5/26/20 Report - Encrusted Objects and Mystery Item. Beach Dynamics Resources.

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Three Small Encrusted Objects.

I decided to investigate a few small encrusted objects this weekend.  The item on the left is a broken or repurposed spike that is partially encrusted.  The item on the right is still totally encrusted.  When I shook the totally encrusted object, it rattled.  It sounded something like a small lead ball within a cavity.

I soaked the broken spike head in acid for about a day and little progress was made.  I should have removed some of the crust mechanically before using the acid.  That is my normal procedure, but I neglected to do that this time.

I decided to just break open the totally encrusted object.  Here is a closer look at it.

Small Encrusted Rattling Object.

Below is what I found when I broke it open.

Copper Casing Within EO and Shell Removed From Casing.

Maybe someone can help me with this, but it looks like what I would call a double-cased shell.  Is that right?  Below you can see the lead core at the tip and butt of the bullet.

Lead Bullet Core At Point (left) and Butt (right).

And below is the outer casing for both sides of the bullet.  The two halves of the outer casing are still stuck in the encrustation.

Two Ends of Casing With Bullet Removed 
(Butt end left and point right.).

 I wouldn't think there would be that much room between the outer casing and the bullet so that it would rattle like that.  Maybe that was caused by corrosion, and maybe someone that knows more about bullets and casings can tell me about that.

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Yesterday I posted the mystery object shown below, which was found by Bill M.  It gave a detector reading.  I thought it looked like it could be an EO.  SuperRick, who hunts meteors and nuggets, gave the following informative response.

Mystery Object

Find and photo by Bill M.

The photo is just a river rock better known as an igneous rock! A lot of rocks will have iron in them to prove me wrong take a file to a high point on the rock and file it. If you see shiny metal then take it to your bathroom toilet and lift the cover and rub your rock on the inside part of the [tank] cover.

If your rock leaves a streak you have what I said it was just a rock. You can also use a rare earth magnet to see if the rock will jump to it! 

If your rock doesn't streak and the magnet makes the rock jump to it you might have found a meteorite but all kinds of rocks are what we call hot rock when we are hunting for meteorites! Those rocks will hit on a metal detector and you have to know what you are looking for! ...

Thanks Rick.

It is always good to hear the knowledge of the various experts that read this blog.  He suggested some good tests too.

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If you are interested in learning more about beach dynamics, here are a variety of excerpts and abstracts from a number of studies.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/beach-profile

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Source: MagicSeaWeed.com

Looks like some more small surf for this week.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

10/8/18 Report - 1715 Fleet 8-escudo. Bullet, Hat Badge, and Lead Strip. Tropical Storm Michael.

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One of the Star Lots in the Upcoming Nov. 1-3 Treasure Auction in Orlando.

Here is the lot description.

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Recently Dug 50 Caliber WW II Browning Shell
Find and photo by Jerry P.

I received the above photo from Jerry P. along with the following message.

One of my stops yesterday was at the “curve” at the south side of the Ft Pierce Inlet. I found several modern coins as well as this 50-cal encrusted bullet. Who knows if it was pumped in with the new sand or was left on the beach from WWII.

Having looked at the same beach, I feel pretty confident that the bullet came with the renourishment sand.  The shallow water is covered with renourishment sand that has already washed out and the new erosion is not close to the old beach.

It is still good to know that there might be some more older items in the renourishment sand. I've found some nice WW II items in the sand from previous renourishments projects at the same beach.  Below is one of those.

Cap Badge Found in Renourishment Sand.

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Here is an old lead find that I have not figured out.  It is a lead strip, formed with three sides to fit into a corner.  The one side that would be exposed is convex.

If anyone has any ideas at all about this piece, please let me know.  It has very tiny holes every three or so inches.  There are very small holes every three inches or so.  The holes are only pin-size.

Three-sided Lead Strip.

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Two Named Storms Now.

Source: nhc.noaa.gov

Leslie is still hanging around out there, but of more interest is Tropical Storm Michael.  That one, as I suggested what seems like two or three weeks ago, seems headed into the Gulf possibly making landfall around the Florida Panhandle.

The high tides are nice and high now, and the surf is running pretty good - anywhere between three to six feet.  Too bad the direction of the swells isn't better.  Still, its better than most of this summer.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net