11/19/19 Report - Two Lost Rings - One Returned. Shipwreck Skeletons Revealed by Coastal Erosion.

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Lost, Found, and Returned Ring.

Photo from WPTV.com (See link below.)

(WESH/NBC) - A Colorado woman on vacation lost her wedding ring in the sand of Cocoa Beach, Florida, last week and never thought she'd see it again.

But after posting to social media about the problem, she got connected to Dave Mollison on the Ring Finder's website...

But he combed through the sand in a grid pattern for more than four hours and finally found it.,.,

Here is the link for the rest of the story.


https://www.wptv.com/news/state/man-returns-womans-lost-wedding-ring-he-found-on-the-beach


Thanks to Jorge Y. for that link.

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One reader reported a lost ring as follows:  Please remind everyone that I lost an 18k gold man’s size Claddagh ring at Frederic Douglass Beach, either in the south edge of the parking lot or somewhere on the beach south of there. It’s just a little less than 1/8” thick. It’s my wedding band, so if someone finds it, I’d like it back. It is also not cast as well as the one found - it’s made kind of more like ground and etched from sheet and rounded as needed on he edges.

If you found or find this one let me know and I'll give you the contact.

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Beginning Dec. 1st equipment arrive at Jupiter beach for the latest beach renourishment project.

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Skeletal remains of at least six people, thought to be shipwreck victims from hundreds of years ago, have been revealed by coastal erosion...

Here is the link.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-50445855

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The tides are still high but the surf continues to decrease.

Happy Hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net

11/8/18 Report - Mint-State Silver Coin Beach Find. Lost and Found Diamond Ring. Garden Treasures.

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One Ounce Silver Coin in Plastic Container.

A day or two ago I mentioned how you can on rare occasion find a near mint state coin on the beach.  It doesn't happen often, but it does happen.  Here is one I found in it's plastic container at the water's edge one day.

I was awed by the fine condition of the coin, especially compared to most of the coins that I find.  Most are in poor condition.  In comparison, this one has a strikingly fine appearance.  I think it is just beautiful.  I didn't take it out of its container, so you will see some dust, scratches and reflections from the plastic, but the coin is beautiful.  Here is a closer look.

Closer View of the Same Coin as Seen Through Plastic Container.

Another View Showing the Mirrored Surface of the Background.

I was just struck by the beauty of the coin and thought I'd show it.  It is so rare to get something in that good of condition on a beach.

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Story of One Lost and Found Diamond Ring.

Sometimes the most amazingly unbelievable things happen.  One incident that happened to me about fifty years ago just came to my mind this morning and it seems just as unbelievable to me today as it did then - in fact, more so.

Anyhow, I was dating my wife, and I was wearing a diamond ring.  I never, never, never wear any jewelry, and haven't for many many years.  I'm a very active physical person, even though I've slowed down some lately.  I'd rather cut a tree with an axe than try to get a chain saw started, and am as likely to dig in the earth with my hands as use a shovel, so I don't like anything hanging on my fingers, hands or arms.

Anyhow, about fifty years ago when I was dating, I had a diamond ring, which my father gave to me as a present when I graduated from graduate school and got my first good job.  It never really occurred to me before, but this morning I had to wonder how he bought a diamond ring at that time. I sent money home from school every month when I got my assistant ship money.  I lived VERY frugally - ate rice three times a day every day one year.  He must have saved some of the money I sent home every month to buy something for me.  Me having and wearing a diamond ring back then is hard enough for me to grasp, but there is more to it.

I had taken my wife-to-be out on a date, and I took her home.  It was a little old house down a long gravel country lane in hilly rural West Virginia.  It was maybe about eleven o'clock at night and pitch black.

After I took her  home and left, a few miles down the road I noticed that my diamond ring was not on my finger.  Panic hit me.  I turned around and drove back to her home.  The house lights were off and there were no lights other than my headlights and the stars.   As I pulled down the lane, in front of her house, I saw one glint of light in the headlights in the gravel.  I got out and there was the diamond ring.  Boy was I relieved.  How unlikely was that - to see that one small flash of light in the gravel in the black of night.  Hard to believe, but true.

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If you've ever noticed, a lot of very good accidental finds are made by gardeners.

