see products issued by your local weather
office. The next Special Tropical Weather Outlook on this system
will be issued by 800 PM EDT.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent.

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Source: See FoxNews link below.

And here is a new article on not so new news.

An autonomous vehicle was used in 2015 to locate a Spanish galleon that sunk 300 years ago off the coast of Colombia with $17 billion in treasure, the research team that helped in the discovery said on Monday.

The San Jose, which was considered the “holy grail of shipwrecks,” was located with the help of an underwater autonomous vehicle operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The institution said it was holding the discovery under wraps out of respect for the Colombian government...

Here is the link.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/05/22/autonomous-vehicle-helped-locate-holy-grail-shipwrecks-off-colombia.html

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I don't know if the rain prevents you from detecting or not.  Rain can be a pain if you don't have waterproof gear, but for the treasure hunter, rain can be a good thing.

Rain causes erosion.  It can erode the dunes.  You might also find erosion to some inland sites.  Take a look to see what might be uncovered by runoff.  In areas with good history where you might not even be allowed to detect, you might be able to find uncovered artifacts in ditches or gullies.  And, of course, you might be able to detect things in the soaked ground that you might have missed before.

One thing I always liked about rainy days is the quiet beaches.  I like detecting in the rain.

One of my most memorable sights was when I was detecting in a dead calm ocean in a downpour.  That was an surreal sight.  I couldn't see but a few feet out.  It was eerily quiet.

Its not too late to take advantage of the rainy days.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

PS: If you have a roof leak, try Flex Seal spray.  It is easier to apply than roof tar, but you can't spray it through puddles, so you need to get rid of any puddles first.

Rustoleum and other companies have similar products that might be a bit cheaper. 

You can probably find metal detecting related applications too.

5/20/18 Report - New Technology to Detect Paper Money. Diamond Ring Find. Engagement Ring Found and Returned. Royal Scotland Dock Yards.

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.

New Diamond Ring Find.

That ring is heavier than it looks. 

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I'm always interested in new ideas and different ways of solving problems.  Here is an article about a different approach to finding large amounts of cash.  

Sniffing Out Billions in US Currency Smuggled Across the Border to Mexico

Criminals are smuggling an estimated $30 billion in U.S. currency into Mexico each year from the United States, but help could be on the way for border guards, researchers reported recently. The answer to the problem: a portable device that identifies specific vapors given off by U.S. paper money...

Here is the link for the rest of the article.

http://www.labmanager.com/news/2014/08/sniffing-out-billions-in-us-currency-smuggled-across-the-border-to-mexico#.WwDGmUxFzTg

I guess you could call it a cash sniffing machine.

$30 billion dollars could be used a lot of ways in the federal budget.

It reminds me of the time many years ago when I arrived at a Treasure Coast beach and found huge wrapped bails.  The bails must have been four or five foot cubes.  It was very early in the morning and no one was around.  One bail was down by the water, and one was up behind the dunes.  I wondered if it was cash and took a look.  It was pot, heavily wrapped so it wouldn't be damaged by water.

That is back in the day before cell phones.  I wondered if anyone would be returning for it.

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Here is a great story about an engagement ring that was found and returned by a metal detecting police officer.

May 16 (UPI) -- A Texas woman is praising a police officer who spent hours on a beach to find and return her lost engagement ring...

Jaradi used a metal detector and the pair searched together for hours before giving up for the night.

Haelen said she received a message from Jaradi about 4:30 a.m. saying he had found the ring...

And here is that link.

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2018/05/16/Officer-searches-beach-for-hours-to-find-lost-engagement-ring/9661526490844/

I like to post found and returned stories.  If you have any new ones let me know.

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Archaeologists may have found Scotland's Royal dockyards.

https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/environment/airth-archaeological-dig-sheds-more-light-on-royal-dockyards-connection-1-4740727

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After a good soaking is always a good time to check out old hunted inland sites again.

Happy huntng,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

5/19/18 Report - Old Paper Money. 800-year-old Made In China Label Found On Shipwreck. Researching Eddy Bottle. Florida Connection To Royal Wedding

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.

Old Faded Paper Money From France.

One thing about cache finds is that they can contain things besides coins - such as paper money.  This one is unfortunately in poor condition

Same Bill.

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The Florida Connection to the Royal Wedding.

If you watched the Royal wedding, as half of the people in the world did today, you might have heard commentators gush about how the wedding was bringing different world's together, but did you know that many of the family of the new princess live in Florida.  While all of the Royal fanfare proceeds, it seems that the only change to their daily lives is the constant annoyance of paparazzi.  I understand that it has been going on since Meaghan started dating Harry.

Source: DailyMail  (See link below)

In the same article you can see a photo of the uncle, Bishop Dismas, coming out of a Dollar Tree store near Sanford.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4686858/Meghan-Markle-s-uncle-bishop-church.html

You've probably also saw photos of her disabled sister, as well as her father.

Didn't they used to say that charity begins at home?

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Source: See link below.

Centuries ago, a ship sank in the Java Sea off the coast of Indonesia. The wooden hull disintegrated over time, leaving only a treasure trove of cargo. The ship had been carrying thousands of ceramics and luxury goods for trade, and they remained on the ocean floor until the 1980s when the wreck was discovered by fishermen. In the years since, archaeologists have been studying artifacts retrieved from the shipwreck to piece together where the ship was from and when it departed. The equivalent of a "Made in China" label on a piece of pottery helped archaeologists reevaluate when the ship went down and how it fits in with China's history...

Here is the link for more of that article.

https://m.phys.org/news/2018-05-shipwreck-year-old-china-reveal-lost.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email

Thanks to Douglas for that link.

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Yesterday I posted a picture of a old Eddy and Eddy, chemist bottle find.  I have been trying to find out more about that and did learn about a H. W.  Eddy of St. Louis, who is undoubtedly one of the two referred to on the bottle.  He was mentioned in various trade magazines such as the American Druggist, but I never found any mention of the other Eddy.  Below is one I found.

 I also found that H. W. Eddy produced a Lemon Extract.  The time period seems to be around 1910 - 1939.

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Another rainy day on the Treasure Coast.  I don't mind at all.   I have lots of coins to go through, as well as other research.

The tides are going out well today and tomorrow the surf will be up a little.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net