10/31/26 Report - Importance of Provenance. Presentation Copies. Relearning an Old Detector. A Few Tips for Detectorists.

 

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Wabasso Beach Cam Saturday Afternoon.

We are still having a pretty high surf along with high tides.   You can see the flat in front of the new slope.

Below is an older picture of Wabasso after one of the renourishments.

Aerial Picture of Wabasso Showing the Beach After One of the Renourishments.

And here is the current surf chart.

Surf Chart for the Wabasso Area from Surfguru.com.

 Not a lot of change for Wabasso or the Treasure Coast area.  I'll be interested to see what it looks like after the water goes down some more.

I checked some of the wind models and expect more east winds before there is a change.

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As you probably know, the provenance of a coin or relic can increase its value.  A coin with a certification tying it to a particular wreck or person can add a lot to the value of that coin or relic.  The same thing is true for other collectibles.  

As someone who once did a lot of book collecting, I'm aware of how that works with books.  You might occasionally find a book in a thrift store with a autograph by a famous author, or a presentation copy that was presented to someone famous or who had valuable book collection.  I've found a few nice examples in the past.  One was a Fly Rod book by Hoagy B. Carmichael, which sold for a very nice profit.  

The same thing holds for treasure books.  Here are some things to know.

What to Know	Why It Matters
Presentation Copy	A copy given by an author, publisher or another party for a specific presentation rather than ordinary distribution. The evidence may be an inscription, stamp or other documentation.
Inscribed Copy	An author’s inscription identifies a specific recipient. The wording, date and recipient can influence the significance of the copy.
Association Copy	The recipient has a meaningful connection to the author or work. That relationship can make the inscription an important part of the book’s history.
Publisher’s Presentation Copy	Some publishers marked copies for presentation with a stamp or other designation. These do not require an authorial inscription.
Edition Matters	A presentation copy may be a first edition or a later edition. Bibliographic importance and presentation history should be assessed separately.
Value Varies	Presentation status does not guarantee a premium. The recipient, association, edition, condition and evidence supporting the presentation all influence the market.

Here is a link for much more about that

A Guide to Collecting Presentation Copies | Books & Manuscripts | Sotheby’s

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Today I was using my Equinox 600, which I haven't used for a year or two.  I've been using the Manticore instead, which I really like.

My Equinox is having some charging problems.  I can get it to only charge up to less than two hours of charge, so I changed how I detect because I don't want to spend a lot of time on junk and run out of power when I get into a better area.

I'll explain some other time why I was using the Equinox rather than the Manticore, but I wanted to mention some things that I was reminded of since I was using a metal detector I haven't used for a good while.

First, I very much missed the Manticore display with the graphic target ID display. 

Secondly, the Equinox conductivity numbers for specific targets are different for the Equinox and Manticore.  And I didn't remember how the Equinox numbers ran at first but relearned that pretty quickly.  

I once did a post to show how the Equinox numbers relate to the Manticore conductivity numbers.  Here is that link.  Treasure Beaches Report: Pt. 2. (2020 and Beyond). : Search results for equinox manticore numbers

The Equinox scale goes up to around 30 for highly conductive targets, but the Manticore numbers go up in the 90s for similar targets. 

The site was a land site rather than a beach site, and I work land sites differently.

While the Equinox produced some nice stable numbers on pennies, dimes and other coins, which could be identified with a fairly high degree of accuracy, it was difficult to identify many other kinds of targets.  You'd probably have to dig a lot of junk if you were relic hunting.

Rings produced pretty stable numbers but were a lot more inconsistent that coins.  Even though I didn't really expect to find rings, I did find two.  Find photos to come some other time.

It was kind of interesting relearning to use the Equinox and an old land site with quite a variety junk and other targets in the ground.  I was learning as I went.  

What I'd reiterate is that it takes time to learn a metal detector.  In this case, I was mostly relearning, but it was taking place.  There were some kinds of targets I would have liked to know how they would read on the detector.  If I had samples I could have checked how the Equinox responded to them before I went out.  That is a practice I highly recommend.