While digging in the backyard of his Wiltshire farmhouse in England in February 2015, Irwin hit a cold, flat surface, he explains on his company's website. He was trying to install electricity cables so his children could play ping pong in their old barn, but instead he unearthed an untouched 1,500-year-old Roman mosaic...

Here is the link for the rest of that story.

https://www.countryliving.com/gardening/news/a38257/roman-villa-digging-garden/

It helps when you live on top of an ancient Roman residence.

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No real change in beach conditions.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

7/26/18 Report - Marine Corps Ring Found and Returned. Die Chips, Cracks and Breaks.

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Marine Corps Ring Found in Florida by
Tourist Returned to Owner.
Source: WPTV News (See ink below).

SIESTA KEY, Fla. - A woman who found a Marine Corps ring on Siesta Key Beach over the weekend is thrilled she was able to locate its rightful owner only two days later.  

Suzanne Rogers was vacationing in Florida when she found the ring on Sunday. 

In hopes of returning the ring to its owner, who she believed was a marine who graduated from Parris Island SC on June 30, 2017 and was part of Platoon 1041, she shared photos of it across her social media.

Two days later — with the help of more than 1K shares on her Facebook post — Rogers and her husband met up with the ring's owner Jaime Andrade...

Here is the link.

https://www.wptv.com/news/state/woman-finds-marine-corps-ring-on-siesta-key-hopes-to-find-owner

Thanks to Jorge Y. for the link.
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I added the tokencatalog.com site to my reference link list.  It is a great resource for researching tokens.

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Die chips, die cracks and breaks are are some of the things you'll see if you closely inspect a lot of coins.  A die chip is a small chip in the die that leaves a small lump on the newly minted coins surface.

A die break is larger than a die chip.

A die crack is what it sounds like.  A die crack will leave a long thin raised line on the coin.

They can be found on both modern and antique coins.  Of course the production process has changed a lot over the centuries, but a die is still used to make an impression on a planchet.

Whether it is hand struck or struck by a machine, errors can occur.  While doubled die errors can demand a premium on the most modern coinage, much of the doubling you will see is referred to as machine doubling and is of little interest to the collector.   Machine doubling occurs when die bounces and makes a partial secondary impression.

You can occasionally see a second impression made by a die bounce on hand struck cobs from the Spanish colonial days too.

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If you haven't checked in for a couple of days, you'll want to go back a couple of posts to see the shipwreck salvaged intact silver picture frame found recently on the Treasure Coast

There is no tropical activity in the Atlantic right now.

On the Treasure Coast the surf is running around two to three feet.  The tides are moderate.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

2/24/18 Report - Numismatic Tokens. Sight Finds. Detecting Dangers. Lost Time Capsule.

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Two Identical Tokens Showing Alternate Sides.

The first side reads: TRADE DOLLAR DE COMMERCE - MONNAIES COINS - SERGE HUARD- C. P. 402 POINNTE AUX TREMBLES QUEBEC HIB 5K3 CANADA.

The other side reads: REGINA COIN CLUB - CNA ANA.

The diameter is 1.5 inches.

I mentioned these in the last post.  They are the "some kind of big coins" the kids yelled about.

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After finding a clay pipe yesterday, I took a another little walk this morning to see if I might find something else.  Not much luck, but I did find the following antique porcelain dolls arm.  I've found others in the past and like to find them because they sell quickly.  I showed some of those before.

Antique Porcelain Doll's Arm Found During Walk.

Also found three marbles.  No good old clay ones though.

Three Found Marbles.

Objects from various time periods get mixed together.  That is what it is like where I walk.  The vast majority of items are from the20th century, but items are definitely from way before that, even going back to fossilized bones from thousands or even million of years ago.

The non-metallic items suggest that there might be coins from the same spread of time periods, but the modern trash makes it very difficult and time consuming to detect.

Its amazing how much stuff people leave behind.  There is stuff almost everywhere.  You don't even need a metal detector or shovel to find it if you just look around where either water or man has moved sand or earth.

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My post from yesterday prompted Bill P. to send the following message.

