3/1/26 Report - Emergency Sand Washing Out and Reader Comments. Target ID. Discrimination and Signal Finds.

 

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

Fort Pierce South Jetty Emergency Renourishment Project Sand

Photos by Joe D.

Joe D. sent me these photos and the following email.

Here's a couple pics i got a few days ago of the recent sand dump! Pretty much disappearing as fast as they drop it in there!

   I think it pretty telling that this inlet (design?) or it's general orientation looses so much more sand on it's south side than almost every other inlet on Florida's East coast! Maybe they should solve that problem first!

    Also went by Walton Rocks for a quick detect, and found it had filled in quite a bit from last week! I didn't stay long, but went to a few other spots for a few bucks of clad and a stainless steel?? ring that rang up a solid 9 on the Manticore!

Joe D.🍀👍👍

Thanks for the pictures and report Joe.

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I recently showed a steel cent that I cleaned.  I was wondering how it would show on the Manticore ID map.  You'd expect it to show up as iron, and, of course, it did, but while I was doing the test I decided to test a few more targets.  Here are the targets I tested this morning.

Top Row Left to Right: Memorial cent, steel cent, mounted wheat cent.
Second Row: 1/20 12KT Cross and Small Cluster of Keys.

I've always recommended digging everything.  There are however, as I've said in the past, times when discrimination is justified.  Some people discriminate more than others.  There are many factors to be considered, but some of it is a matter of individual differences.  Some people hate digging junk and others hate missing any good target.  There are trade-offs.  There are two kinds of risk.  One is digging junk and the other is not digging good targets.  Again, there are tradeoffs and a variety of factors to consider.

The Manticore ID map is a definite advance in target ID.  Target ID is still a difficult matter.  A number of factors can affect the readouts and displays, and a variety of targets can look very much the same on the screens.  Target ID is still not the same as putting your hands and eyes on a dug target, which, by the way, can still at times leave you with uncertainty about what the target is.  

All the complications aside, I decided to test the above targets today.  Below is what I found.

First the memorial cent that I included primarily as a comparison for the steel cent.  

 Manticore Readout for Memorial Cent.

Nothing surprising very surprising about that.  Disc shape object on the center line fairly high on the conductivity scale.

Now the 1943 steel cent.

Manticore Readout for Steel Cent.

Besides the low conductivity number, notice the image on the top line produced by the steel cent.   It is very different from the copper cent, as you would expect. 

Would you pass it up as a piece of junk?  Would you want to pass it up if you knew what it is?  There are iron targets that I'd like to dig.  An iron spike, for example, might be nice to have, but it can also tell you something important, like possibly the presence of other shipwreck items.  

I've talked about what I call "signal finds" in the past.  Those are finds that can provide important information.  Here is a link for more about signal finds.  The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 5/24/11 Report - Atlantic Storm, OMEX, Modern Jewelry & Signal Finds

I also had a wheat cent that was in a thin mount to be used as a pendant.  I wondered if or how the additional mounting might affect the display.  

Here is how it showed.

Manticore Readout for Mounted Wheat Cent.

The mounted cent produced a higher conductivity number than the memorial cent.  I assume that was due to the additional metal surrounding the coin.  

I was also interested if the little extension for the hole would show up on the display. I would say no to that. I wouldn't read that as anything other than a round object even though the image is a little oblong.

I also tested the cross and cluster of keys.  Here is display produced by the gold-filled cross.

Manticore Display for Gold Filled Cross.

The image is on the center line but is more spread out than a typical coin would show.

Below is the display produced by the cluster of keys.  

Manticore Display for Key Cluster.

I always recommend doing a lot of testing and experimentation with your metal detector.  You will learn a lot that way but be aware of the limitations.  There will be a fair amount of variance in the readouts.  You can't expect a precise number every time for any particular object.  There are a lot of things that can affect the readout. I could go on forever from here but need to bring this discussion to a close or now.

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Surf Chart from SurfGuru.com.

Not much there, but there will be at least one day of bigger surf.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

2/28/26 Report - Surf to Increase in Near Future. Wreck of San Jose and Laws of Ownership. Remote Viewing, Consciouness and Creative Problem Solving.

