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Yesterday Arrowhead Find.
Find and photo by Joe D. |
I just received the following email and the two photos from Joe D. in response to the photo of the shell midden I posted yesterday.
Saw today's post on shell midden, and thought I'd send in a few of my own finds from today, while preparing family property for hunting season! We look for these a few times a year! But the few identifiable ones, are usually broken! Even the knapped piece's are special to me! This small intact arrowhead is one of my best to date!
Always amazing to think of the last person to hold an object they made, and used in the same area, hundreds of years ago!
Joe D.
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Additional Finds by Joe D.
Photo by Joe D. |
Many of us are primarily beach hunters, but it never hurts to go off beach from time to time. In fact it can be both fun and informative.
Joe's finds are also an illustration of something I often say - There is always some place to hunt and something to find.
People have been there before you, and they left a little something almost everywhere they've been.
Thanks Joe.
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I also commented on how different Douglass beach was back a few decades ago. Nick A. sent in some photos of Douglass beach showing what it looked like in the early 1990s.
First, here is what he said.
These are some photos of Frederick Douglas taken in the early 90's. Some nice hard grey sand down at the waterline. You used to be able to actually walk in the water, now a few steps and you are swimming.
Nick
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Frederick Douglass Beach in the 1990s
Photo by Nick A. |
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Frederick Douglass Beach in the 1990s.
Photo by Nick A. |
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Frederick Douglass Beach in the 1990s
Photo submitted by Nick A. |
It is amazing how many people who read this blog were detecting these beaches decades ago.
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JamminJack was wondering if someone could tell him where this photo was taken.
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Unidentified Photo
Submitted by JamminJack. |
I cannot remember if this image was from the Sebastian Inn or another hotel/bar along Treasure Coast.
Hoping someone will recognize where this was taken. I think during mid 1900s. At first, I thought the old Pelican Yacht Club, but possibly the casino that was located near the Southside of Ft. Pierce Inlet.
JamminJack
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Watch for quarters with a W mint mark.
In 2019, the U.S. Mint began striking a limited run of circulating quarters at the West Point Mint bearing the "W" mintmark. Mintages of these scarce "W" Mint Quarters have been capped at just two million specimens per design so far, and these special W Quarters have been released only in circulation; they can’t be bought in U.S. Mint Uncirculated Sets, Proof Sets, or any other numismatic offerings.
Instead, U.S. Mint officials have been filtering these West Point Quarters into circulation by peppering the scarce coins into rolls and bags of quarters originating from the Philadelphia and Denver Mints.
To help raise awareness of these special coins and entice more individuals to get involved in coin collecting, PCGS launched Quarter Quest. This initiative, now in its second year, offers an array of bounties and other special incentives for those who discover each of the different W-Mint Quarters as they are released...
Here is the link for more about that.
https://www.coinnews.net/2020/08/10/two-winners-in-pcgs-first-discovery-2020-w-u-s-virgin-islands-quarter-quest/
Check your change.
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Tropical Depression Eleven.
Source: nhc.noaa.gov |
The map shows Tropical Depression Eleven. The 7:00 wasn't much different. It doesn't look like it will do much for us, but things could change. Be alert and stay prepared.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