After reading your blog today about being aware of what and who is around you, a memory of my early detecting days resurfaced. I usually detected the dry sand area at Clearwater Beach at night. It was much cooler and considerably fewer people to deal with. However, weekend nights always had drunks, showoffs and all manner of other crazies out and about. One particular night a young man approached me and said something really strange..."I think I've been shot, could you please check me for any blood." I was immediately suspicious and as I looked him over(from a distance) I saw a stun gun in his right hand. I believe his intent was either to rob me or just watch me twitch on the ground after he used his new toy. I told him if he stepped closer to me that I would use my shovel on him. Well he finally left but it was an eye opening experience for me. I overheard later that night that the police caught someone using a stun gun on people at the beach. We call "being aware", situational awareness, and it should become a constant routine throughout the day and night. There are too many criminals out there to not be constantly vigilant. Bill P.

That is a good reminder for everybody.  It is a good idea to hunt with a partner, especially if you are hunting at night or in bad areas.

Bill's story reminded me of one time when I was metal detecting in the ocean at night.  It was totally dark and there was no one to be seen anywhere when I got bumped by something big in the water.  That was exciting enough to start the heart of a dead man.  I wouldn't hunt in the water alone at night anymore.

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Here is a Feb. 22, 2018 newspaper article about a time capsule that was buried in a park in Follansbee WV in 1969.  It can't be located.  They involved archaeologists and metal detectors but still can't locate the time capsule.

http://www.weirtondailytimes.com/news/local-news/2017/06/search-continues-for-time-capsule/

I mentioned the Lions Club eye-glasses program yesterday, and coincidentally it was the Lions Club that gathered items to be put in this time capsule.

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More beautiful weather.  On the Treasure Coast beaches more two to four foot surf and moderate tides.  The MagicSeaWeed web site is predicting a big bump in the surf for a week or two  in the future.  The long range predictions aren't real good, but there is some reason for hope.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

2/22/18 Report - Little Known Danger and Secret Technique for Working Crowded Swimming Areas. Mystery Solved.

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

Identified!

Ding! Ding! Ding!  Yesterday's mystery item was identified by Mitch King.  He said,

Its Plate money from Sweden. Fredrick the 1st 1720 to 1751.

You can see other similar examples by using the following link.

http://www.swedishcoppers.com/PlateMoney.html

Thanks Mitch!

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I'm going to add to what I said the other day by giving some other examples of items found and returned and also a technique that I developed and refined over the years for working in crowded swimming areas. 

In my previous post on that subject, I mentioned things like keys and eye-glasses.  Today I'll give some jewelry examples.

It is always easier when you see someone looking for something just after they lost it.  They probably have a good idea of where the item was lost.

Class rings are common jewelry finds.  On one occasion I was hunting in the shallow water at a South Florida swimming beach and two young girls approached me.  One said she lost her sister's class ring, and she wasn't supposed to have it.  It didn't take me too long to find it.  The younger sister sure was happy.

On another occasion when I was shallow water hunting, I came to an area where kids were obviously trying to find something.  One of them said somebody lost their class ring and offered them $20 if they found it.  It didn't take me long to find that one either.  No mention was made of the reward.  None was offered.

The same thing happened at another location in more shallow water.  Kids were diving and making a lot of commotion looking for something.  In this case it was a gold emerald ring that  a young lady lost.  There are times when you have to get people to clear out so you can detect an area properly.  I got the kids to move back and out of the way so I could use my detector without them getting in the way.  Again I found the ring pretty quickly.  This was one time when I received a reward.  That was very unusual in my experience.  There were plenty of times when I didn't even receive a thank you, which amazed me.  But on this occasion, after I presented the ring to the young lady, she ran up to where her blanket was, and then back down, she stuck a twenty into my shirt pocket.  She just as quickly ran off again, so that was one reward I kept.

It is always a good idea to clear people out of the search area and explain that you need room to conduct a proper search.  You want to be able to swing your coil without anyone in the way, but there is another good reason to make everybody get back. Mark out boundaries and ask people to stay outside those boundaries while you hunt.

You also want to recover the item and inspect it before anyone else sees it.  I have on multiple occasions had people attempt to claim a ring that did not belong to them, and it is not uncommon to find something other than the specific item you are looking for.   That is why you must have a good description of the item before you hunt, and why you should inspect the item for identifying information before you return it.