If you are hoping to find cobs, train yourself with cobs before going out.  If you want to find rings, train yourself with rings before going out.  Whatever it is, if you have an example, or some examples, try your detector on them before you go out, so you are well prepared to recognize them when your coin goes over one.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net 

10/30/26 Report - Beach Developments. Superstitions and Finds Having Negative Energies. Halloween Message.

 

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Jupiter Inlet Webcam.
Oct. 30, 2026. 8:45 AM.

This used to be one of my favorite metal detecting beaches.  When it eroded you could find either old U.S. coins, gold jewelry or in some cases, cobs from the Jupiter Wreck just offshore.  The history and variety of finds was nice.  Even when you couldn't find shipwreck cobs there was often a good chance of older U.S. coins.  I remember one day that I didn't get any cobs, but I dug old U.S. coins for hours.

I've told the story of Dave before, who, back in the day, was the main detectorist there.  He had a jar full of cobs stolen from the trunk of his car.  

One of my favorite cobs was found there.  I've posted it before.  That was the last time I went down there to detect.  That was years ago now and before they changed the beach.  Anyhow, it was fun back then.  When I lived down south it would be a stop on my way to the Treasure Coast, with the next main stop being Fort Pierce.

Here is the link for the webcam.

Jupiter Inlet Webcam

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Fort Pierce South Beach 9:30 AM Friday from Surfguru.com.

Just for daily comparison, you can see that the Fort Pierce South Beach is getting sloppier.   And later in the day (5:40 PM) you can see it at lower tide.

Fort Pierce South Beach 5:40 PM Friday from Surfguru.com.

Some of the seaweed got cleaned out.

With the east wind and surf and all, I wouldn't expect much in the way of additional improvement in beach conditions until we get another front or something.

Surf Chart for SurfGuru.com for the Fort Pierce Area.

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In the past I posted about superstitions related to some of the kinds of objects you might find.  For example, I once posted...

Some people say, "If it is heads up, pick it up, but if it is heads down, leave it on the ground". A heads down penny is supposed to be bad luck, I guess. It has also been said that a found penny should not be kept, but turned heads up and passed on to a friend or stranger.

In Ireland and parts of northern Europe it was said that pennies belonged to fairies or leprechauns, so when you found a lucky penny, you were to spit on it and throw it into the nearby bushes or foliage to return them to the creatures and receive good luck in return.

I've talked about superstitions related to bent pennies and other things, but also items related to religous or spiritual connections.  For example, I talked about the Santeria items, which often are found on Florida beaches.  I did a few posts on those.

I've found some items that readers told me to destroy or return to the spot where they were found.  Some items are thought to have negative energies or effects.   In that vein, here is an excerpt from an especially timely article for the Halloween season.

Satan is an angel of dark, and operates with stealth.

Most of the time, we don’t even realize he is affecting us.

Yet affect us he does, often in hidden ways, and sometimes, according to experts, even through objects. This idea dates back at least to the great scholar Origen. “He tells us that, in the Name of Jesus, we can cast out demons not only from people but from things,” noted the late Father Gabriel Amorth—Rome’s official exorcist.

Those who think this is superstition are those who have not been involved in the ministry of deliverance.

The idea is simple: good objects bring down forces that are good (statues, sacramentals) and bad ones raise a negative energy. “God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out,” notes Acts 19:12.

If blessed objects carry holy power, the reverse is also true.

Strange as it may seem—especially to Catholics who have not been schooled in this—demons have certain legal rights, and one is to hover over “dedicated” territory. When evil is done in a place, it is “dedicated” to the dark spirit until that spirit is broken or purged.

Here is the link.

Superstition? Not. Objects Can Be Imbued With Evil


1 John 4:4 says, 

4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Perfect love casts out fear.

So joyous Halloween,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

10/29/26 Report - Tiny Metal Detector Find. Following Beach Developments. Auction Reminder. King Tides Hitting Both Coasts.

 

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New 14 Karat Gold Find.

Today's tiniest metal detector gold find.  

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Sebastian Inlet Beach Cam 2:40 PM Wednesday.
From Surfguru.com.

