7/19/20 Report - Unidentified Treasure Coast Fossil Tooth. Historic Backyard Meteorite. Tropical Wave Over Hispaniola.

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

Sunday Morning
nhc.nooa.gov

It is that time of year when storms can quickly form in our area.

A tropical wave located over Hispaniola and the adjacent waters of the southwestern Atlantic is expected to move west-northwestward over the next several days and enter the southeastern Gulf of Mexico by late Tuesday, and then move across the central Gulf on  Wednesday and reach the northwestern Gulf on Thursday...

If the predictions are correct, it looks like this one will not be a big deal Treasure Coast.

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A space rock, which weighs 66 pounds, was discovered more than 30 years ago in a garden in Blaubeuren, in southern Germany. “In 1989, a homeowner was digging a cable trench on his property in Blaubeuren, in the German region of Swabia, when his spade hit a rock,” explains the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in a statement. “Upon lifting it half a meter [1.6-feet] to the surface, he found that it was remarkably heavy.”

The rock, which is a chondrite, or stony meteorite, measures 11 inches by 9.8 inches by 7.9 inches...

Thanks to DJ for the link.    https://apple.news/AmlLMv3YcST2L92_BHwbFmw

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I found this sweet little fossilized tooth yesterday.

Fossil Tooth From Treasure Coast Beach.

After looking through some books, I think it is probably from something in the camel line, but I'd be happy to hear from anyone who knows.

It is small and very sharp.  Obviously not worn down much by wear.  Maybe an unerupted tooth.  

Another View of the Same Fossil Tooth.

On the Treasure Coast beaches you can find things that are hundreds of years old, but also thousands or even millions of years old.

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On your recent post you mentioned folks wanting to keep secrets to themselves and questioned whether or not you should share what you have learned along the way. Personally, I applaud you. I’ve been treasure hunting for nearly thirty years and have learned at least 75% of what I know about beach hunting from you. Mostly I go offshore with my guys to do the known sites of the 1715 fleet, but when the weather is not cooperating I do the beaches.

The reason for me posting this is to say that the Treasure Hunter’s Cookout was started by me 12 years ago because I wanted to get all these secretive hunters to open up to each other. I’ve accomplished my goal as I’ve seen rivals actually team up and create a more friendly atmosphere in the community. I always thought that scenarios like "I have a boat but no divers, magnetometer, sidescan, money, location etc. could cure itself if we all got together, met in a non formal, party like place and get to know each other. It appears to have worked. ...

Thanks much John.  I know your cookouts have been a big success.  Over the years I've received many glowing reports people who attended.  The cookouts have helped many, and the comradery has been a big positive for the treasure hunting community.

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And I received this email from the other side of the Atlantic.

... I have been reading the treasure beaches for years now and appreciate your blog very very much.

Your blog also brings back fond memories of living in southern Florida during the early 90s.

I always enjoy the photos of the beaches posted too.

I am located in Europe for now and mainly detect in central Europe and the northern Mediterranean.

The links about the "Dead water phenomenon" are not directly detector related,

unless you are towing a PI coil on a sled through the sea of course ...

With kind regards from across the big pond, Bjorn

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-dead-water-phenomenon.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzcgAshAg2o

I can tell from the Google stats that the blog is read overseas, but it is always nice to get an email and links for study. 

I'll be studying the links more thoroughly.   It is always good to add to your understanding.  You never know how it might help something fall into place.

Thanks Bjorn.

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The new blogger editor is slow.  I should make a transition to the new blog before long.

It looks like the Treasure Coast surf will remain in the two or three foot range for about a week.  We'll have a bit of a negative tide.

Happy hunting,

TreasureGuide@com.

4/23/19 Report - Beaches From South Hutchinson Island to Sebastian Inlet. Treasure Hunter's Cookout Soon.

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Fort Pierce South Jetty Park Early Monday Morning.

John Brooks Beach

Well South of Frederick Douglass Early Monday Morning.

The cut was a bit over one foot high, but the sand in front of the cut was mushy.

New Bridge.

I don't know if there is going to be a new park or if it is going to be a new housing development or something.  It is down in the general area where there once was a WW II tower.

Dollman Beach.

There was a big cut at Dollman about three weeks ago, and there was a heavy coin line just south of the beach access.  A couple days ago, I saw that the hot spot was a little farther south, but the hot spot today had an additional foot or two of sand on it.  Below is that filled spit and a large piece of iron that was uncovered.

