-10/15/24 Report - Foam Washing Up On Palm Beaches. Milton Reshapes Florida Shoreline. DNA Identifies Boot. Wascally Wabbit. Nadine.

 

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Yellow Contruction Foam Washing Up All Over Palm Beaches.

Yellow construction foam has been washing up onto the Palm Beaches.

Our crews have been out cleaning debris continuously since the storms in our parks and on beaches but are grateful for all of the public support we have received with the debris that continues to wash onshore. We have some amazing partner organizations that have been helping us over the weekend as well as the public has shown up to help...

Here is the link for more about that.

'TRASH TAKEOVER:' Yellow foam washing up on beaches after Milton (wflx.com)

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Hurricane Milton Storm Surge Reshapes Florida Coastline is the title to one news report taking a look at some of the changes caused by Milton. 

Of course, some of the changes shown are misinterpreted by the news reporter.  The title of the video suggests a more permanent or more unusual change. I'd expect the changes caused by Milton will be reversed by nature in short order like for every other storm.

Here is the link.

Hurricane Milton's storm surge reshapes Florida coastline | Watch (msn.com)

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

Nothing much new with the hurricane center map.  Still that one system pointing in our general direction.  It might stall out before getting to Florida.

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In what could possibly provide new clues to a 100-year-old mystery surrounding the disappearance of British mountaineer Andrew Comyn “Sandy” Irvine in 1924, a team of climbers have found a preserved sock embroidered with the letters ‘A.C. Irvine’ lodged in a boot revealed by melting ice...

The family has now provided a DNA sample to help determine if the boot indeed belonged to Irvine. “It is remarkable that this discovery was made in the centenary year of Sandy’s disappearance,” said Summers. “I have lived with this story since I was a 7-year-old when my father told us about the mystery of Uncle Sandy on Everest.

And here is the link for more about that.

Discovery of boot could provide new clues in 100-year-old mystery (msn.com)

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Never saw anyone hunt like candidate Walz.  They showed how to do it.  

That was the strangest hunt I ever saw.  Everybody dressed in brand spankin new never worn fresh out of the package costumes like a bunch of twin sisters.  Standing in a field kicking weeds and gabbing while a flock of photographers take pictures while they try to figure out how to load the shot guns they've owned half their life but want to ban because conservatives cling to them so much.  The only thing that was safe in that field would be any game that stayed despite all the commotion.

 

Source: Pinterest.

That's all folks!

Treasureguide@comcast.net

10/14/24 Report - Columbus Day 2024. Ancestry, Spain and the New World. Nadine is the Next One.

 

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

Some people are warning that the system in the Atlantic could be a danger to Florida, but some are saying that a cool front coming down will keep it from coming to Florida.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) revealed Monday that the low-pressure storm has a 50 percent chance of developing into a hurricane as it produces 'some disorganized showers and thunderstorms.'

Meteorologists are closely monitoring Nadine's path, finding it could hit the Sunshine State within the next seven days or take another route toward Mexico and Central America...

Here is the link for more about that.

Tropical cyclone 'Nadine' has a 50% chance of becoming a hurricane (msn.com)

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Monday is Columbus Day, so the controversy heats up as it does every year.  This time they are pointing to the Jewish ancestry, although I see that as nothing surprising or remarkable, except perhaps in a Biblical sense. .

MADRID (Reuters) - The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery.

"And both in the Y chromosome (male) and in the mitochondrial DNA (transmitted by the mother) of Hernando there are traits compatible with Jewish origin."

Around 300,000 Jews lived in Spain before the 'Reyes Catolicos', Catholic monarchs Isabella and Ferdinand, ordered Jews and Muslims to convert to the Catholic faith or leave the country. Many settled around the world. The word Sephardic comes from Sefarad, or Spain in Hebrew.

After analysing 25 possible places, Lorente said it was only possible to say Columbus was born in Western Europe.

On Thursday, Lorente said they had confirmed previous theories that the remains in Seville Cathedral belonged to Columbus...  