Today I'm seeing a lot of seaweed at various beaches.  That is something that I never like to see, but it can be spotty.  It shows light materials being washed up and deposited, so it is a sign of accumulating beaches.

Below is an earlier picture from Fort Pierce South Beach, which I've been showing a lot.  You see a nice cupped area there.

Fort Pierce South Beach This Morning from Surfguru.com.

This beach isn't showing the seaweed you see at some of the other beaches.

Surfguru.com Surf Chart for the Fort Pierce Jetty Area.

As you see, the surf will be decreasing a little daily, which isn't all bad.  It will expose more of the low tide area for metal detecting.  

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — King tides have inundated parts of both U.S. coasts, flooding streets and sending seawater into homes and businesses in beach communities in California, Florida and the Carolinas.

The tides began with the full moon earlier this week and could cause flooding in some areas into the weekend, forecasters said. King tides are caused by the gravitational pull and alignments of the Earth, moon, and sun. They can occur several times a year and last several days...

Here is the link for the rest of that article.

King tides cause coastal flooding in California, Florida and Carolinas | AP News

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I haven't been able to open my emails this week, but will get it fixed soon.

If you have any new finds, particularly from this week, I'll get to them.

Sorry for the delay.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

10/28/26 Report - High Surf and Continuing Erosion. Coin Lines. Using Markers to Estimate Erosion. Bonsteel Park and Other Closures.

 

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Fort Pierce Beach Cam (South Zoom View) from Surfguru.com About Noon Wednesday.

Comparing beach cam pictures from day to day allows you to get an idea of the amount and type of beach erosion is occurring at the viewed site and make some guesses about other sites that may be correlated.

Measuring a point on this picture and comparing it to the same view yesterday suggests that this beach cut has moved back another few yards even though the cut looks a little sloppier.

On beaches where you don't have a fixed camera view, you might want to use landmarks to determine the amount of erosion.  One way to do that is by sticking a marker in the ground or placing some rocks at various locations to use as markers.   You can place numerous rocks at various distances from the dunes or cut.  Then you can get a reading on how much the erosion has progressed.   Take a photo to help you remember where things stood when you placed the markers.

A difficult thing to estimate is how far back the slope might move at various spots.  That will take multiple markers.

Same Surf Cam View 2.5 Hours Later.

Here is a view from a couple hours later,  This view with the tide lower shows the flat in front of the cut.  You can see where anything that washed out with the sand would end up.  

A zig zag sweep pattern in front of the cut would help you quickly find the area of concentration where you might want to focus your time.  As I've explained before, you can quickly locate the identify the distribution pattern of targets.  That doesn't mean that there will never be some lonely good targets outside the area of concentration, but the area of concentration will be where you can get the most targets quickly.  I've explained distribution patterns in the past.  

Here is one link to an older post on coin lines.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast. Copyright 2001 - 2026.: 11/12 Report - 800 Foot Long Gold Chain & Detecting Coin Lines

I've done many posts on coin lines since then and have added a lot of detail on the subject, so you might want to do a search.

Below is a view of Wabasso.  Not much change there since yesterday.

Looks like Bonsteel Park is closed along with others.

Here is the list from Nor’easter Beach Erosion and Closures in Florida – SurfGuru

These closures were reported as of Tuesday, October 27. Closures change with each tide, so check the county’s beach app or website before heading out.

Location	Closure
Satellite Beach	All city beach crossovers closed since Sunday, boarded up through at least this Sunday
Val M. Steele Park, Melbourne Beach	Closed
Chris’ Break Crossover, Melbourne Beach	Closed
S.P.R.A. Park, Satellite Beach	Closed
Howard E. Futch Park at Paradise Beach, Melbourne	Closed
Canova Beach Park, Indian Harbour Beach	Central and south crossovers closed; north open
Bonsteel Park, Melbourne Beach	Closed
Kelly Park East shoreline	Closed
Volusia County beach driving ramps	Multiple ramps closed, including New Smyrna Beach
Jupiter Civic Center	Closed after its staircase and boardwalk collapsed; events canceled through November

Below is the latest surf chart from Surfguru.com.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

10/27/26 Report - Checking the Surf and Some Treasure Coast Beach Developments. High Surf and Tides Continue.