 

Saturday Morning Fort Pierce Jetty South Beach Zoom View

It is a still hazy Saturday morning.  The weather is warm.  The wind out of the west and the surf is smooth.

You can see the beach above. No signs of any cuts remain visible.

Fort Pierce Jetty Area Surf Chart from SurfGuru.com.

So it looks like the surf will be building over the next few days up to four or five feet, which is still not a lot.

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I found an article in the Drexel Law Review on the extremely rich wreck of the San Jose. The article discusses a set of factors for determining the owner or international shipwrecks.  Below is one brief excerpt from the article.

The sea is one of the greatest museums known to humankind. Access to that museum, however, is limited. Modern technology is changing that, making thousands of wrecks and their cargo more accessible than ever. This in turn has led to the proliferation of disputes concerning the ownership of the wrecks and their cargo. In an attempt to resolve these disputes, the United Nations enacted UNCLOS. But after continued legal battles and international discord, UNCLOS has proven unsuccessful. The best way to preserve sunken wrecks, protect states’ rights, and incentivize research and marine salvage is for the United Nations to amend UNCLOS to include a committee specially designated to solve any wreck ownership disputes. The committee should balance each claim based on a six-factor balancing test...

And here is the link for more about that.

Lang 383420.ashx

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I also found a collection of 62 publications, spanning nearly three decades of groundbreaking research on subjects including remote viewing, precognitive perception and consciousness. My posts on remote viewing have been popular beyond my expectations.  I presume these articles will be of similar interest. 

i hope that those of you who are interested in remote viewing are at least experimenting with putting it to practical use.  Give it a try.  Study the methods and precedures, and let me know how it works out for you.  

Below are some of the references and links.

General Overviews

1. The Persistent Paradox of Psychic Phenomena: An Engineering Perspective (1982). Proceedings IEEE, 70, No.2, pp.136-170.
2. Engineering Anomalies Research (1987). J. Scientific Exploration, 1, No.1, pp.21- 50.
3. The Complementarity of Consciousness (1991). Tech. Report 91006, December 1991 (13 pages). [Published in modified form in K.R. Rao, ed., Cultivating Consciousness for Enhancing Human Potential, Wellness, and Healing. (Westport, CT and London: Praeger, 1993) pp. 111-121.]
4. Consciousness and Anomalous Physical Phenomena (1995). PEAR Technical Note 95004, May 1995 (32 pages).
5. The PEAR Proposition (2005). J. Scientific Exploration, 19, No.2, pp.195-246.
6. Endophysical Models Based on Empirical Data (2005). R. Buccheri, A. Elitzur, M. Saniga, eds., Endophysics, Time, Quantum and the Subjective: Proceedings of the ZiF Interdisciplinary Research Workshop, Bielefeld, Germany, 17-22 January 2005. (Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2005) pp.81-102.
7. Consciousness, Information, and Living Systems (2005). Cellular & Molecular Biology, 51, pp.703-714.

Remote Perception

24. Precognitive Remote Viewing in the Chicago Area: A Replication of the Stanford Experiment (1979). J. Parapsychology, 43, pp.17-30.
25. Precognitive Remote Perception (1983). Tech. Report 83003, August 1983 (81 pages).
26. Precognitive Remote Perception, III: Complete Binary Database with Analytical Refinements (1989). Tech. Report 89002, August 1989 (102 pages).
27. Response to Hansen, Utts, and Markwick: Statistical and Methodological Problems of the PEAR Remote Viewing (sic) Experiments (1992). J. Parapsychology, 56, No.2, pp.115-146.
28. Precognitive Remote Perception: Replication of Remote Viewing (1996). J. Scientific Exploration, 10, No.1, pp.109-110.
29. Information and Uncertainty in Remote Perception Research (2003). Journal of Scientific Exploration, 17, No.2, pp.207-241.*

