Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| Photo of Spacex Launch by Alberto S. |
Greetings,
The night launch last night was impressive, one of the best I have seen to date, the image attached is composed of 2 different images taken with just a short time between the 2 shots. The halo was formed after the separation of the rocket booster took place.
Have a great day,
Alberto S
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There is a lot of activity on the hurricane map now. Here it is.
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov |
Not much has changed on the map other than the one system that was off Jacksonville has moved north. It looks like it will become stronger, but won't affect us.
The other system that is out in the Atlantic could develop and is coming in our general direction. Taking a look at the GFS model, we see that it is still small and far away.
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| Wind Speed This Coming Sunday According To The GFS Model. Source: Ventusky.com. |
You can see the one system that has moved off to the north while the other system is still small and far southeast of us. Below you can see what the GFS model is predicting for Thursday.
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| Wind Speed For Thursday According To The GFS Model. Ventusky.com. |
As you can see there is still a remnant of the first system to the north, but the other system has moved mostly north from where it is now. It has developed nicely but remained out in the Atlantic. That is what I said the other day that I expected, but it is still too soon to tell for sure.
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A couple days ago I mentioned the Padre Island treasures. Kevin K. had the following to add on that topic.
Hello Treasure Guide-
Back in 1984 I bought a limited partnership with Mel Fisher in the Atocha treasure, so I went to the Tulane University library to research Spanish shipwrecks. I managed to find the Texas Archaeological Department's report on the Padre Island shipwrecks. It makes for very interesting reading. Forgive me if you have read it, but here are a few interesting tidbits from it:
1) The three ships were part of a fleet of 44 that had come over from Spain. Only one of the 44 had been certified by the marine surveyors as seaworthy enough and in good enough condition to make the return trip to Spain! Their owners had doubly insured them in hopes of them wrecking, whereupon they would get rich. I never knew marine insurance existed that early, but obviously crooks did.
2) One of the three shipwrecks was destroyed when the state dredged a channel right through it's wreck site before it was found, so most of what was there is now buried in the dredge spoils somewhere.
3) Much more silver, and I presume gold, was found than was on the cargo manifests, indicating a large amount of smuggling, as has been found on the other Spanish wrecks. Many cannons were found to be stuffed with smuggled precious metals and other valuables.
As for my limited partnership, it was only good for that year, and of course 1985 was when they found the pile of Atocha silver, so I only received a couple of coins from the Santa Margarita instead of the Atocha, and a tax writeoff. Maybe I told you this...
Also, I just bought a Nokta Macro MultiCruzer metal detector-it is MUCH better than my old Bounty Hunter Landstar.
Kevin Kerwin
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Beach hunters don't have much chance of finding old Spanish treasure on the beaches during the typical summer unless you get some good storms to stir things up, but there is still some chance.
One way to find old Spanish coins during poor beach conditions is by hunting modern jewelry. If you pick up enough jewelry you might find a mounted reale or escudo. I've shown examples of that before. Many mounted coins are sold at auction, by the Fishers and other salvors as well as jewelry stores. Some are reproductions or fakes, but there are real coins mounted in jewelry too.
Another source of beach cobs during poor summer conditions is the renourishment sand. Some cobs have been found in renourishment sand. That does not happen often, but it has happened.
As far as I know, the latest renourishment project at Fort Pierce South Jetty hasn't produced any cobs, but I did find one old flat button in the sand there even though I only detected that area twice since the sand was dumped. If one old item is in the sand, I'd suspect there are more.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
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