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| 15th Century Gold Coins Found by Gardener Pulling Weeds. |
... the coins found in Hampshire included 63 gold and one silver. They were dug up in the New Forest area and are thought to have been deposited around 1540.
The finders had been pulling weeds out of their garden, the report said.
The hoard dates back to the late 15th and early 16th centuries, and includes four coins from Henry VIII's reign...
Here is the link for more about that.
Gardener discovers hoard of 15th century gold coins while pulling up weeds | UK News | Sky News
Thanks to SuperRick for that link.
Gardener discovers hoard of 15th century gold coins while pulling up weeds | UK News | Sky News
Thanks to SuperRick for that link.
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Yesterday I posted what seemed to be a spoon ring find and gave a link for some history on spoon rings.
Jim C. sent photos of a find he thought looked like it could be a spoon ring.
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| Find Made by Jim C. |
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Aaron C. sent me the following link to a July 2020 YouTube video of Brian Mast talking about the erosion to Fort Pierce Beach and the need for beach renourishment.
Here is that link.
And here is what Aaron had to say about that.
just saw this video about the beaches in ftP. still have all the sand on them from dredging they did 10-15 years ago (not sure of exact date)
this will close up the ship wreckspots there for good, based on how beaches erode there
I remember what it was like before they did all that dredging and it's now finally just getting back to normal
just thought you would like to see this; I personally think our beaches should stay natural and not pump all this sand on the beaches
when we are blowing holes on the sites we work (..with seafarer exploration) from melbourne to lantana, we uncover huge coral heads and reef that the army core of engineers has killed and wiped out from all the dredging, to keep tax dollars in circulation (property tax for homeowners and commercial property)
I think they lost a court case in bervard county back in 80's which is why they must dredge so much in FL now and into the future, they should be stopped, for all the marine life they killed and habitat they made extinct.
I guess it's the old saying "out of site out of mind", few people get to see the reefs and wildlife off the beach or they never would have let them pump this sand on all the beaches, to just get washed back out on top of everything and kill it
I was born and raised here....
Thanks Aaron.
Let your elected officials know what you think. People like Brian Mast talk about all the erosion, but they don't realize how much sand there is still out there. It just moves around from time to time. They also don't see the damage done to the marine environment by beach renourishment. They just see a cliff or bank on the beach and think there is a lot of erosion. Places like South Jetty will erode continually because of the inlet and jetty but the sand just keeps piling up to the south. By the condos to the north of John Brooks the beach is a hundred yards or more farther out than it was back a few decades ago. I remember one day when it was eroded all the way back to the tree line by the condos.
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| John Brooks Beach Friday Morning. |
I haven't been out to the beach much lately. Maybe not since before Thanksgiving, but I'm not sure when I was last out.
Anyhow I took a look at John Brooks beach Friday morning, and saw a lot of light colored shell sand piled up on the beach as you can see from these photos. With all the clouds, there wasn't much sunlight, so maybe you can't see the color of the sand very well.
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| John Brooks Beach Friday Morning. |
I looked at a couple other nearby beaches that looked very similar. I didn't bother detecting. A lot of sand had accumulated along that stretch.
We have a day or two more of one - two foot surf. Next week it will be more like 2 - 3 feet.
Right now the high tides are getting pretty high.