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Recently there have been several stories of people being killed by big beach holes - none dug by detectorists. Below are a couple.
A town on North Carolina's Outer Banks issued a public plea to beachgoers about the dangers of digging holes on the oceanfront just hours before a man died at a New Jersey beach when a hole collapsed on him.
Officials from Kill Devil Hills posted a picture Tuesday on Facebook showing rescue supervisor David Elder standing in a large hole that he said was as much as 7 feet deep (2 meters) in some places. Elder said he is 6 feet, 4 inches (193 centimeters) tall.
Elder said ocean rescue staff had warned the people digging the hole about the dangers and they promised to fill it in before they left. It was still there when he went by after work, he said...
Here is the link for the rest of the story.
TOMS RIVER -- A day after 18-year-old Maine resident Levi Caverly died in a sand hole that collapsed, authorities in beachfront towns are again warning visitors of the potential dangers of digging deep pits on the beach.
"Stay away from the water line as much as possible. The sand is like sugar," said Ocean Beach Fire Chief Drew Calvo, who responded to the scene Monday afternoon on the beach at Ocean Beach III, a private community on barrier island. "It's so unstable, with all these storms we’ve had recently. Mother Nature takes the sand out and brings it back in."
Calvo said first responders were shaken by the Tuesday's sand collapse, and hope that by warning parents of the dangers of digging in the sand, they can prevent another tragedy...
A rare Bronze Age spearhead has been found by workers while developing a wetland in Gloucestershire.
Experts discovered it at Cirencester Sewage Works, near South Cerney, earlier this year and on 10 May estimated it is about 3,500 years old.
Archaeologists said it appeared to be a family heirloom that was placed into a pit for a reason unknown.
Other items unearthed include a selection of prehistoric pottery fragments and flint tools..
Deep beach holes are dangerous, Outer Banks town warns (yahoo.com)
TOMS RIVER -- A day after 18-year-old Maine resident Levi Caverly died in a sand hole that collapsed, authorities in beachfront towns are again warning visitors of the potential dangers of digging deep pits on the beach.
"Stay away from the water line as much as possible. The sand is like sugar," said Ocean Beach Fire Chief Drew Calvo, who responded to the scene Monday afternoon on the beach at Ocean Beach III, a private community on barrier island. "It's so unstable, with all these storms we’ve had recently. Mother Nature takes the sand out and brings it back in."
Calvo said first responders were shaken by the Tuesday's sand collapse, and hope that by warning parents of the dangers of digging in the sand, they can prevent another tragedy...
And here is that link.
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| Bronze Age Spear Head. Source: See BBC News link below. |
A rare Bronze Age spearhead has been found by workers while developing a wetland in Gloucestershire.
Experts discovered it at Cirencester Sewage Works, near South Cerney, earlier this year and on 10 May estimated it is about 3,500 years old.
Archaeologists said it appeared to be a family heirloom that was placed into a pit for a reason unknown.
Other items unearthed include a selection of prehistoric pottery fragments and flint tools..
And here is that link.
I suppose we are into summer beach conditions, and not much will change unless we have a storm.
Bronze Age spearhead found at Cirencester sewage works - BBC News
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| Surf Predictions. Source: MagicSeaWeed.com. |
I suppose we are into summer beach conditions, and not much will change unless we have a storm.
Goosd hunting,
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