Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.
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| Source: MagicSeaWeed.com. |
Last week didn't turn up much despite the erosion at various beaches. Where there was more erosion, it didn't last long. And at other beaches it just didn't get down to the older layers of sand.
Back in February, I said there would be old coins found, and there were. There weren't many though, as far as I know.
My beach conditions rating was a little overly optimistic in February, as it was last week. I thikn ther reason for that is that I didn't adequately take into account the large amount of renourishment sand that has been dumped on the beaches in recent years. Despite the erosion, it didn't get down to the older layers of sand.
Despite the significant erosion at John Brooks both in February and last week, all we saw was the same old brown sand. And there were almost no shells to be seen.
In February I think I gave a four rating for a very brief time. That was too high. I should have gone no higher than a three. And last week, I flirted with going to a three rating. In retrospect, that would have clearly been too high.
At least I think I learned something. The accumulating renourishment sand on and off-shore needs to be taken more seriously, and I'll have to be a touch more conservative with my beach conditions ratings.
That said, it looks like we will have another chance at improved conditions in a few days. Right now MagicSeaWeed is predicting a six to ten foot surf for Thursday. Of course, things can change over the next few days.
I still remember those trips I made to the Treasure Coast when I was living in Broward County not having any idea what things might be like on the Treasure Coast. I remember the wasted trips and then finally finding something. I was starting to think it would never happen.
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The attack was the Wethersfield Indian Massacre of 1637. Artifacts that could provide new context for understanding the incident, along with a large cache of items spanning four centuries, have been uncovered behind the Webb Dean Stevens Museum in Wethersfield during an archaeological excavation over the past two years. Concluding in November, the excavation was required by the Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office as a prelude to the construction of a new visitor/education center getting underway this spring.
The nearly 19,000 items collected will add layers of knowledge about the lives of the colonists, says Sarah Sportman, who supervised the dig. Sportman is a senior archaeologist with the Public Archaeology Survey Team, a private, nonprofit research and public education organization based in Mansfield. “I think we’re really just starting to get a handle on this period archaeologically,” Sportman says. “The interesting thing about the project is that we’ve actually found archaeological material from the 1630s all the way up to the 20th century. Every period of occupation on this site really tells a rich story about this property and about the town of Wethersfield.”...
Here is the link for the rest of the article.
The funny thing to me is that all of that stuff was behind the museum, but they didn't dig it up until they had to before they did new construction. If it was in your backyard, you probably would have dug it up long ago.
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| Found Porcelain. |
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Don't forget to verify details on the Kellyco closeout sale before going if you were planning on going. Someone told me it is over.
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It looks like a beautiful day to be out. Keep watching the surf report. Maybe we'll have some better hunting before long.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