When I was in the water and dug an item while people were close by, I had a method of keeping the find hidden until I had a chance to take a look at it.  Immediately after getting the scoop up out of the sand but while the scoop was still under water, I vigorously shook the scoop.  That created a cloud of sand that made it impossible to see the object in the scoop.  I would then quickly stick my hand in the scoop and by feel remove it.  Of course you can quickly tell by feel if it is a ring or coin.  With the item still in your closed hand, quickly slip the item in your pocket, turn your back and distance yourself from onlookers.  When you get a chance, take a look at it, but not before you are sure no one else sees it.  It is important to get the item returned to the just owner instead of some crook.

One time when I was not yet so experienced, I was hunting in shallow water and was being followed by some kids who saw me dig what turned out to be a couple of big tokens.  They yelled at the top of their lungs so everyone on the beach heard, "He found some kind of big coins."

I actually liked nice kids being interested and would show them what I was doing and would even let them participate to some extent, but there are also obnoxious unrestrained kids that can be a problem.  You have to judge the situation.

Those are just a few examples.  I could give many more, such as the young man who did a handstand in shallow water and lost his gold chain, which was quickly detected and returned, but I wanted to give some tips.

Always be aware of your surroundings and who is around you.  The only thing I don't like about using a snorkel when hunting in shallow water is not being as aware of what is going on around me.

I've heard of some detectorists being harrassed onlookers, but that wasn't been much of a problem for me.  I avoided people to a large extent, often hunting when there weren't many people around.  I also had a stainless steel scoop that looked like it was capable of making melon balls of human flesh.

Of course there were also times when I failed to find items that were reported lost.  A New York fireman told me where he lost his NYFD ring.   He was going back to New York and gave me his address.  I looked for it several times, but never found it.

I should also mention that there are finds that the owner might not want to acknowledge for one reason or another.  One New York Yankees World Series ring was found on the Treasure Coast.  The name was in the ring.  When the player's phone number was called, the wife answered and asked where the ring was found.  When told, she said she thought to fellow lied to her and went to St. Lucie to see his girlfriend.  There are times when the owner doesn't want to acknowledge or claim an item.

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The weather is beautiful and there are lots of snow birds on the Treasure Coast beaches.

The surf continues to run in the two to four foot range.  The tides are moderate and the wind is east/southeast.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

10/23/15 - Treasure Beaches Report Detectorist of the Month Award.

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October 2015
Treasure Beaches Report Detectorist of the Month Award

awarded to
Warren Dennison

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Here is what happened, as told by Warren Dennison.


I responded to a lost wedding ring ad in the Spacecoast, Florida craigslist. http://spacecoast.craigslist.org/laf/5257329643.html#

The ring was lost on Oct 3 in Indialantic, Florida on the beach during high surf across the street from Beach Bodies Gym. I made about 8 trips and finally recovered it today and returned it to the owner. She and her husband are body builders. The ring was 5.8 grams white gold and many diamonds. I asked her what it was worth and she said it cost $6K. Makes it my third ring recovery in about 2 and a half years.

I found it at low tide, low on the slope of wet sand after following a trail of old coins, a quarter, nickel and dime and a small piece of a charm that said "2 peas in a pod". I gave her the coins and piece of charm and said these are your lucky pieces.

I found it with my Excal 800 with a 12 x 15 SEF coil, pinpoint mode and custom beach scoop.

I'll meet with her husband this weekend. I plan on showing them the exact spot on the beach where I recovered the items.

The pic is the owner with me in the gym. Notice I don't frequent a gym.

Warren Dennison

Lost Ring Found by Warren Dennison.
Photo by Warren Dennison.

Happy Owner Showing Returned Ring With Warren.
Photo submitted by Warren.

Thank you Warren!  You represented the metal detecting hobby with distinction.

8/4/15 Report - Lost Wedding Band. Mel and Deo Fisher Collection Auction. Intuition and Forms Of Paranormal Perception. Balloons Coming Home.

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

One of Two Possible Locations of Wedding Band Lost In Ocean.