Philosophical Perspectives and Cross-Disciplinary Considerations

49. Anomalies: Analysis and Aesthetics (1989). J. Scientific Exploration, 3, No.1, pp.15-26, 1989.
50. Acoustical Resonances of Assorted Ancient Structures (1995). PEAR Tech Report #95002, ICRL Tech Report #95.1, March 1995.  (Also published as "Acoustical Resonances of Assorted Ancient Structures."  J. Acoustical Society of America, 99, No. 2, pp. 649-658, 1996, and as "Preliminary Investigations and Cognitive Considerations of the Acoustical Resonances of Selected Archaeological Sites," Antiquity, 70, No. 268, pp. 665-666, 1996.)
51. Information, Consciousness, and Health (1996). Alternative Therapies, 2, No. 3, pp. 32-38.
52. Toward a Philosophy of Science in Women's Health Research (1996). J. Scientific Exploration, 10, No. 4, pp. 535-545.
53. The Subterranean Chamber of the Pyramid of Khufu: A Ritual Map of Ancient Egypt? (1997. Tech. Note 98001, February 1997 (20 pages).
54. Wishing for Good Weather: A Natural Experiment in Group Consciousness (1997). J. Scientific Exploration, 11, No. 1, pp. 47-58.*
55. Subjectivity and Intuition in the Scientific Method (1997). (Reprint from Intuition: The Inside Story, R. Davis-Floyd and P. Sven Arvidson, eds., New York and London: Routledge, 1997, pp. 121-128).
56. Science of the Subjective (1997). J. Scientific Exploration, 11, No. 2, pp. 201-224.*
57. The Physical Basis of Intentional Healing Systems (1999). Tech. Note 99001, January 1999 (28 pages).
58. Deviations from Physical Randomness Due to Human Agent Intention? (1999). Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 10, No. 6, pp. 935-952.
59. The Case for Inertia as a Vacuum Effect: A Reply to Woodward and Mahood (2000). Foundations of Physics, 30, No. 1,pp. 59-80.
60. Inertial Mass and the Quantum Vacuum Fields (2001). Ann. Physics, 10, 5, pp.393-414.
61. 20th and 21st Century Science: Reflections and Projections (2001). J. Scientific Exploration, 15, No. 1, pp. 21-31.
62. The Challenge of Consciousness (2001). J. Scientific Exploration, 15, No. 4, pp. 443-457.

Here i the link for the entire collection.

Publications | PEARS Lab

Some of my favorite topics include epistemology and consciousness.  I assume they are not the primary interest for most of my blog readers, so I don't spend much time on those subjects in my posts, but I also know that some people are interested and have said so.  

It is interesting to look at metal detecting as being an extension of the regular senses.  We use a metal detector to add to or extend our five or so senses, so we receive information about subsurface anomalies or variations in the magnetic fields.  The detector senses those variations and translates those having certain characteristics into the signals and displays we use to make dig decisions.

Just for the fun of it, imagine that detectors, or arrays of sensors of various kinds were sent out on remote vehicles (perhaps as robots) that are able to send the input back to us so that we can experience those remote locations as if we were there.  I know this is getting science fictionish, but I like to break out of the proverbial box every once in a while.  It facilitates creative problem solving. 

Remote viewing suggests a different world view, epistemology and an alternate mode or media of experience.

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Keep thinking,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

2/27/26 Report - Erosion Control Structures Can Produce Hot Metal Detecting Spots. Semiquincentennial Coins Found in Circulation.

 

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

Groin Illustration from Living-Shoreline.pdf (above). 
Groin Advantages and Disadvantages from same web site (below).

A few days ago I talked, about erosion control structures known as groins.  I mentioned how they can produce some very productive metal detecting spots.  I've made a lot of finds by hunting near groins.  Many of my finds came from spots near groins. 

The above graphic of a groin and the descriptive text is from living-shoreline.pdf.  Living-Shoreline.pdf presents the same kind of summary information for seven different types of erosion control methods.  They include vegetation, edging, sills, beach renourishment, beach renourishment with vegetation, breakwaters and groins.  Like the above summary for groins, the advantage and disadvantages for each type of method is listed.  Those summaries provide some pretty good tips for metal detecting.  For example, under the benefits for groins, you'll see that one of the disadvantages is the erosion of adjacent areas.  

So. groins, like most erosion control structures, actually shifts the sand.  Find the low spot and detect there. Some of my best hunting days have been around an old groin.

