3/21/22 Report - Treasure Coast Dug Maravedis. Survey Markers. Losing Signals In Holes and Ground Tracking With The Equinox.

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

Some Finds, Including Maravedis.

In my 2/18/22 post I mentioned a hoard of maravedis that were found. JamminJack told of some Treasure Coast maravedi finds and sent the photos I am posting today.

Maravedi Submitted by JamminJack.

Below is what JamminJack said about the maravedis finds.

As for Maravedis,  we still found the most ever on TC.

JW, NL, and I found a 5 gallon bucket of them. We put them on eBay for $5 a piece. Soon, buyers were relisting them as pirate's coins and getting $25 and up. We decided to stop selling them. I had about 50 for a long time and kept ones that were rarer or unique. They were found south of (when they were building) Wabasso Disney Resort. Believed to be part of the Green Cabin Wreck, but some of the coins, like the Charles II would be related to Corrigan Wreck. I miss the bluff that protruded outward. Would find some GOOD STUFF THERE!😎

Treasure Coast Maravedis Finds
Submitted by Jamminjack.

JamminJack had the following to say on another topic.

Been searching this park a few times and was told where the old fill dirt was. Found a lot of interesting items, but this was cool when I saw it. It is Public Land Survey marker about size of half dollar and older. They use plastic chips now. This will probably tell me where the dirt came from. Was really deep.

Public Land Survey Marker Dug by JamminJack.

Jack continued...

Anyone else having problems with Equinox 800 when you dig an item out of the hole and do not get a signal anymore. 

I switched to all metal and pinpointing from Park 2 when item is out. What am I doing wrong? Never had this issue with any other machine especially my Sand Shark and CZ21.

Not long ago I mentioned that the same thing happens with the Equinox 600.   Targets can seem to disappear when you dig a hole.  This can be caused by the target slipping deeper in the hole or changing position.  For example, a coin might be turned on edge, which reduces the signal.  But targets can also seem to disappear when digging a hole causes a disruption in the soil mineralization requiring the detector to filter out the target.  In a way, you can look at it as a kind of masking.  The soil can be either more or less mineralized outside the hole.  If you've checked to make sure the target has not been removed from the hole, one approach is to simply keep digging.  You'll find the target again.  In a previous post I described how you can dig the hole so it has sloped sides rather than creating a sharp drop-off.  I won't go over that again.

Here is how Minelab describes what is happening.

1. Ground Balance. The default is ground tracking on. Tracking attempts to keep up with and smooth out the variations in the ground. In doing so it has a filtering effect and can possibly tune out the slight audio variations that come not just from the ground but from very small or very deep gold. Tracking off is therefore the most sensitive setting, with adjustments made via the Auto (pump) method or manually.

Digging a hole causes a sharp variation in soil mineralization, especially on wet saltwater beaches or black sand. That makes it harder for the detector to adjust to the variation and can cause the signal to be lost. You can adjust detector settings that affect tracking. There are differences in how the 600 and 800 works and the beach 2 mode is also different. There are too many differences for me to get into all the details here. While I prefer to employ different methods, you might want to adjust your detector settings so it will track faster.  On the 800 you might try the gold setting to see how that works.  I tend to just dig the hole deeper and wider until I find the target again.

Of course, you are more likely to lose targets that are small and create a less distinct signal to begin with.

If you have other solutions, let me know.

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If you can find more information on the Seminole Milk Company, I'd love to learn more about that.  I haven't found much yet.

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The wind switched yesterday.  It was more from the north.

The tides are still big, but the surf is not.

Source: MagicSeaWeed.com.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net