Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| Source: LiveScience (link below.) |
A gold funeral mask, thought to be more than 3,000 years old, has been discovered in the tomb of an ancient noble in the city of Zhengzhou in central China.
It's one of the oldest gold objects ever found in central China, as contemporary treasures tend to be crafted from bronze and jade, raising questions about possible links to other early Chinese states where gold was more common...
Here is the link for more about that.
3,000-year-old gold funeral mask unearthed in noble's tomb in China | Live Science
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As RTL reports, a Greek silver coin from the 4th century BC was found after the rain along the forest road on Papuk. It was carved with a depiction of Zeus enthroned with a bird, and on the other side is a depiction of Alexander the Great. Random passers-by found it. They saw pottery and pieces of vessels.
Here is more about that.
4th Century BC Greek Silver Coin Found in Archaeological site on Papuk (total-croatia-news.com)
Remember that rain can uncover things too.
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Turning to Ian, here is the National Hurricane Center map as of early Monday.
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov. |
The Treasure Coast is mostly out of the cone now, but some authorities are saying that Ian could move closer to the Florida West Coast, maybe making landfall near Tampa. See (385) [Sunday evening] Ian Strengthening; Significant Impacts to Cuba and Florida expected this Week - YouTube. (Thanks to DJ for that link.) That site gives a good explanation of the factors that might influence Ian's path.
MagicSeaWeed is not predicting much surf for the Treasure Coast for a few days.
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| Source: MagicSeaWeed.com. |
As we recently saw, MagicSeaWeed does a good job, but is not 100% accurate. The weather predictions are not totally accurate. Ian could still move a little more to the east than is currently shown on the NHC map.
If Ian heads for the Big Bend area, there are some good detecting areas up there. Not too long ago I showed a lot of good metal detecting sites on the Florida West Coast. At this point, it looks like the Treasure Coast will get west and south winds.
After such a long summer of such small surf, at least we're getting some sand movement now as we move into Fall and Winter.
Many people have been reviewing on old post from the original Treasure Beaches Report, which explains how northeasters erode the beach. Here is the link.
Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net