3/30/21 Report - Spatial Pattern Recognition. Stone Anchors Found. Hunting Sites. Slightly Increased Surf Predicted.

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Stone Anchors Found in River.
Source: See BBC News link below.

A trove of Roman artefacts has been uncovered in the River Wear which could cast "significant" new light on life in the area nearly 2,000 years ago.

The find, in North Hylton, Sunderland, includes five stone anchors, thought to be the first time they have been discovered in a river.

One theory still to be examined is that it may have been home to a small port...

Here is the link for more about that.

Stone anchors found in River Wear could reveal Roman port - BBC News

There are some good reminders in that story for us on the Treasure Coast.  One is that interesting things can be found in rivers as well as on the ocean beaches.  Another is the possible importance of non-metallic finds.  Coins were found there too.

You can miss the lessons in a story if you don't look for the more general applicable priniciples.

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I didn't go metal detecting yesterday but I did do some eye-balling and found a couple more old stopper-top bottles.

Four Old Clear Bottles
Found in The Past Two Days.

The Gordon's Dry Gin bottle and the small bottle on the left were from Sunday.  The bottle in the middle and the one on the right were found Monday.  They aren't great finds, but indicate that there are still old bottles out there to be found.

One of the first bottles I collected from a beach was a Gordon's Dry Gin bottle.  It was older than the one shown above and came from an ocean beach down south after hurricane Andrew.  

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Here is something that is very relevant.  I'm not sure a person can learn it by practice.  It might be that you are either that type of thinker or not.  

You might not see the immediate relevance to beach detecting, but it is all about noticing significant characteristics and identifying patterns.  The skill applies directly to metal detecting as well as many other things in life, including assessing the character and style of people and analyzing current events.

For metal detecting, the same principles are used to identify patterns, not only of beaches and hunting sites, but also target distribution.

Take a look.  You might or might not see the relevance.   It is fascinating if you see the point of it.

Non Verbal Reasoning Test Tips and Tricks for Job Tests & Interviews - YouTube

This is really the essence of what I talk about a lot of the time.

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A lot of movies and TV episodes have been shot in Florida.  It can be interesting to hunt some of those sites.   Old movies were often made in the clear water springs of north Florida, and a lot of TV has been shot in South Florida.  

Here is an article that lists where some of the movies have been made in Florida.

13 Movies You Didn't Know Were Filmed in North Central (and Other Areas) of Florida - WUFT News

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Talking about identifying patterns, you will see a common one in the most recent surf predictions.

Source: MagicSeaWeed.com.

The predicted higher surf is now a little smaller and spread out.  It is 3 - 5 feet now.  Earlier it was predicted to be higher.  Very often in the past a very high surf would be predicted seven days or so in the future and then it would get smaller.  That still happens to some extent but not as much as it did in years past.  I think the model has been improved some.  Nonetheless, it is very common for the (and I hate to say it) but "the curve will flatten."    

We are having nice high and low tides now.  That helps.

Happy hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net.