Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| John Brooks Beach Saturday Morning. |
I did a little metal detecting this morning at John Brooks beach. It was just before low tide. There were some small cuts scattered along the top of the slope. The biggest was near two feet, but mostly much smaller than that.
There were modern coins down by the water line. They were in predictable spots - souteast of the cut peaks. The north winds the last two days washed sand and objects south anddown the slope. Since there was not a lot of sand washed away the objects left on the slopes were recently deposited, and therefore mmodern and not too badly corroded. I might get into cut dynamics in a more systematic way in another post some time soon.
The past two days we had some decent north winds, but a relatively small surf, and that showed in the shape and look of the beach.
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| John Brooks Beach Saturday Morning Near Low Tide. |
Notice the very little dip at the transition between the slope and sand bar in front of the beach.
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| John Brooks Beach Near Low Tide Saturday Morning. |
There was more erosion north of the access and up towards the bend.
The top of the slope was pretty mushy.
On the other beaches of the Treasure Coast, there was probably similar sand movement from the northish wind and swells of the past two days.
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| Source: MagicSeaWeed.com. |
We still aren't having any good low tides.
The surf will be decrasing too.
The best chance will be where beaches have been low and where an additional inch or two might make a difference.
Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net