One particular dip between groins produced five pieces of gold in a very small dip.  I showed that particular spot in an old post.  Here is the link.  The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 8/23/13 Old Silver Coin Spots From the Past, Hurricane Season Said To Be Far From Over, and Big Tidal Wave  Like with groins, any erosion control structure will produce some areas to check with your metal detector.  The sand will be shifted to one area and away from another.

There was a saying I gave some years ago.  It is, "Follow the sand but don't catch it."  Whenever the sand is building somewhere, it is coming from another place.  You'll want find and hunt the areas where the sand left.

That applies to drifting sand bars too.

After the hurricanes of 2004 that did so much damage to the west side of Indian River Drive, they put huge concrete block revetments along the west bank of the Indian River.  If you saw those very heavy linked block walls, you might have thought they were impossible to move, but the walls have already fallen in many places and blocks have broken free in many places. 

Bruce Lee said, "Be water, my friend."  Water is persistent. It flows - over, under or around.  It finds the weak spots.   

And the sand in front of the revetments has eroded.  The water lowered the sand level in front of the revetments and then attacked the weak spot under the revetments, washing it out and causing the block walls to fall and break under their own rigid weight.

The water is now deeper in front of the revetments.  When water is presented with a solid surface it bounces off and the force goes elsewhere, but the initial contact area also becomes worn even if very slowly.  The block walls of the revetments reflected the wave energy back into the shallows in front of the walls and washed the sand away.  You can't stop the water: it will just go somewhere else.  

Take a look at each type of erosion control measure described and think about what will happen to it over time.  Think about where the erosion will occur (there will be erosion) and where the good metal detecting spots will be.  

Here is the link again.

living-shoreline.pdf

I previously posted about groins.  Here is one good post showing how groins, as one example, shifts the sand.  The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 2/24/14 Report - Iron Flakes or Silver, Driftwood, & Groins and Beach Dynamics

In that post I gave the following diagram along with some pointers for finding the hot spot when groins are involved.

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U.S. Coin Production Hits Eight-Month High in January As 2026 Semiquincentennial Coins Debut

See U.S. Coin Production Jumps in January as 2026 Coins Debut

Reports of the new 2026 Semiquincentennial coins have been reported found in circulation.  Keep your eyes open.  I haven't noticed any yet.

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A couple days ago I mentioned a stunning gold find. Concerning that Steve from Iowa said...

> Thanks for publishing that story about the beautiful finds in Panama. I 

> will be visiting that site on Monday while driving to Pedasi in Panama 

> for a surfing/metal detecting trip. I visited it last year and it is 

> fascinating. Big mounds and excavations. It is a mortuary city site 

> where many remarkable finds have been made. Thanks again!

 

Traveling with a metal detector is always fun, but often you won't be allowed to metal detect where you'd love too.  Despite not being able to detect in places like that, I can't help looking around and thinking about where things should be found.  You can still do some eye-balling, even when you can't remove items.  You might be surprised by what you'll see.  You might notice shards, shell or stone tools or even an occasional metal item.  

As I've said before wind or rain erosion can expose things too.

If you are an avid detectorist, it is difficult to turn it off. I used to do it in stores too. 

For example, in department stores, glance under the edges of the display cabinets where earrings studs, loose stones and little things can easily get lost.   

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The surf charts are unexciting now.  The winds are from the south.  

We are still having afternoon negative low tides.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcasst.net

2/25/26 Report - Gold and Ceramic Artifacts from Peru. Finds from an Old Mining Town. Beaches Look Pretty Common Today.

 

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

Archaeologists have discovered a tomb more than a thousand years old in Panama containing human remains alongside gold and ceramic artifacts, the lead researcher told AFP on Friday.

The discovery was made at the El Cano site in the Nata district about 200 kilometers (124 miles) southwest of Panama City...

The skeletal remains were found surrounded by gold objects and pottery decorated with traditional motifs, pointing to these being "high-ranking" individuals... the tomb was built between 800 and 1000 AD.

"The individual with the gold was the one with the highest social status in the group," she said.

That body was found with two bracelets, two earrings, and pectoral jewelry that featured bats and crocodiles, she added...

Here is the link for the rest of that article.