A man's yellow gold wedding band engraved "Amélie & Pierre" was lost in the ocean at either Palm Beach or Fort Lauderdale Aug. 2.  It wasn't noticed missing until he was in the water at Fort Lauderdale but was in the ocean at Palm Beach in front of Peruvian Ave. (shown above) earlier.

They don't know exactly where they were in Fort Lauderdale at the time.

Check for the engraving, which will provide a good ID.

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 To view the online auction of the Mel and Deo Fisher Collection here is the link. 

http://www.invaluable.com/catalog/searchLots.cfm?scp=c&catalogRef=LCOZ5LM9LU


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Here is an interesting story.  Not metal detecting, but I thought it was interesting anyhow.

An Oklahoma widow and her daughter who spent their first Father's Day without dad this year released balloons and a message at his grave site — and may have gotten a "message" back.

The pair was stunned when — after leaving the cemetery, running a few errands, and driving 25 mile back home — the balloon's note showed up at their house...

Once home, Saige went downhill from their house to the pasture where she and her father worked together and spotted her message with the balloons — only a few hundred feet from the house....

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/balloon-released-fathers-grave-flew-25-miles-familys-home-n402721

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The following remotely relates to the above story.


Nearly half of the adults in the United States believe in the existence of ESP, which includes telepathy (direct knowledge of another person's thoughts), clairvoyance (direct knowledge of remote events), and precognition (direct knowledge of the future). People commonly report unexplained knowledge of a loved one's death or a telephone caller's identity, for example, and attribute this knowledge to paranormal mental processing.

I've had those times, and I've sure many of you have too, when it seemed that a find was more than coincidental.

One time, for example, I was at work and only had a about an hour before another appointment, but kept feeling that I should go detecting at a particular location.   But I didn't have hardly any time.
I finally decided I would run down to the beach.  By the time I got to the beach and in the water, I had less than a half hour to hunt.  Well, I went in and in just a few minutes had a diamond ring with over nine carats of diamonds - seven diamonds, each over one carat.  I took my find and quickly left.

Normally I wouldn't have gone when I had so little time.  If traffic had been bad, I would have had no time.  But I felt like I should go.  It kept nagging me, and it paid off with an unusually good quick find.

I don't know if it was just coincidence, intuition, or something else.   I can't say with confidence that it was anything other than coincidence.

I do a lot of analysis.  I try to figure things out and make good calculated decisions.  You know that if you've been reading this blog very long.   Nonetheless,  I will follow my feelings at times regardless of anything else.  I doesn't pay off a lot.  I tend to do a lot better with a more analytical calculated approach.

One recent study by Harvard University claimed that by studying brain functions they found no experimental evidence for telepathy, clairvoyance or precognition.  Other books on similar things by scientists with good credentials indicates that there are conditions for such things and not all people have the same abilities. 

I find the Harvard study woefully inadequate anyway.   They were looking for electrochemical brain responses.  That is how normal perception works, but they were supposedly investigating "Extra-sensory" or paranormal perception.  Why would you expect paranormal perception to work just like normal perception.  If it did, it wouldn't be paranormal. 

I am not convinced either way and think alternative methods of perception may be possible, but I have no convincing evidence of them.  

Intuition could be nothing more than the assimilation of a lot of knowledge that isn't completely consciously clear at the time.  As tasks become automatic, you don't have to always be aware of each and every part of the task.   For example, you don't have think about putting one foot in front of the other and transferring your weight when you walk.  After you learn to walk, it becomes automatic.

Anyhow, I find good analysis and calculated decisions much more consistently productive, but I'm not ready to deny or ignore all of the subtle notions and feelings that I get.  As remarkable and stunning as intuitive successes might seem, they are much too rare.

I'd like to hear your stories of finds made through unusual coincidence, dowsing, intuition, ESP or any of those kinds of things.

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On the Treasure Coast we still have the one and two foot surf.  Expect the same for several days.  We are having some decent size tides.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

8/1/14 Report - New Tropical Storm in Atlantic. Diving Near The Wedge Wreck. Detecting a Treasure Coast Beach Today.

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

Diving North of Fort Pierce Inlet This Morning.

