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| Jaycee Beach in Vero Beach Thursday Afternoon. |
I had an appointment in Vero Thursday. I got a few minutes to check a couple nearby beaches. I don't think I've been to the Vero/Sebastian beaches all summer. All that new sand is ugly.
Above is Jaycee Beach. A lot of sand there.
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| In Front of Beach Access At Turtle Trail. |
I had time to visit Turtle Trail. The first thing I noticed there is the buoy almost in front of the beach access. Looks like they have still working pretty close to the beach.
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| Turtle Trail Looking South Thursday Afternoon. |
You can see all the renourishment sand. They planted sea oats out five or ten yards from the old dune cliff. They will probably get washed away before the coming winter is over.
I was curious how those beaches were developing. Now I have an idea.
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A street food vendor's tip led archaeologists to find an ancient Maya capital in a cattle rancher's yard...The rancher had a stone tablet that had an inscription and a drawing of a Sak Tz'i' king dressed as the Maya storm god.
Golden said the site had been raided by looters in 1960s and many of its monuments were stolen. The owner found the stone tablet in some rubble while working to protect what is left of the site.
"He found it by accident. There's a lucky, lucky rescued object the looters had missed," Golden said.
Golden said the looters used saws and other heavy equipment to cut the off faces of the monuments. The pieces wound up in museums and private collections...
Golden said the site had been raided by looters in 1960s and many of its monuments were stolen. The owner found the stone tablet in some rubble while working to protect what is left of the site.
"He found it by accident. There's a lucky, lucky rescued object the looters had missed," Golden said.
Golden said the looters used saws and other heavy equipment to cut the off faces of the monuments. The pieces wound up in museums and private collections...
Here is the link for more about that.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A prehistoric human skeleton has been found in a cave system that was flooded at the end of the last ice age 8,000 years ago, according to a cave-diving archaeologist on Mexico’s Caribbean coast.
Archaeologist Octavio del Rio said he and fellow diver Peter Broger saw the shattered skull and skeleton partly covered by sediment in a cave near where the Mexican government plans to build a high-speed tourist train through the jungle.
Given the distance from the cave entrance, the skeleton couldn’t have gotten there without modern diving equipment, so it must be over 8,000 years old, Del Rio said, referring to the era when rising sea levels flooded the caves.
“There it is. We don’t know if the body was deposited there or if that was where this person died,” said Del Rio. He said that the skeleton was located about 8 meters (26 feet) underwater, about a half-kilometer (one third of a mile) into the cave system...
Ancient Maya capital discovered by archaeologists - CNN
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A prehistoric human skeleton has been found in a cave system that was flooded at the end of the last ice age 8,000 years ago, according to a cave-diving archaeologist on Mexico’s Caribbean coast.
Archaeologist Octavio del Rio said he and fellow diver Peter Broger saw the shattered skull and skeleton partly covered by sediment in a cave near where the Mexican government plans to build a high-speed tourist train through the jungle.
Given the distance from the cave entrance, the skeleton couldn’t have gotten there without modern diving equipment, so it must be over 8,000 years old, Del Rio said, referring to the era when rising sea levels flooded the caves.
“There it is. We don’t know if the body was deposited there or if that was where this person died,” said Del Rio. He said that the skeleton was located about 8 meters (26 feet) underwater, about a half-kilometer (one third of a mile) into the cave system...
Here is that link.
Ancient skeleton found in Mexico cave threatened by train | AP News
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov |
Here is the cone for tropical storm Fiona.
I'll be watching this.
The next few days we'll won't be having much surf.
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Sometimes I get requests for help on some pretty big treasures, and people ask me to give them a call.
If you want help identifying items, please begin by providing some information via email. I need background information. I'm not much of a phone person and won't make phone calls until I have good background and have some idea of what I might be able to do.\
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Good hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net