 

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Surf at Fort Pierce from Surfguru.com.  

That is an interesting picture.  If you watch the video (link below) you can see the surf hitting the sand in front of the beach.  You can see how the top layer would be stirred up and the swash move it towards shore.  You this is seaward of the back wash.  Coins and other items near the surface could get washed in too.

Fort Pierce South Beach Tuesday Around 10 AM.
from Surfugur.com.

In the second picture you can see the slope in front of the cut being steepened as the back.  As the slope steepens, the backwash gets faster carrying more sand and things with it down the slope.  Things will collect near the bottom of the slope. 

Here is a link for information on coin lines.  

Treasure Beaches Report: Pt. 2. (2020 and Beyond). : 1/25/22 Report -Nice Seated Liberty Coins Found. Coin Lines and Using Information From Dug Coins.

Fort Pierce South Jetty Beach Monday Morning.

If you measure the cut in the two pictures, I'd estimate that the cut actually moved back another, maybe, five feet or so by Tuesday.  That means, of course, that anything in the five feet of sand is on the slope of on the way down the slope to the water where the incoming swash decreases.  That is how coin lines are created. In the case of a cupped cut it might end up being more of a coin spot that a line.

One of the advantages of using these beach cams is you get the same view with the camera in the same position on different days.  That allows some interesting comparisons that will show how things are developing.  Too bad we can't see some of the other spots that don't have beach cams.

I've talked about coin lines a lot in the past but not much recently.  Objects will settle in where the forces between the swash and backwash kind of cancel each other.

Unfortunately, this example is all in renourishment sand, so the materials being washed out and down the slope would have either been in the renourishment sand when it was dumped or deposited after the renourishment.  Taking into consideration the recent weather and beach dynamics, nothing old would have been washed up onto that renourishment sand.

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Wabasso Beach Cam Far South View Tuesday Around 11 AM.

Looks like a receding steep slope here with some nice high water.

Here is a look at Jensen Beach.

Jensen Beach Cam North View Tuesday.

Surf Chart from Surfguru.com.

Here is that link.

Fort Pierce Inlet Surf Report: Live Surf Cam, Conditions & Forecast – SurfGuru

My bottom line is that there will be some treasure coin finds this week.  

Take a look at areas where eroding dunes might produce.  I can think of a few of those I'd check first.

Also scout around for cuts on beaches where the erosion will might be getting to older material.

You might have to fight some rough water if you hunt eroding slopes, but as the surf decreases over the next few days, low tides will give you access to lower beach areas where items could accumulate.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net 

10/26/26 Report - Unusually High Surf Hits the Treasure Coast Beaches. Very Good Time to Seek Beaches Producing Treasure Coins.

 

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Fort Pierce South Jetty Beach Monday Morning.

Of course, the big news is the big surf.  You can see it above as it looked around 8:15 AM.  You can see the water hitting the foot of the dunes in the background and the cut towards the bottom of the picture.  It doesn't show real well in the picture because of the camera angle.   

You can also see in the view that the beach behind the cut is wet too.   One thing I like is how much water is hitting the foot of the dune. 

Just for comparison, below is the same view from Saturday around the same time in the morning.  Surprisingly, that doesn't show as big a change in the cut as I expected yet.  The water is higher Monday, but the angles at this beach con't appear to be all that different.

As you know, Sunday was rainy and windy on the Treasure Coast.  I wasn't able to get out Sunday.  I had other things I HAD to do.

Below is the far south view from the Wabasso Beach Cam Monday morning about 8:30 AM.

The thing to notice there is the amount of water on the slope all the way back and onto the foot of the dunes.

Wabasso Beach Cam Far South View Monday Morning Near High Tide.

