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Thanks to Captain Jonah for sending me this news.
For Laura Strolia's research and interpretation of the Pelican of Piety artifact, see the following web site.
Alberto S. found this stainless steel biker ring about 10 inches deep.  |
| Gold Pelican of Piety Artifact Found by Captain Bonnie Schubert |
If you've been reading this blog very long you might remember reading Laura Strolia's research concerning the Pelican of Piety artifact that was found by Captain Bonnie Schubert on the Douglas Beach wreck site in 2010. As you can see from the photo above, it was missing a wing. Well, ten years later, in 2020, Captain Henry Jones and 1st mate Tracy Newman along with Brian Fisher working on the M/V Perfect Day, found the missing wing, along with an attached segment of chain and connecting ring.
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Missing Wing Found by Captain Jones and Crew of M/V Perfect Day. Queens Jewels LLC Photo submitted by Captain Jonah Martinez. |
Thanks to Captain Jonah for sending me this news.
For Laura Strolia's research and interpretation of the Pelican of Piety artifact, see the following web site.
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Stainless Steel Biker Ring Find and Photo by Alberto S. |
Alberto also said, I also found that the heat was unbearable, good thing I carried some water with me, 2 bottles which was not good enough for a 2 hour hunt.
If you are working out on the beach these days, be sure to take water along with you.
If you are working out on the beach these days, be sure to take water along with you.
Thanks for sharing Alberto.
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People talk about the sun coming up or going down. That is how they see it. There is nothing wrong with describing it that way - unless you really want understand or describe what is really going on. In that case, you might want to talk about how the earth moves relative to the sun.
For a long time I've been trying to move the discussion away from objects sinking in the sand. They do sink, at times, but it is not like an item at rest will be drawn by the force of gravity alone to lower levels, which is how I would picture objects described as sinking. It has a lot to do with the movement of the sand, which might to the eye seem relatively stationary.
The sand can move in a very obvious or very subtle way. Sometimes it is easy to see it moving and sometimes not so much.
As you can see from the above illustration, which really gives a good description of one way that items are sorted and resorted in wet sand, resulting in stratification of layers with successive waves of pore pressure changes.
I'll leave it at that for today. I've been trying to put together a good description of how items become stratified (you might say sink) in wet sand, but it is fairly complex and I'm going to have to invent my own descriptions and illustrations. None of the experiments that I've seen take into account forces such as crashing waves, which is critical in many cases. That is just one of several important factors. A crashing wave, like the passing waves shown in the above illustration, changes the pore pressure between grains. Think about how a pressure hose can be use to set a dock pier. The hose creates turbulence and separates grains to create a hole into which the pier can be set.
Anyhow, I'll try to elaborate on that more in future posts.
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The surf is really flat on the Treasure Coast and there are no signs of storms forming.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net