Tomb more than 1,000 years old found in Panama

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.... the excavation of the ground under Alta Ski Area pretty mundane, especially by archeological standards.

The resort was installing snowmaking pipes along a flat stretch between its Albion and Wildcat bases. Now home to the Transfer Tow, it was known as Water Street during the Town of Alta‘s mining heyday. In the first day and a half of digging last summer, Moore saw mostly dirt.

Then the bones emerged. And bottles. Boot soles and shards of fine china and ink wells. And bullets – lots of bullets.

“At the end of that second day,” he said, “we started pulling out hundreds and hundreds of artifacts.”...

Here is that link.

Alta Ski Area dug a snowmaking trench. Inside were a million clues to the past.

Another example of a construction site turning up artifacts.  I always liked to check areas where the earth has already been disturbed.

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Copilot has some disturbing biases and gets too much wrong. Grok seems more reliable.

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My wife calls the Oak Island show the "Could it be?  Is it possible?" program.  For me, it is a comedy.  

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Jensen Beach This Morning from Jensen Beach Webcam

Not much going on there.  Just a small east surf.

The surf chart doesn't look very exciting for the coming week.

We have been having some modest negative low tides.

Good hunting,

Treausreguide@comcast.net

2/24/26 Report - One Thing You Might Want to Do To Before Deciding What Beach You Might Want to Metal Detect on Any Particular Day.

 

Fort Pierce Around Noon Monday.

This might not be about what you think.  I'm not showing the current state of the beaches.  I'm showing yesterday's beaches.  The purpose is to show some correlations, how beaches develop and how that can inform decisions about where you might want to hunt.  

Sebastian Around Noon Monday.

I got the first two beach cam views yesterday morning.  Why?  It wasn't because I wanted to go to either of those two beaches.  But by taking a look at what was going on, I'd get a better idea about where I might actually want to go.

Those two spots aren't the areas I'd be most interested in seeing, but you can easily check them out.  They are two I'm showing here and that I've showed in the past, but there are other beach cams you might want to check before going out. I showed several of those in the past.

What I've noticed is that very often when the Fort Pierce South Jetty beach shown by the South Beach Zoom cuts, so does the beach at John Brooks.

Looking at the Fort Pierce view from yesterday morning, you can see that a small cut was developing.  When I checke out John Brooks a few hours later, as I expected, there were some cuts there as well.

John Brooks Beach Monday Afternoon.

These cuts are a different type but there is beach scalloping and erosion.  It actually looked something like it did back in December when I found a two-reale there.  I wasn't expecting big cuts, and they were small - some peaks were one foot and others larger - up to three feet.

John Brooks Beach MondayAfternoon.

The cuts were a little bigger to the south down towards Frederick Douglass.

Frederick Douglass Beach Monday Afternoon.

It looked like the beach was changing and was different from the morning.  

  

Walton Rocks Beach Monday Afternoon.

Down at Walton Rocks there was a very small cut, as you can see above.  

Walton Rocks Beach Monday Afternoon.

This beach hasn't changed much in the past couple of months.  The cut was freshened and maybe moved back a few inches but was little different from the past couple of times I was there.  

Walton Rocks beach does not appear to be correlated with the Fort Pierce South beach.

Rocks Showing Above Sand at Walton Rocks Monday Afternoon.

I showed the rocks at Walton Rocks in some previous posts.  They were at near the same height.

The Walton Rocks beach does not seem to be as correlated with the Fort Pierce South beach as John Brooks.  And Frederick Douglass is highly correlated with John Brooks.  They are usually pretty similar.

The point I'm making today is that you can learn to predict to some extent what one beach will do by looking at the wind and surf factors, but also by looking at other beaches.  Some beaches are positively correlated with other beaches.  Of course, the correlation won'tbe perfect but it will give you some idea.  

Other beaches are negatively correlated.  They are at different angles and will cut at different times.  

Of course there is more to it, but you can get a good feel for what will likely happen by looking at such things as the wind and surf or looking at what other correlated beaches are doing.  

The beach cams are useful in a variety of ways.  You can see a lot of what is going on and how things are developing before you decide if or where you will hunt on any particular day.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

2/23/26 Report - Older U.S. Coin Finds. Florida Shipwreck Data. Red Flag Alert. Some Beach Cutting Already Monday.