Filled in Hot Spot.

Notice the piece of iron at left center.  There were rocks in front of the partially covered one a couple of days ago.

Below are some beaches up in the Vero/Sebastian area.  The following photos were all submitted by DJ

Looking North From The Turtle Trail Access About 11 AM  Monday.

Looking South From the Turtle Trail Access Monday Morning.

North From Seagrape Trail Access Monday.

The Wabasso parking lot was closed.

Treasure Shores Monday.

Another View from Treasure Shores.

Golden Sands Beach Monday.

Beach Just North of McLarty.

Looking Towards Sebastian Inlet.

Thanks much DJ!

The beaches from Turtle Trail to the Sebastian Inlet all seem to look [pretty similar.

We will probably be moving quickly into summer beach conditions with few changes other than the occasional storm.

The first quarter of 2019 wasn't bad.  I'm sure it would have been better if it wasn't for all the renourishment sand that has been dumped on the beaches in the last couple of years.

You'll have to adapt and maybe use some different strategies and maybe even some different equipment.

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The annual Treasure Hunter's Cookout is coming Saturday, April 27.  I'll have all the details for you tomorrow.

Happy hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

4/30/18 Report - Odyssey Marine Filing For Ownership of SS Mantola. Cookout Big Success. 1715 Fleet Artifacts In Auction.

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A US marine salvage company that discovered a sunken World War I ship years ago wants to be named owner of the vessel — and the nearly 19 tons of silver bars worth millions of dollars that went down with the ship.

Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. contends in a new Manhattan lawsuit it used “sophisticated sonar equipment” in 2011 to locate the SS Mantola -- a 450-foot British flagged steamer torpedoed by a German submarine in 1917 as it sailed from London to Calcutta...

The company estimates 536,000 ounces of silver could be on board the ship. Under a 2011 salvage agreement with the UK government, Odyssey was to keep 80 percent of the cargo.

However, that agreement lapsed in September 2015 and the government no longer makes such deals, the suit says. Odyssey is staking its claim for ownership...

Here is that link.

https://nypost.com/2017/04/22/salvage-company-wants-rights-to-shipwrecks-treasure/

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By all reports, everybody had a great time at the Treasure Hunter's Cookout Saturday.  SuperRick had the following to say

Yesterday, My wife and I got to go to the treasure hunter's cookout.  I missed it last year by a few days. When I saw your post on it this year I wasn't going to miss it! The one thing I love about your blog is that you put out a lot of good information that anybody that wants to hunt the beaches can use! Of course, the one person that I wanted to meet was not there so I could personally thank him for all of the great work that he does on your Blog.

But I did get to meet Terry Shannon and Ed Huffman along with the owners of Booty Salvage with so many others that I can't remember all of their names. The food was great and so was all of those that were there. I know that next year I won't have any problem getting my wife to go there again!

It's been an interesting three months here in Fla. hunting the beaches in south Fla. I never even hunted the treasure beaches because the conditions were not right. The one thing that I've learned from your Blog is that you don't want to waste your time if the conditions are not right!

The funny thing was that I met the owners of Booty Salvage the last time I was in Fla. at Turtle trail park and he remembered me from our meeting!

We are leaving to head back to Vegas on Tuesday so until the next time I hope that you find many treasures whatever they may be!

Thanks again
Rick

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If you want to know what kind of things you might find on the Treasure Coast if you are real lucky, you can see a number of 1715 Fleet artifacts that are listed in the current Sedwick auction.  They begin with lot number 1599 and extend through lot number 1616.  The series begins with a small section of a gold olive blossom chain, a silver coat-of-arms seal and a gold leaf snuff box.  Also included are several emeralds and other artifacts.

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SpaceX launches rockets and can now land them so they are reusable.  They can land them on land or on a barge at sea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEr9cPpuAx8

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One fellow told me that he is planning a big experiment.  He'll mark items and ask people to report where and when they find them.


The treasure Treasure Coast salvage season is ramping up and will get into high speed before long.


The biggest surf we'll see in the next several days is a three - five foot surf that is predicted for Tuesday through Thursday.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

4/28/17 Report - Treasure Hunters Cookout Saturday. Detectors Below Cost. Antiquities As An Investment. Keeping the Joy in Treasure Hunting. Fort Pierce Beach Renourishment.

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That is this weekend, so don't miss it.  

