Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| John Brooks Beach Thursday Morning. |
I took a look at some South Hutchinson Island beaches this morning. It was pretty much what I expected.
One thing I expected was mosquitos, and they were out in full force early, You can expect them at some beaches after a rain, so you might want to take some repellant.
The beaches definitely looked like summer beaches. Lots of sand accumulation, but also some nice shell piles this morning.
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| John Brooks Beach Thursday Morning. |
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| Fort Pierce South Jetty Thursday Morning. |
There were a good number of shells and a little sea glass.
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| Shells At Fort Pierce South Jetty. |
Also still some sea weed on the beaches.
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| Seaweed at Fort Pierce South Jetty. |
At Walton Rocks there were shell piles, fossils and lots of metal targets. Many were deep.
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| Shell Pile At Walton Rocks. |
There were miscellaneous metal targets, including a lot of copper, sinkers and some deeper stuff that I didn't dig this morning.
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| Small Sample of the Metal Finds. |
There were also some very old finds - fossils.
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| A Piece of a Big Fossil Bone Found Today. |
The smaller fossils were mostly turtle scutes and other broken bones, such as those shown below.
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| Various Fossil Bits. |
That gives you an idea of what can be found on some of the beaches these days.
There were a lot of deep targets that were hard to dig because of all the shells. A shovel would have done better than a scoop for a lot of those deep targets.
I hadn't been to the beach for a while. I've been so much into bottle hunting and the railroad site that I didn't bother. I never expected the railroad site to take so much time, but there are hundreds of targets there and I'm not near complete. I intend to clean that site out, and it is taking much longer than expected.
A cyclone will likely form in the Gulf and head directly north.
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov. |
It is the time of year to watch for storms.
Let me know your thoughts on the mystery item I posted yesterday.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net