We have a new tropical storm heading this way.   Bertha is the second named storm of the season.  At present it doesn't look like it will be much more than a tropical storm and is supposed to pass well east of us.  They do a good job of predicting anymore, but there is always the possibility of some error.  I'll be keeping an eye on Bertha anyhow.

On the Treasure Coast we'll have a one-foot surf today, and then we'll have a one to two-foot surf for about a week.  So if the current predictions are accurate, Bertha won't affect us much.



Beach This Morning Near Low Tide.



This is the kind of thing we've been having nearly all summer this year.

On this beach a very fine compact layer of powder-like sand goes all the way to the dry sand.  Wasn't easy to dig deeper holes.  Really compact stuff.

I detected the area below the high-tide line.  This beach usually has a lot of pull tabs.   From the high tide line to the water this morning, there were NO pull tabs.  Only a good number of coins and couple rings and a fork.   That was very unusual.  I had to wonder what happened to all the pull tabs and bottle tops that are usually all over this beach.  There were still bottle tops in the dry sand, but the pull tabs were not there.

I took a Whites \Surf PI Dual Field detector this morning.  It turned out to be a good choice this morning -  no junk in the wet sand, but a good number of coins.  Except for one spill, most of the coins were down about six inches or so.

I have worked this beach in the past with an Excalibur.  I would have given the Ace a test in the wet sand, but I don't like to take two detectors to the beach in the summer.  It is too hot to leave a detector in the car.  That isn't really a good idea anyhow.  Don't leave anything of value in the car.

It is a good idea to check your detector before you leave home.  It can be a pain to get to the beach and find out that something is wrong.  It is also a good idea to have some spare batteries.

I really like to be able to switch detectors depending upon conditions. 

In the wet sand there were ripples and some black sand scattered about.  Again, I think the choice of detectors was a particularly good one today considering the conditions.

I got word of a platinum and diamond ring being lost a couple of days ago.  Things are always being lost.  I'll look for it.

The two rings I found were about six inches apart.

It seems that most beaches have one spot that is better than the others.  This one definitely does.


If you missed yesterday's post, you'll want to be sure to see that.


You have until August 20 to consign to the Nov. 5-6 Sedwick Coins auction.

Here is the link for more information.

http://www.sedwickcoins.com/consign.htm


And here is the projected path for Bertha according to NOAA.

 

Happy hunting,

TreasureGuide@Comcast.net

7/3/14 Report - Arthur Heads Towards North Carolina Treasure Beaches, 1711 Royal Escudo and 1953 Class Ring Returned

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

1711 Royal
Source: CoinWorld.  See link below.

This Felipe V 1711 gold Royal Cob 8 Escudos, MXo-J, graded MS64 PCGS, sold at a Heritage World and Ancient Coin Auction for over $293,000.

...this coin sheds a little light on the way coins of this period transitioned from hammered to milled coinage and offers up some interesting questions about exactly how and why “Royal Cobs” were made and used during the Spanish Colonial Period.



http://www.coinweek.com/auctions-news/gold-royal-cob-sheds-light-spanish-colonial-coinage-highlights-heritage-world-coin-results/



Here is an article about a college class ring that was returned after being lost 60 years.  It was lost in 1954 in a Texas lake.  The recent drought caused the water of the lake to go down and the ring was found on the surface - no detector.

1953 Class Ring Returned
Source: Daily Mail link.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2677593/University-class-ring-lost-Texas-lake-60-years-ago-returned-owner-lake-bed-following-severe-drought.html

That story reminds us to keep your eyes open while detecting and also to watch for special opportunities.  It doesn't matter whether it is high water, low water, or what, many different types of events can provide new opportunities.

Also, isn't it interesting that the ring didn't sink or get covered, but was found on the surface after all that time.   A rocky surface can do that. 

Fabien Cousteau just emerged after 31 days under water in the Florida Keys.

https://news.yahoo.com/cousteau-grandson-resurfaces-31-days-under-water-100124898.html

Since we're not going to be getting much from Arthur on the Treasure Coast, I looked at the surfing web sites for North Carolina and found one location "Blogue Pier" that had up to a sixteen foot surf predicted.  On top of that, the wind at the time was predicted to be from the North all day.