Kellco claims they will be making the following special offer only for those attending the cookout this year.  

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Darrel S. (Strickland) wanted to make sure that no one confuses him with Darrell Miklos of the Cooper's Treasure TV show.

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Andre H. needs a battery compartment cover/door for a Minelab Sovereign.  If you have one that you can provide at a reasonable price, let him know at trader910@yahoo.com.

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I once did a comparison of prices for some reales and escudos as they sold years ago and then again more recently.  My conclusion was that while some did appreciate, overall they weren't especially great investments from a purely economic perspective.  Of course, most of us like history and old things, including coins, so any price appreciation is only icing on the cake.

I ran across a study on price appreciation of antiquities.  The study was written by Neil Brodie of the Archaeology Center of Stanford University in 2009.  It was published as a work in progress, but I haven't found any follow-up studies published after the 2009 article.

The article says, The belief that antiquities might prove good vehicles for investment first took hold in the 1970s (Nørskov 2002, 291-292), at a time of high inflation, when it was thought that tangible assets might hold their value better than the more traditional financial ones...

I'll jump to the conclusion.

Antiquities are not guaranteed to hold their monetary value over time. Price fluctuations are caused by uncertain supply and idiosyncratic demand. It follows that the best opportunities for profit will exist at the information nexus, at the point where information about supply can be matched to information about demand. In other words, most money will be made by knowledgeable intermediaries – the antiquities dealers. At 1975 prices, between purchase at Sotheby’s in 1979 and sale at Sotheby’s in 1997 the British Rail glass appreciated in value by £190,849 (though subject to costs of insurance and curation). From the two sales, Sotheby’s would have earned £111,179 from buyer’s commission alone, with perhaps an equivalent amount earned from seller’s commission. 

There are a lot of risks associated with investing in antiquities.  For one thing, you never know when a new hoard will be discovered that will make a certain type of item more common and less valuable.  There are also unpredictable changes in taste or demand.  For a while one type of item will be highly sought, and then it will be something else.

The market for any type of item can change for a variety of  reasons.  Who would have ever guessed how the internet and online auction sites would so dramatically change the market for collectible books and bottles. I saw it happen, and it only took a few years.  You usually can't predict those kinds of things.

There is also the political and cultural aspect.  Laws and attitudes can change.  Laws have been made about items made of ivory, for example.  And some judge might determine that certain types of items belong to a another country and should be returned.  It is an uncertain and risky investment class, but aren't they all.

Here is the link for the Brodie article if you want to look into it a little more deeply.

https://web.stanford.edu/group/chr/cgi-bin/drupal/files/investments.pdf

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Every once in a while a phrase sticks in my mind, and I think it is something I should write about. A few days ago the phrase that stuck in my mind was, "If you do it, love it."

What that phrase means to me is that if you are going to do something, you might as well enjoy it to the max.  Don't depend upon events to make you happy.  If you are talking about metal detecting, that translates to, don't depend upon finds for all of your treasure hunting enjoyment.  Take it all in and enjoy every bit of the search, including the downs as well as the ups.

There have been times when I set goals and was determined to meet them.  If I didn't meet my goals, it affected my mood.  I was pretty grumpy when I failed.  That didn't do me any good.

If you are hunting on a beach, enjoy the ocean.  Enjoy the beach.  Enjoy those around you.  It won't make you any less effective, and it might actually help you stick it out when you aren't finding much.

In treasure hunting there will be ups and downs.  Things will go wrong.  But the one thing that doesn't have to be down is your mood.

Life is too good and too short to waste.  And when you get down to it, there is no treasure worth life itself.  Soak it in and make the most of it.

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No changes in the surf.  It is calm.  We are having those nice low tides though.

Beach renourishment has begun at Fort Pierce.  Beautiful isn't it.

Beach Renourishment at Fort Pierce South Jetty Park.

I have some interesting finds to post tomorrow.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

3/28/17 Report - 17th Century Wreck Finally Identified. Time To Make Plans For The 2017 Treasure Hunters Cookout. 160 Mile Per Hour Winds From Cyclone Debbie.

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

Make your plans now.

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"We've watched it fall apart in front of our eyes for five years," said Dave Parham, senior lecturer in marine archaeology at Bournemouth University. "But you can only do one thing at a time."

The Swash Channel wreck is an early 17th Century armed merchant ship.

It was found in 7-9m of water on a sand and shingle seabed on the edge of Hook Sands near Poole Harbour in Dorset in March 1990, when a Dutch dredger hit it.

