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

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

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

2/13/14 Report - Treasure Coast Beach Combing, Time Capsule & Reading Beaches 101 (Part III)

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

I'll continue with my Reading Beaches 101 series below after a few other items.  If you haven't read the previous two posts on Reading Beaches you might benefit by doing that before continuing with this post.

This has been a damp and cool winter on the Treasure Coast.  Today the wind is from the West as much of the East Coast gets hit by ice and snow.  Storms and floods continue to hit the UK.

On the Treasure Coast the surf is only around two feet today.  The wind is blowing out.  That has been the way it has been much of 2014. 

Conditions for beach detecting on the Treasure Coast remain poor, but things like fossils, shells and pot shards are still available on some beaches.

Eva S. sent me an email saying, ... I live up here in Cape Canaveral and almost daily drive south to the beaches across Patrick's Air Force Base, the beaches south of Melbourne, Sebastian and Vero Beach.  One of the most productive beaches I've discovered up to now for those who like to collect truly beautiful shells are the beaches across Patricks Base.  I have the most beautiful Murex, Tulips, Olive, whelks...etc  I have also found pottery sherds and very interesting metal pieces.

I found my first piece of porcelain the other day on a beach between Sebastian and Vero Beach-- I was thrilled.  I then found my first ancient huge shark tooth on another beach between Sebastian and Vero.  These are very exciting finds for me. I love beach combing.

I was inspired to finally buy a metal detector.

My first day was a disappointment because I really thought I'd find my first Spanish coin!  I quickly realized how vast the beaches are and how unrealistic my expectations were!  It'll take a long time before I find anything, I'm now sure.

I found my first piece of porcelain the other day on a beach between Sebastian and Vero Beach-- I was thrilled.  I then found my first ancient huge shark tooth on another beach between Sebastian and Vero.  These are very exciting finds for me. I love beach combing.

I was inspired to finally buy a metal detector.

My first day was a disappointment because I really thought I'd find my first Spanish coin!  I quickly realized how vast the beaches are and how unrealistic my expectations were!  It'll take a long time before I find anything, I'm now sure.

Keep at it Eva.  As I've been saying, the beach conditions have been poor lately.  You never know when you'll make your first great find though.  It might be quick or it might take quite a while.

Thanks for sharing!

The price of gold has been making a nice comeback the last few weeks.


Back to beach talk.

The normal movement of wave energy in deep water is circular.  That is why it is not necessary to anchor yourself or fight the waves when water detecting.  (I've discussed that before.)  If you just go with it, the water will move you a little one way, then the other, and then return you to where you were.  That is if the water is deep enough.

Anyhow, as the waves get into more shallow water, they break.  The crest becomes more narrow than the trough and the crest falls in on the trough.  The crest crashes on the beach with good force and moves sand or whatever.   The water slows as it washes up the beach and drops whatever it was pushing.  The water then slowly flows down the slope into the sea leaving sand and other things behind.

When a wave crashes on the beach, even heavy objects can be moved.  In my experiment that I mentioned the other day to see how different lead objects of different weight and shape were moved, I used a bucket of water to simulate a single wave breaking on the beach, and saw that all of the lead objects moved a considerable amount.  That was nothing compared to storm driven waves.

You can see for yourself how the water moves different items differently.  Just the other day I was watching the swash near low tide on a day when there was very little surf.  I could see shells and other things at the edge of the water.  When the water came in, some would move up the beach very quickly, others less quickly, and other didn't move at all.

The less dense items, depending to some extent upon other factors such as shape, moved the most.  The light items up the slope quickly and then back out quickly as the water went back out.  I could pretty much tell what an item was composed of by the way it moved in the swash.  Try it sometime.

Shape did make a difference.  Rounded items easily moved up the beach and then rolled back down just as quickly.  It takes more to move a disk or coin shaped object.

We haven't yet considered cuts.  I've explained how the water creates cuts before.  I've stood there and watched them form.  I've also seen them disappear.  They can disappear very quickly.

Cuts occur only occasionally.  High water does not automatically create cuts.  I saw that for myself after hurricane Andrew in South Florida and saw it along the Treasure Coast when Sandy passed by.  The water got very high on the beach on both occasions but created only a few small cuts, and in many places no cuts at all.

Everybody talks about Nor'easters.  Why is a Nor'easter any different than a Southeaster?

I will discuss that in a future post and also talk more about cuts.


A time capsule buried by Steve Jobs was buried, lost and relocated and dug up.   It is now receiving a lot of attention because a new series of Diggers is about to begin and their first program is about finding Job's time capsule.

I have a hard time calling it a time capsule when it is only 30 years old.

Anyhow, here is more about that.

http://www.geek.com/apple/lost-steve-jobs-time-capsule-found-after-30-years-contains-prized-mouse-1584793/


Thats all for now.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net