There are some beaches where this is what you want.  That is where the old stuff erodes out of the dunes.  Some of my good reales came that way, for example the one from Jupiter Beach with the nice protected monogram side that I've shown a few times, came from exactly that kind of situation.  In thos kinds of cases, as the dunes erode, the coins and things are dragged down the beach.

Here is Stuart Rocks.

Stuart Rocks Beach Cam Monrday Morning Around 8:45.

Same kind of thing.

Jensen Beach Cam About 9:00AM.

Sebastian Inlet Beach Cam Center Beach View About 11 AM.

Considering all that, there is evidence of some cutting, but it isn't limited to certain locations, as is often the case.  Most places are getting over washed, which can result in dune erosion and the slope being moved back.

When the beach slope moves towards the dunes, it might not be obvious without reference to landmarks.  Also check for buried older layers or sand.

Surf Chart from Surfguru.com.

I would bet that some treasure coins will be made this week, but it will take searching out the best spots.  As I said in a recently post, you might have to do some scouting around and maybe even taking some good long walks to those out of the way places that aren't the most heavily detected.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

10/24/26 Report - Found Reale Happily Refound. Dating Jewelry and a Platinum Diamond Tension Set Ring Find. Big Surf Coming Soon.

 

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Reale Found a Months Ago.

I found this reale on a beach several months ago.  It was the first one I found metal detecting with my Manticore. It was one of my first times out with the Manticore.  Maybe it was the first hunt with the Manticore, but I'm not sure about that anymore.  Anyway, I put the reale somewhere and couldn't find it for months.  I looked almost everywhere around the house, because I hadn't put it in the vault yet.  I was starting to give up on ever finding it again; but when I was looking for something else the other day, I found it.  It was in a jewelry box - the kind of box a store might give you when you buy an engagement ring.  I never thought I would have put it in something like that, but I guess I did.  

Despite the reale not being anything really special, I was very happy to find it again.  It was aggravating to lose track of it after finding it on the beach, so I was.almost as happy to refind it as I was to find it originally.  

 Not the best photos.  I'll clean the coin up some and try to get better photos and study the coin

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Yesterday I talked about how you can figure out the age of a ring from its style.  Here is a good example.

Platinum Diamond Ring Metal Detector Find.

I found this ring in shallow water using a Tesoro Stingray, which I never used very much.  

The ring is bicolor platinum and is held by tension without any other setting material. 

The first Niessing tension ring was made from 18 Karat gold, a metal with enough give to be worked into a spring-like shape without becoming brittle. Later versions moved to Platinum, which holds its spring tension even better over time. The style reached American engagement ring shoppers largely through jeweler Steven Kretchmer, who patented a proprietary platinum alloy called Plat/SK in 1987 and later secured patents on his own tension-setting method in the early 1990s. That alloy let jewelers make tension rings noticeably lighter than Niessing’s original 35-gram design, without losing the strength needed to hold a diamond securely.

I'd guess I found the ring in the early 1990s, although I don't remember for sure.  I don't remember when I got the Stingray, but it was marketed by Tesoro beginning in 1991.   And the ring was close to the surface.  I remember the signal of the platinum ring as being not loud but smooth.

In my yesterday's post I quoted    which says,

1990s rings were sharper, cleaner, more angular with a princess cut and a square modified brilliant. Tension settings were used with the stone appearing to be suspended between two ends of a band. Channel-set shoulders were very common.  

Here is the link for that.  A century of engagement ring design - Our Culture

Even with my partial memory, it all seems to support that it is a ring from the 1990s.

You might try dating some of your ring finds.

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Wimdyty.com Wind Chart for the 24th

Windyty.com Wind Chart for Oct. 25.

The big predicted surf for the coming week is kind of exciting, but I took a look at the Windyty.com wind charts for the next few days and was a little disappointed.  I'd really like to see better angles on the wind.  Saturday we have a little more northerly wind than after that.  I'd really like to see a more northerly wind when we get the really big surf.  At least we will have the high water.

Fort Pierce South Beach Saturday Morning.

Nothing great going on there.

We still have the nice high surf and tides to look forward to beginning Sunday and continuing for a few days.

SurfGuru.com Surf Chart.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net