Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.
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| Live Ordnance With Active Fuse Uncovered by Eta. Source: See MSN.com link below. |
A beach-goer called 911 to report what looked like a rocket sticking out of the sand in South Indian River county.
Here is the link.
Be careful when digging big targets like that. Check first.
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| Frederick Douglass Beach Wednesday Morning. |
I went out to do a little metal detecting this morning and found out that there are a ton of targets still on the beaches.
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| Nice Dip. |
There are some cuts remaining, but most most have deteriorated to some extent. Still there are a lot of targets out there.
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| Another View of Frederick Douglass Beach Wednesday Morning. |
I don't usually like leaving so many targets behind, but I ran out of time this morning.
I'm most thankful that my back is healed. I am able to detect just like the old days - well almost. A couple years ago I thought my metal detecting days were over, but I've really been enjoying myself and having no problems.
The range of targets is wide. You can find a lot of modern targets and some old targets. Amazing how much is out there.
Here are some finds that I picked up this morning.
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| Wednesday Morning Finds. |
I was going to take a long walk to another location but started picking up things and didn't get to where I intended to go.
In that photo, there are about forty coins of a variety of ages, a couple pieces of jewelry and some things that need to be cleaned before I can tell what they are. Maybe you can see the cross in there and a couple square nails.
JamminJack sent this photo a an old nickel that was recently found by one of his friends.
I'm keeping my Treasure Coast beach conditions rating at a two. There is still some pretty decent hunting out there, and I'd expect a few more shipwreck finds to be made.
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I don't as a rule advertise businesses, but I received an email from Gary Mueller, President of Treasure Coast Metal Detectors, who said he reads this blog all the time and wanted to put a link to this blog on his business web site. They sell Minelab detectors - online only.
Here is the link to the website.
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In years gone by, I spent many high tides at one detector shop or another in South Florida - mostly Kevin Reilly's.
Kevin, now deceased, along with a friend or two, wrote the Beach Bank book, which shows many of the Treasure Coast shipwreck beaches.
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov |
Eta is now just off Tampa. Maybe they'll be getting some good hunting.
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| Source: MagicSeaWeed.com. |
As you can see, the Treasure Coast surf will be decreasing for a few days.
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Thank a veteran.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net