Columbus died in Valladolid, Spain, in 1506, but wished to be buried on the island of Hispaniola that is today shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti. His remains were taken there in 1542, then moved to Cuba in 1795 and then, it had been long thought in Spain, to Seville in 1898...

(Source: Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, study finds (msn.com))

From a Biblical perspective, and assuming they have the right remains and everything else, such as the testing results being correct, it would make sense to me that God would once again use a branch of his chosen people to further spread the gospel.  There is some belief that the Apostle Paul, a Jew, visited Spain much earlier.

There is a tradition that Paul went to Spain, but there is no record of this in the Bible. He did mention to the Romans that he wanted to take the gospel to Spain (Romans 15:24, 28). Clement of Rome’s AD 95 writings say Paul went to “the farthest limits of the West,” which could mean Spain or possibly the United Kingdom, and the Muratorian Canon (AD 180) says Paul went from Rome to Spain. 

(Source: What happened on Paul’s fourth missionary journey? | GotQuestions.org)

Since Biblical times, the Jewish people have referred to Spain as Sepharad.  We see this in the Book of Obadiah, where we are told that “the exile of Jerusalem which is in Sepharad shall inherit the cities of the southland.” Where is Sepharad? The Targum Jonathan identifies it as “Espamia,” Spain. Thus, the Jewish people living in Spain and the Iberian Peninsula (as well as their descendants) became known as Sephardim...  

(Source: Who Are Sephardic Jews? - 19 Facts You Should Know - Chabad.org)

So, it would make sense to me if one Jew took the gospel west, perhaps as far as Spain, and another Jew, although admittedly much more controversial, would play such a large part in the gospel being taken to the New World.

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Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

 

10/13/24 Report - Library Research Pays Off With Big Shipwreck Treasure. Cool Life Preserver. Gold Mine Rescue.

 

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

The National Hurricane Center map looks pretty clean now.  Only one system shown, and certainly not much of a threat at this point.

We are still having those King tides though.  Sunday, both the morning and afternoon tides will be over three feet on the Treasure Coast.  The surf remains pretty rough, though the wind will be calm.

As I showed in recent posts, some of the Treasure Coast beaches had some erosion, while others showed little or even accumulated.  It is the type of situation when you will have to look around for those few better spots.

I was surprised that when I went metal detecting I didn't see one other detectorist.  

One person is offering a free used Minelab Excalibur that is no longer being used.  If you are interested, I'll send you an email contact.

Surf Chart from SurfGuru.com.

In recent years it seems people have not been reporting find quickly.  They've been waiting a while before sharing.

So Milton has come and gone, but for a lot of people there are lasting effects.  Lives were lost and others were drastically changed.

Some people haven't recovered from Helene yet.  It is still hard to believe the damage that Helene did in western North Carolina.  A lot of people till could use some help.  Samaritan's purse was flying in Chinook helicopters.  I think they are headquartered up there in the Asheville area.  One of those organizations known for what they give rather than what they get.  Samaritan’s Purse International Disaster Relief — International Relief (samaritanspurse.org)

Nice area for vacationing in normal times.  The Biltmore Mansion is a nice back-in-time kind of place to visit.  Like a lot of areas, their airport was small one-story structure like a strip small, but a lot of airports were like that a few decades ago.  They had rocking chairs, something like the Charlotte airport, but on a smaller more quant scale.  I remember seeing Joey Bishop in the Asheville airport once.  

The Florida West Coast, Big Bend and Panhandle have a lot to overcome before they are back to normal, if that ever happens.

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When Coast Guard pilot Lt. Ian Logan went out to search the waters off Longboat Key in the wake of Hurricane Milton roaring ashore on the western Florida coast, he didn't expect to find anyone who needed help.

To all of their surprise, he and his crew found a man clinging to a cooler 30 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico...

Here is the link.

Coast Guard pilot describes 'insane' rescue of man floating on cooler in Gulf after Hurricane Milton - ABC News

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Talking of rescues...