It looks like the guys that hunt the Outer Banks will be getting ready to hit the treasure beaches up there.

Good luck guys. I won't make it this trip.


We're going to have a few more days of one-foot surf.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

 

5/4/14 Report - 80 Pound Concretion Filled With Reales!!!, HELP Lost Engagement Ring & Sand Bars and Dips

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

First I want to post notice of a lost engagement ring.   It was lost last Sunday, April 27, at Pepper Park.  The ring has 3 stones across the top, center stone is square and the stones on each side are round! White gold. If you find the ring please contact  crzy4stmpn@aol.com.

The ring was lost when a ball was thrown to the person wearing it, and they threw up their hands.  It went flying off.

I went out yesterday to Pepper to see if it looked like I might be able to find this ring for them, but it was almost a week after it was lost.  They told me that the person was standing in very shallow water and that the lady was coming in when the ring was lost.  They mentioned a sand bar.  That worried me, because that indicates a lot of sand in the shallow water area which might be moving.  We also just had a day or two of increased surf, up to about five feet.  Neither of those things help the chances of finding the ring right now.  Maybe someone found it earlier.

Talking about sand bars, sand bars can be good detecting areas when a lot of people have been on them.  Objects lost on a sand bar can remain in detecting range for a good while or objects they can disappear rapidly, especially when the sand bar is moving.

A moving sand bar can be a good thing or bad thing.  Sometimes you can figure out which way the sand is moving and detect a lot of objects on one side or other of the sand bar.

And of course there is the dip inside the sand bar.  That area can also be a place where the sand is either moving to or from. 

When the dip is filling with shells and sand and lightly packed material it can be poor.  Even then though, it can be a place to pick up watches and things like that.

I've found a good number of watches, dive knives and things like that in the dip when the dip is filled with a lot of loose sand and shells.

When the dip is filled with a lot of lose material, it can be difficult to recovery items that are buried.  The lose material can be moved in good quantities, but it tends to refill quickly and items can continue to get deeper and remain out of range even as you dig.  That means that there will be times when you will have to move a lot of sand quickly to retrieve deeper items.

In some ways it is like digging in the wet sand where the hole continues to refill.

Two techniques that I will sometimes use to remove a lot of lose material quickly is to fan the sand with my foot or put down my detector and use both hands to hoe the sand with my scoop as quickly as possible, almost like fanning, not stopping to check the target until it is surely uncovered.  Using the second method, you will then have to detect around to relocate the object.  If you got a good fix on it before you started moving sand, you will know about where it should be after you moved the sand.

If you put down your detector, that, of course, means that your detector will have to be completely waterproof. 

You will have to get a good read and a good estimation of location and depth on the object before you start to move sand so you will know how much sand you will need to move.  You will want to make sure to uncover the object without pausing.  The hole can refill partially or totally in the time you take to pick up your detector and recheck the hole.  You want to move enough sand but not too much before you stop moving sand.

The area in the dip between a sand bar and the shore can be hugely productive when a lot of the lose material has been swept one way or the other by the surf, leaving behind the less easily moved items.  That sometimes leaves a dip with a nice hard packed bottom covered with targets.

If the bottom of the dip is paved with rocks, recovery can still be difficult. The rocks can be packed together with sand acting almost like mortar in between the rocks.  A scoop does not work well when the bottom is packed with rocks like that.  My technique in that case is foot fanning.

Foot fanning will lift the sand from between the rocks loosening the rocks and then lifting the rocks out.  Foot fanning under those conditions takes a lot of energy.  Some targets will be on the rock surface, but others under layers of packed rock. 

Foot fanning in those conditions can be dangerous in more ways than one.  Rocks can fly up and hit your boney foot, you can step on rocks and sprain your ankle or worse, or a fishing lure can fly up out of the hole and stick in your foot.  All of those things have happened to me.  Foot wear is advised.




Here is a little more from Clint L.  You might remember that I posted some of his beach observations two or three days ago.

Clint said,

I thought I’d share this with you. I lived in Sebring from 1982 to 1985. I would drive 3 times a week to the Treasure Coast to search for treasure or jewelry.  I never found much of anything…except when I was there during the 1984 “no-name hurricane”. I found a 1 real piece when I could finally find the dry beach at Turtle Beach Access. Then my PI 1000 Died!!

