9/6/22 Report - Treasure Coast Gold Chain Metal Detector Find. History of St. Augustine. Higher Coming Surf To Last A While.

 

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Genesis 1:6-7:  Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

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Below is a photo and email I received from Alberto S.

Nice Heavy Gold Chain Metal Detector Find by Alberto S.

I thought I would share with you, it's been a while since I had found gold. Sometimes things just work out, I was supposed to take my wife to a doctors appointment but realized it was tomorrow ok, let's go to the beach and do some metal detecting, after setting up a chair and umbrella for my wife I went hunting in a south direction and after 1 hour of not finding anything with the excessive heat and no breeze it was time to head back, but then I decided to maybe try going north on the beach for a little bit, 5 minutes later the gold chain. The chain is 14K and Italy is printed on the clasp with the number 585 which I found it's another way for Italy to mark their gold, the weight is 24.7 grams.

Congratulations Alberto.  Great find.

Even when conditions for finding old items aren't good, you can still find some modern items.

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Source: Link below.

Jamestoiwn may have earned the distinction of being the first permanent English colony in North America when it was settled in 1607, but it’s not the oldest city in the U.S. That title is generally given to St. Agustine, a city on Florida’s eastern coast about an hour’s drive southeast of Jacksonville.

In July 1565, Spanish conquistador Pedro Menendez de Aviles set off for Florida with 11 ships, some 2000 sailors, and a directive from King Philip II to defend Spain’s coastal holdings against French encroachment. On September 8, Menéndez de Avilés alighted on a stretch of land that he had first spotted on August 28—the feast day of St. Augustine of Hippo. He promptly claimed the area for his country and christened it after Augustine, the patron saint of printers, theologians, and brewers (he’d been a bit of a party guy before finding his holy vocation)...

Here is the link for more about America's oldest city.

What’s the Oldest City in America? (mentalfloss.com)

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov

As you can see, Earl is a slow moving storm but will not be coming close to Florida.  The fact that it is hanging around is a good thing.

Source: MagicSeaWeed.com.

After the first peak Saturday, it looks like the higher surf will continue for a while.  That could help us a lot.  Too bad the wind won't be very northerly.  Still a prolonged period of four to six foot surf could erode some areas.

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I Saturday and Sunday, I think it was, I did some posts on the location of variouis Florida beaches where when conditions are right, you can possibly find some old Spanish treasure coins.  You might want to check those out.  

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net