There were the tourists trapped in an underground gold ine in Colorado.  One person died. 

Here is that link.

Multiple people trapped underground in Colorado mine, officials say (msn.com)

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Storms come and go.  People come and go.  Everything comes and goes.  In the long view, everything seems brief, though in the short view it can seem long.

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Back a few weeks ago I received the following in an email from the Fisher organization recounting a bit of treasure history.

Mel met Eugene's wife, Dot, in a Ft. Pierce library while looking for shipwreck information. Mel & Eugene soon become friends while attending the same church in Vero Beach. Mel asked Eugene to keep an eye out for information on the Atocha during his trip to Seville, Spain to the Archives of the Indies.

Lyon found a small packet of information about the Santa Margarita shipwreck, and the documents mentioned its sister ship, the Nuestra Senora de Atocha, which sank near the Cayo de Marquesa Keys. These documents and the information included inside lead Mel & his family to Key West to search near the "Cayos del Marques", known today as the Marquesa Keys.

The documents also included the identification numbers on each bar of gold and silver bullion and each cannon the ship carried. Lyon eventually made a career out of shipwreck research, and he has a staggering collection of ships, logs, manifests, sinking details – and documentation of lost cargo.

Dr. Lyon resided in Vero Beach Florida with his beautiful wife, Dorothy and continued to research history until his passing on May 3rd, 2020.

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Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

10/12/24 Report = Treasure Coast Beaches: Turtle Trail, Seagrape Trail and Wabasso. Wind Angles from Milton and Cutting Beaches.

 

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Turtle Trail Friday Afternoon.
Photo by DJ.

Yesterday I posted photos of some beaches along the northern end of Sout Hutchinson Island.  Later in the day, Dj sent photos of some of the Indian River County beaches.  As you will see, that area had more erosion than the area I shoed from South Hutchinson Island.

Seagrape Trail Friday Afternoon.
Photo by DJ.

Seagrape Trail Friday Afternoon.
Photo by DJ.

Notice that despite the erosion, the erosion in these photos did not remove all the replanted renourishment sand from in front of the dunes.  I would therefore pay more attention to the low tide area rather than the foot of the dunes if I was targeting the old stuff.   I would definitely check down low on the beach especially for dips.  There might also be some better areas farther from the accesses.

All the renourishment sand has not helped.

Wabasso Friday Afternoon.

Thanks to DJ.  Getting photos of the different areas is a big help.

If you think about why you see cuts on the Indian River County beaches but not the South Hutchinson Island beaches that I showed yesterday, there are a couple explanations.  First is the distance from the center of Milton as it went out to sea, and the second is the recency or amount of renourishment sand.

To help explain the first, here is an image I posted a few days ago.

Image from Windyty.com Posted a Few Days Ago.

As the winds are tightly wound around the center of Milton, the angles at the time of Milton passing out into the ocean, the wind is hitting the area to the north, Jacksonville for example, are hitting the coast from a more east or northeasterly direction, and hitting Daytona more parallel to the coast, and down around Palm Beach, moving offshore.  So the point is with these winds circulating around the storm, the angles of the wind relative to the coast is different for different areas of the coast.  It seems that the angles were better for erosion for some significant period of time for the Indian River County beaches.  I'd like to see Ampersands and Sebastian and Malborne.    As you go north from the area of erosion, there would be a point at which the wind angles changes enough that coastal erosion would be less due to the winds becoming more easterly before the storm moves too far out to sea.  Of course, you also have to consider the changing angle of the coastline since it is not a straight line.  That accounts for some of the changes over smaller distances.  

If the winds ran more parallel to the beach, rather than in a circular motion around the storm, the erosion would be more similar for the different areas of the Treasure Coast.

There are always the large-scale effects that affect a large section of the coastline, the smaller scale effects and the very local effects.  There will be rocks, jetties, reefs and nooks and crannies where things will happen are not characteristic of the larger area.