It was left for almost 15 years until an assessment for English Heritage in 2005 found it was a much more significant site than first thought...

Here is the link for more of that article.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-13360633


More recently they identified that wreck as the Fame.

The so-called Swash Channel Wreck was discovered in a sand and shingle bank outside Poole Harbour.

Experts believe it to be a Dutch merchant vessel named The Fame which foundered in a storm in March 1631...

And here is the link for more about that.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-39353551


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If you've been keeping up with my posts on how sand moves, I've been adding a little every once in a while.

I added a big new piece to my understanding of what causes erosion when I got into topics such as liquefaction and sand shearing.  Those are engineering terms that have been studied experimentally, but I have been applying them to beach erosion.

In a few words, I've become more clear on the roll and importance of pore pressure. That is refers to the spaces between grains.

I'll try to more fully explain what I've learned about that some day soon.

Funny how you study a topic for a long while and every once in a while you learn something new that adds a whole new dimension.

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Cyclone Debbie strikes Australia with 160 mile per hour winds.

Here is the link for more about that.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/world/australia/cyclone-debbie-update-queensland.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1


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The weather has been absolutely beautiful on the Treasure Coast.  Unfortunately the beach conditions haven't been great.  While the surf subsides, we are now having some good tides.

Our hurricane season begins in less than two months.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

4/24/14 Report - Treasure Hunter's Cookout Sat., New Relic Finds, Puffed Up Sandy Beaches, and More

 
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Don't forget the treasure hunter's cookout, which will be this Saturday the 26th.

Kellyco will be there.  There are  donations from RTG Scoops, First Texas and Garrett (not metal detectors) that will be raffled off along with miscellaneous treasure and treasure related items.

There will be live music.(Caribbean style).

Bring your own beer and a covered dish to share potluck style.   There will be bbq ribs, pulled pork, burgers, hot dogs, chicken wings and sodas to drink.

Anyone can set up a table and buy/sell/swap treasure and treasure hunting related items.

Chuck said, Some of the regulars will be attending the robert marx lecture on the 25th and the meeting to discuss the new legal issues in regards to wreck salvage, I'm sure this will be discussed heavily at the cookout and maybe we will finally get organized and become proactive rather than reactive!!!!

If you don't know what that is about, go back and read the previous post in this blog.

Relic detector finds and photo by William M.

William M. is still hot on that relic trail.  Here are the latest finds.  His favorites from this group include a Sterling silver Bailey Banks and Biddle spoon and a Father Johns bottle.

Keep it up William.  Thanks for sharing.

Notice the other neat little finds in there.


Yesterday I posted a mystery photo for you to figure out and asked if you could tell what it is.

Below is a photo showing the entire item.

Fish Exo-skeleton.

 

I found this fish exo-skeleton.  It is very delicate and composed of little plates.

It is about to fall apart.  Just thought it was neat.

I don't know the name of the type of fish.  I should look it up.  Maybe someone will tell me.

Just one of the things I found while not detecting.


Below is another miscellaneous visual find from the same walk.

Copper Bow Running Light.

Yesterday morning I took a quick look at a couple of beaches.  I didn't take my detector out of the car at either of them.

The beach looked like an August beach.  I hope that is not an indication of what the rest of the summer is going to be like.

The treasure beaches haven't been much good since November, and that is almost half a year ago.  Can you believe it?

The one good thing about beach conditions now is that the surf is smooth.  Just some very small swells slowly running in.  Perfect for very easy water hunting.

There was a lot of sand on the beach though.  Take a look at the photo below.  That is not what you want to see from a treasure beach.  If you had tons of tourists running around on it, you could pick up some modern stuff.  I don't find that type of hunting nearly as interesting any more, although I do it when treasure beach conditions are poor.

I didn't bother to take my detector out of the car at the wreck beaches that I looked since the beach conditions were so poor, but I felt like swinging my detector a little, I stopped at one of the tourist beaches and hunted the dry beach.  I hit a piece of gold in just a few minutes.  Modern, of course,   It was one of those cases when it was a good thing that I was not discriminating.  The gold was about seven inches right under a bottle cap.  Seemed like someone had already detected there and picked up everything but the bottle caps. 

That is all for today.  Take a look at the overview of laws concerning underwater cultural materials in my previous post and enjoy the cookout this Saturday.  Beautiful weather for a cookout.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net