1/5/21 Report - Couple Finds and Erosion Control Structures For Fort Pierce. Bigger Surf Tomorrow.

Written by the Treasureguide for the Exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Rusty Spike Find.

More on the spike later.

Have you heard of the Congressman Brian Mast's Water Resources Development Act?  Here is how it is described on his site in general terms.

Fixing our toxic water is, without a doubt, the most important issue for our community. That's why one of my top priorities in Congress has been passing legislation called the Water Resources Development Act, which was drafted by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on which I serve. With people getting sick, animals dying, our environment being demolished and our economy withering, we cannot wait any longer to get this bill signed into law.

What is the Water Resources Development Act?

The Water Resources Development Act is a biennial bill that authorizes new water infrastructure projects and makes improvements to water programs across the country. As a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I've fought to include as many Florida water priorities in the bill as possible, including working to prevent toxic discharges and accelerating construction of the EAA Southern Storage Reservoir. Getting this bill signed into law is absolutely critical in our fight for clean water!

That sounds nice, and there might be many things about the act that you like, but there might also be something that you don't like.  

The act provides for the development of "additional structures that will restore the Fort Pierce Beach Shore."  Below is what Mast's site says about that.

Restoring Fort Pierce Beach Problem: Anybody that spends time in Fort Pierce knows that there has been extensive erosion along the Fort Pierce Beach Shore. 

Solution: This provision authorizes a new federal beach project to build additional structures that will restore the Fort Pierce Beach Shore and prevent further degradation. Restoring this shoreline will also help provide a natural barrier to protect our communities from hurricanes and storm surges.

I don't know anything about those structures, but despite the appearance of erosion, and there is some in small areas mostly because of manmade things like jetties and seawalls, other areas are far from eroded. If you compare the present shoreline with the shoreline at various times in the past, you'll see that in many cases the shoreline is far east of what it was previously. And what you don't see so easily is the sand smothering the shallow water and reef areas.


I don't know where the proposed structures will be or what they will look like, but many of the erosion control efforts of the past have failed and some have actually damaged the environment. Maybe someone can provide more detail on the proposed structures.

Here is the link to Mast's site.

The Water Resources Development Act - Congressman Brian Mast (house.gov)

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The spike shown above is what some might call an Oak Island Spanish treasure ship spike, but it is a railroad spike.

For some contrast, here is another find weighing about 0.6 oz.

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If you want to tell if something is brass rather than copper or bronze, brass will have a slight attraction to a magnet, while copper and bronze will not.  

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We are having a northwest wind today but only a one foot surf.  The surf is supposed to increase tomorrow.

Sourcea; MagicSeaWeed.com.

Happy hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net