Thank you once again Dj.  Your photos helped by showing more than a few beaches.  They helped me explain a larger phenomenon that will help any beach detectorist.  One of the biggest factors for the beach metal detecting is hitting the right beaches at any particular time.  You can't cover it all, but the more you are out there, the better chance you have.

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There were some gas stations that ran out of gas both before and after the storm.  Here is a link to a site that will help you find out which stations have gas and which are out. 

GasBuddy.com.

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The most powerful hurricanes to hit Florida, in terms of barometric pressure (a chief indicator), include:

Hurricane Wilma (2005) – Reached a minimum pressure of 882 millibars, making it the strongest Atlantic hurricane recorded in terms of pressure at the time of its impact​.

1935 Labor Day Hurricane – This hurricane hit with a central pressure of 892 millibars, making it one of the most intense to strike the U.S.​).

Hurricane Michael (2018) – Made landfall with a pressure of 919 millibars, ranking it too among the most intense storms at landfall in the U.S.

Here is the link for more about that.

‘Irma’ Had Double Effects Of ‘Milton’ (spiritdaily.org)

The tornados from Milton were uncharacteristically large and damaging for Florida.

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Source: SurfGuru.com.

We are still having those King Tides and the surf is still a little rough.  

Too early to give up so soon.  Check some of those dips when the tide gets out and keep scouting for the right spot.

Treasureguide@comcast.net

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1 dead and 12 others trapped underground in Colorado gold mine, officials say.

Here is that link.

Multiple people trapped underground in Colorado mine, officials say (msn.com)

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10/11/24 Update With Post-Milton Treasure Coast Beach Photos.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

John Brooks Beach Friday Morning.

John Brooks Beach.

Another View of John Brooks.

John Brooks Dunes.

Fredercik Douglass Beach was still closed. 

I went to Dollman, which is the access just south of Douglass.

Dollman Beach Friday Morning

While John Brooks beach was back some. Dollman showed a lot of recent sand accumulation.

Dollman Beach Friday Morning.

Blind Creek and Walton Rocks accesses were closed even though it was well after 9 PM.  

I went down to Herman's Bay to see if the that stretch was the same or changing.

Herman's Beach.

Fort Pierce South Jetty.

Fort Pierce South Jetty.

AS I said in my earlier post, the roads were good.  The only damage other than some tree limbs was a few blown over port-potties.

So that is some of the beaches from North Hutchinson isladn.

10/11/24 Report - Morning Beach Visit Report. Legend of Protection of Tampa Area and Origin of the word "Hurricane." High Surf Today..

 

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Old Map of Tampa Area
See source link below.

So, another hurricane has come and gone.  It did its damage.  I want to express my sympathies to those who lost lives or otherwise had their lives changed for the worse by the storm.

For Tampa, the storm surge wasn't as bad as originally feared.  The storm made a turn which resulted in Tampa receiving less storm surge than might have been the case.  The turn revived memories of an old legend about a prayer that protects the region.  Below is a little about that from a recent publication.

There’s an old legend that the Tampa, Florida, area is protected by an ancient “prayer-blessing” bestowed upon it by elders of the Tocobaga tribe that once inhabited the area, particularly a locale known today as Safety Harbor...

But through the past decades, it has seemed curious how flood-prone Tampa Bay itself, which can incur tremendous surge, has escaped so unscathed in an era of Katrina and Andrew and Michael and so many other angry tempests.

Native Americans certainly attached spiritual meaning to tempests. As we have pointed out, to indigenous Taino people of the Caribbean and Florida, “Huricán” was the god of evil, which apparently comes from “Huracán,” the Mayan god of wind, storm, and fire...

For more about that, here is a link.

Will Old ‘Blessing’ Again Deflect Storm from Tampa? | Spirit Daily Blog

Here is a bit from another article that tells it more succinctly.

Local legend has it that mounds built by the Tocobaga tribe hundreds of years ago protected the area from major storms for centuries.

The tribe lived in small villages between what is now Safety Harbor and the Gandy area, from 900 to the 1500s, but died out from disease and violence from Spanish settlers in the 17th century, according to Pinellas County’s website.

