Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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Source: MagicSeaWeed.com.
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The big news for me today is the big surf predictions for the Treasure Coast from MagicSeaWeed.com. We are supposed to have three days of big surf to start next week. As we all know, the predictions don't always come through, but that kind of surf, if it does happen, should uncover some treasure even if the angles are not right. It will be much more if the angles are right though. The angles are very important, as we saw this week.
Source: nhc.noaa.gov
Teddy will be heading north and staying out in the Atlantic, but will be sending us the big surf.
Notice the new red X in the southern Gulf.
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Treasure Map of Valuable Missing Cars.
A series of maps has been created that show the last-known location of 20 of the world’s most famous missing cars, which have an estimated value of $200 million or more...
Here is that link (Thanks to Alberto S.).
https://www.foxnews.com/auto/200-million-treasure-map-missing-cars
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In the short video clip that I showed the past couple of days, you can see the water pushing rocks up and down the beach. Those are not the lightest objects on the beach, but they were getting moved more than smaller and lighter objects at the bottom of the slope. Once again, there are attributes more important than weight that determine how objects get distributed on a beach. Notice how the rocks are sitting on top of much lighter grains of sand.
Here is the link once again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esLZxT5SEOE&feature=youtu.be
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Every once in a while, you will find something great when you are looking for something else. If you are looking for a specific lost ring, for example, it is not unusual to find another ring. Many times when bending over to pick up one thing, you'll spot something else of interest.
Like your metal detector, the human brain and sensory system can be "tuned.". When we use a metal detector, we listen to the detector's signal, but we will also be looking around, and maybe even noticing the firmness of the sand beneath our feet. That would involve three senses, and each of the senses is interacting with the central nervous system Attention, focus and motives all involve the central processing system, which governs the sensory system and interprets the input.
We are constantly adapting to our environment in a variety of ways. When the sun is bright, our pupils contract. When we are working in dim light, they open up. The same type of thing happens with the auditory system.
In the early days of experimental psychology, they attempted to determine the sensory threshold for the various sensory systems (the slightest level light, noise or physical stimulation that could be detected) but they soon discovered that there was no such thing as a threshold level of stimulus. The sensory systems are always adapting and changing. The slightest sound you could hear depended upon many things - not just the physical level of the sound. The person's focus, motives and other factors are involved.
We tend to think in black and white or binary terms. We tend to think of a signal as either being there or not. But it isn't like that for either our metal detector or us. There are grey areas, so to speak. Signals always exist in a field of noise. Some types of noise we are very aware of while others go without notice. And we make adjustments subconsciously as well as consciously.
The following chart will help expand on what I'm talking about.
The column on the left lists some sources of external noise that might be of concern to a detectorist. You can adjust your metal detector for those types of noise to some extent, but we also adjust how we look at, think about, and approach the situation. We do that both consciously and subconsciously. We prepare ourselves to look for particular types of things and our past knowledge help's us recognize things - both signals and objects.
We can train our sensory systems and we can also augment them. We can wear corrective lenses to assist our vision. Good polaroid sunglasses can help. That is very much like using good noise canceling headphones and adjusting the metal detector's tone and loudness. In fact you can look at a metal detector as an extra sensory system that is sensitive to electromagnetic fields.
We often think of our sensory system as something that works more or less independently of our brain, but there is a lot of interaction between the two. Your level of alertness and focus changes - not to mention a variety of other adaptations. Your strategies and mental state influence your perception. For example, when you get tired of digging junk targets, you will be more likely to perceive borderline signals as bad signals and simply pass them up.
What I'm saying here is that you are dealing with two systems when you use your metal detector. One is the metal detector, which detectorists usually pay a lot of attention to, and the other is you - as the the sensing/thinking operator of the metal detector. A lot of people put a lot of emphases on the metal detector while not appreciating enough the operating characteristics of the detectorists. Both systems work together within another complex system - the beach. Understanding more about each of those systems will help you accomplish your goals.
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Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
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