I stood beside a guy that found a 1715 full 8 escudo and a pair of 1700’s pliers. He found the pliers first and a second scan and scoop brought up the gold. He was using a Garrett XL500 Pulse. A guy with a machete was rather threatening so we moved to an area with more hunters around.

I did take home an 80 Lb. concretion which yielded 270 ship spikes (some worked) and remnants of the bands and some mineral perfused cedar wood. They made a gorgeous display….BUT there were five 8 reales and 24 mixed 2 and 4 reale coins in the sludge. I went to Kellyco and bought an XL 500…started finding reales over the next 2 months at the two Vero accesses and Colored Beach.

 

After this Clint moved away from Florida for a while.  I'll post more of what Clint told me in the near future.

 

Thanks for sharing Clint!

 

How would you like to find an 80 pound concretion like that?

 

On the Treasure Coast the wind has changed direction and the waves are now coming out of the North.  That will continue through the day.   The surf will only get up to three or four feet.

The air is nice and cool.  The tides are pretty average now.


They are dredging or are going to dredge down at Fort Pierce again.  I saw the equipment from a distance.  I understand that not long ago they were dumping sand south of the Sebastian inlet as they dredge the inlet.  Lots of junk.

Last day to respond to the most recent blog poll.  Thanks


Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net


 

 

 

5/23/12 Report - Ghost Ships, UN Proposal to Rule Seas, Cob Quiz

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

 See if you can identify this cob.   It is a little tricky.

I'll tell you what it is in a future post.



Here we go again!  By June the Senate is scheduled to vote on a proposal that will affect you and most of the earth.

Robert K. sent me an email telling about LOST, the Law of the Sea Treaty.

Here is part of what one article says about the treaty.  (Use link below to access the article.)

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ... is perhaps one of the most significant but less recognized 20th century accomplishments in the arena of international law.... Its scope is vast: it covers all ocean space, with all its uses, including navigation and overflight; all uses of all its resources, living and non-living, on the high seas, on the ocean floor and beneath, on the continental shelf and in the territorial seas; the protection of the marine environment; and basic law and order.... The Convention is widely recognised by the international community as the legal framework within which all activities in the oceans and the seas must be carried out.

Since most of the earth is covered by water, this treaty would govern most of the earth.

The article goes on to say, If you read the quote carefully, you'll see that the UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea which administers LOST would have authority over everything, everything, over, on, and under the oceans and seas of the world. Ratification of LOST would be a very large step toward world government. And, remember under the UN division that administers LOST, our nation wouldn't have veto power like we do in the UN Security Council. We'd have just one vote among 150 or more votes. Just as the League of Nations ultimately fell apart without the United States, let's stay out of the UN's LOST regime, thus denying its legitimacy.

Here is the link to the article.

http://www.jbs.org/legislation/senate-poised-to-give-the-un-control-of-everything-about-the-oceans-by-ratifying-the-law-of-the-sea-treaty-lost



I could go on about the dangers and implications, but I trust that you'll see that for yourself.

If you don't want the UN having jurisdiction over everything that goes on in, over and under the water along the Treasure Coast and everywhere else, you should call or write your senator and express your views.

It seems like there is a daily assult on our hobby and our freedoms, and it requires our continual vigilance and action just to keep from losing it all.


Here is a nice little article about ghost ships, both new and old.  Ghost ships are ships that are still afloat but abandoned.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/shortcuts/2012/mar/26/ghost-ships-oceans-japanese-boat

Odyssey Marine held a conference call the other day.  Their three main projects right now are the wrecks of the Victory, Gairsoppa, and Mantula.

Gold has been in a very bearish trend lately.

My post the other day on rough water hunting techniques, assumed waist to chin high water.  I'll have to expand on that discussion someday.

Treasure Coast Beach Detecting Forecast and Conditions.

The wind is from the south and the seas are calm, running at only about one or two feet.  That makes for easy water hunting.

Overall conditions remain poor.  Seas will increase slightly the next few days, but not enough to improve beach detecting conditions.

Low tide today is around 4:00.


Happy hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net