In those villages, the tribe would build mounds made of layers of shells and sand. The mounds were used as temples, homes and burial grounds. The oldest remaining one is located near Old Tampa Bay.

Some locals claim the tribe blessed the mounds for protection from hurricanes and other hazards, but we have yet to confirm the validity of their story.

“The Tocobaga tribe legend is big down here. People feel it keeps us safe,” Largo resident Denise Walenter-Just told NewsNation.

And here is that link.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tampa-residents-credit-native-american-legend-for-helene-milton-misses/ar-AA1s2YJY?ocid=BingNewsS

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The angles don't seem ideal but the surf will be high, and the tides are still fairly high.  The change in Milton's track may lead to less post-storm erosion than I was expecting.  

Here is what SurfGuru is predicting.

Source: Surfguru.com.

The surf will be growing Thursday night and peaking Friday morning.  You'll notice, though, that the surf is only shown as being east/northeast.  Before the change in the track, I was thinking we'd get it more from the north.

Still, the surf will be high enough to be worth checking out the beaches once they are open again.

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Morning Beach Visit Update.

I visited a number of beaches on South Hutchinson Island this morning.  I'll give you the important points now and keep the photos for tomorrow.

1. Roads were open, as was the bridge to North Hutchinson Island at Fort Pierce,   I was surprsed by how dry and clean the roads were this morning.

2. I saw almost no cutting to the beaches.

John Brooks beach was back but smooth.  

Frederick Douglass was still closed and will be for quite a while.

Blind Creek and Walton Rocks beach accesses were closed still after nine o'clock.

Dollman had new sand piled up on the beach.

Herman's Bay was also smooth.  No apparent erosion.

Fort Pierce North Jetty Park had some small cuts but the slope was generally soft.  You might find some erosion at other beaches that have jetty's, rocks or other obstacles.

3. The surf was rough and the waves pretty big but were hitting the beaches straight on.  

Very few people were out.  I saw no other detectorists although I didn't venture far from the accesses.

That is it for now.

I'll have photos by tomorrow or sooner.

If you have any new beach photos or reports, please share with us.

Thanks.

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Hope you made it through the storm with good health and minimal damage to property.  Some were not so lucky.   Count your blessings and help the less fortunate.

Stay safe in the clean up effort.

With my little nail in the foot experience, I noticed a lot of people in soft soled shoes walking through dirty water and all kinds of damaged materials that could result in a nail or glass in the foot.  

Good protective foot-wear seems like a good idea.  Be careful with those chain saws and ladders too.

There was one video I planned to show from Helene that showed one of those big metal shipping containers being crushed like an aluminum can by the water.  Remember the power of water when metal detecting on a beach with the high surf.  You can easily be knocked off your feet by an unexpected wave as you concentrate on your detector signals.  

Water can be very powerful.  Respect it.

Treasureguide@comcast.net

10/10/24 Report - Milton Out to Sea. Smooth Surf and Calm Seas Today. Better Chance of Beach Erosion Tomorrow.

 

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

I just wanted to do a quick post this morning.  I did some updates in a second post yesterday.

We have an off-shore wind today, and the surf is quite calm. The beaches look pretty calm and smooth and a lot of the beach accesses will remain closed today but I expect many if not all of them to be open again tomorrow.

Tomorrow, the wind will become onshore, and the surf will increase.  Friday is showing a better chance of beach erosion.  More beaches will be open tomorrow too.  But there will probably be more rain.

I checked some beach cams and saw some beach pictures on TV and saw smooth beaches.  Some surfers are out in some areas.  They like the west winds that form better surfing waves.

You might want to get cleaned up and help your neighbors today and then maybe do some metal detecting tomorrow.

Some traffic lights are out.  Below is a link to one of several sites designed to report on traffic, closures, etc.

Florida Highway Patrol Current Traffic Incidents (flhsmv.gov)

I'll probably be back later with some more. 

Stay safe,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net