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

Seated Liberty Dime. Two Liberty Head (or Barber) Nickels.  Barber Quarter.

Obversive of Each Coin Above and Reverse Below.

Above are some of my oldest U. S. silver coin finds. They are all worn from circulation. In some cases, they are worn almost beyond recognition.. The two liberty head nickels show the most design details, while the quarter shows the least. Almost all the details are gone from it. Just enought tomake out that it is a Barber remains.

The only coin that shows all the digits of the date is the second nickel; whish is a 1907. I suspect the others are earlier and mostly 1800s.

U.S. silver coins from the 1800s (and even into the early 1900s) often circulated for much longer periods than most modern coins do today, which helps explain why you can find examples that are heavily worn or almost smooth. You never see later coins worn to that extent.

Silver coins minted in the 19th century—such as Seated Liberty dimes, quarters, half dollars, or Barber series coins (starting in the 1890s), and later Morgan dollars—were made of 90% silver (with 10% copper for durability). Silver is a relatively soft metal, so these coins wore down noticeably from everyday use: friction in pockets, cash registers, bags of change, and constant handling over decades gradually eroded fine details until some became nearly smooth or "slick."

In contrast to today's clad coins (copper-nickel outer layers over a copper core), which are harder and resist wear better, pre-1965 silver coins abraded more quickly. However, many stayed in circulation far longer than the typical modern coin lifespan of 25–30 years.

Historical estimates suggest the average circulation life for U.S. silver coins was around 20–25 years before excessive wear prompted withdrawal and recoinage in many cases, but some individual coins persisted much longer—often 40–60 years or more—especially if they weren't pulled early.

The dime and quarter are the two silver coins in that group of four. The two in the middle are the ones that are in better conditions are the copper-nickel nickels.

It is always nice to find old coins, which are often dated, but even when you can't see the date you can often get a date range from the type of coin.

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Yesterday I posted a link to an extensive analysis of shipwrecks in Florida waters. It is really something you should at least browse.

Here is one of the interesting charts from that study.

That should remind you that not all Florida shipwrecks, even on the Treasure Coast, are Spanish. The above chart shows the Spanish domination during the earlier periods. Then there was a period of English wrecks, and then American. And there are a few others too.

Here is the link to that study once again.

(23) Shipping Losses and the Expansion of Global Capitalism: A Quantitative Analysis of Florida Shipwrecks, 1520-1890

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RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND

Instruction: A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.

Description: ...Critically low humidity with gusty winds will produce a High Fire Danger through midnight and again on Monday... * AFFECTED AREA...Okeechobee, Indian River, St Lucie, & Martin counties. * WIND...Northwest winds around 15 mph with gusts 20 to 25 mph on Monday. * HUMIDITY...20 to 30 percent Monday. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.

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fort Pierce South Jetty Zoom Beach Cam Vie Monday Morning.

As I predicted yesterday some cutting has occur. You can see it in this morning's beach cam view show above.  These winter season cold fronts are often pretty much the same.  You get a west or northwest wind that eventually shifts to a north to a northeast and then to an east wind.   Unlike some of the better storms in other seasons that move north to south while staying just off-shore.  Of course, the best case is when one of those off-shore storms just sits throws north or northeast winds onto the peninsula for days.  These winter fronts are quick, and any erosion can quickly disappear.    The above photo was taken in the morning before high tide so the cut can continue to develop for a while this morning.

The view was captured just a couple hours after low tide when the wind was northwest and the surf northeast.

If you've ever noticed the waves on the intercoastal are different from the ocean.  The intercoastal waves are more determined by wind direction whereas the surf and wind direction will often be different on the beach.  The wind swells will come in from one direction while the wind blows in another.  One reason the surfing sites are good for beach conditions is that they report on near shore waves and events as opposed to deep water waves.  

For surfing, the wind blowing from the west is good thing because it the wind blowing against the incoming swells causes the waves to form nicely.  You'll often notice a west wind blowing the top off the waves.  I don't know if I got the terminology right, but that is what happens. 

Here is the surf chart.

The surf will be decreasing through the day.

Good metal detecting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net