Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.
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| Current Surf Predictions For the Fort Pierce Area. Source: MagicSeaWeed.com |
This wasn't a bad year for metal detecting on the Treasure Coast. We had some excellent hunting back in the spring and then again in September and October.
You always have to stay alert because you don't want to miss those rare times when the opportunities are the best. As I've often said, there is always some place to hunt and something to find, but sometimes are definitely more productive than others. We can't use heavy equipment to move the beach, so we just have to wait for nature to help us.
There are always some spots worth detecting, its just that there won't be as many good spots and they won't be as large. They are just harder to find and need to be worked more skillfully.
When you get a six foot surf that is sometimes enough to help, depending of course on other factors such as the angles and the previous condition of the beach.
As my success formula shows, the time you spend on-task is one of the most important factors in determining your success. When finds are hard to come by, it takes more time, but eventually it will pay off. Things sometimes show up in the most surprising places.
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| Detectorist On Sebastian Beach Cam. Submitted by Jammin Jack. |
Jammin Jack frequently checks the Sebastian Beach Cam and caught this detectorist at work.
I took a little walk today looking for bottles. I found a few older stopper-top bottles. I found one old Fort Pierce Coca Cola soda water bottle, but it was broken at the neck. I've found and sold a few of those in the past. Too bad this one was broken.
I also found a nice hand-blown bottle. I didn't have any embossing or anything. It has a very nice pleasing shape. It also has a lot of big bubbles, but no embossing or anything like that.
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| Hand-Blown Bottle Find. |
In the following picture you can see some of the long bubbles in the neck that shows how the glass flowed.
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| Neck of Same Bottle Shown Above. |
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Science, Art Combine to Reveal Face of Ancient Peruvian Noblewoman...
Below is the reconstruction. |
| Peruvian Woman Buried Some 3,700 Years Ago. Source Latin American Herald Tribune. |
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I'm hoping we get some bigger surf and another good shot at some old stuff before the year closes.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net