Written by the TreaureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| Uncovering Buried Chariot. Source: see link below. |
A detectorist found a chain which led to unbelievable finds.
Here is the link for the entire story.
Man Finds Old Buried Chain on Farm, Pulls Up Something Incredible (thearchaeologist.org)
Thanks to William K. for that link.
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Last year we had Ian and Nicole. They caused a lot of erosion in some areas. Though not so much on the Treasure Coast, Ian cut islands in half and did massive flood damage to inland as well as coastal areas. The erosion to inland waterways such as the Peace River undoubtedly washed out more old fossils and uncovered more historic artifacts than any other time in at least the last ten years. I haven't been keeping up those areas beyond the Treasure Coast, but I'm sure there are many areas of Florida that still show the effects of those storms and are producing old items that were uncovered months ago.
There is a very interesting web site (link immediately below) that shows some of those areas. One fascinating interactive illustration shows Peace River area as it looked from overhead both before and after Ian. You can see how high the water got as compared to just before the storm. When the high water drops, good finds are always made, but Ian took it to a new level. There were a lot of areas in Florida similarly affected, and I'm sure that you can still benefit by looking at some of those areas that were hit hard months ago.
Here is a link that will allow you to compare water levels of both coastal and inland waterways before and after Ian.
How Hurricane Ian swamped Florida rivers: Before-and-after photos show record floods (tampabay.com)
And here is a link that will tell you more about the fossils of the Peace River.
Peace River Paleo Project (PRiPP) – Vertebrate Paleontology Collection (ufl.edu)
You can find many of the same types of fossils along the Treasure Coast. There are times when they wash up on the Treasure Coast beaches, where you can find everything from microscopic fossils to mammoth fossils.
Some of the areas that opened up after Nicole were changed forever. Although beaches have refilled, dunes were cut back that won't fully recover. Even if renourishment sand is dumped in front of those cliffs, sand layers have been displaced and some artifacts have been moved and then covered once again in new locations.
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| Big and Small - Partial Rabbit Jaw In Front of and Mammoth Tusk Section - Both Found on Treasure Coast Beaches. |
If you are interested in really old things that you can find in Florida and on the Treasure Coast, read down through this web site. It presents lists of the types of fossils in the Florida collection, along with a lot of other interesting information.
Peace River Paleo Project (PRiPP) – Vertebrate Paleontology Collection (ufl.edu)
If you want to get a good start in fossil collecting, you can pay for a guide with a state permit to take you on a fossil hunt. That is a good way to really shorten the learning curve. Then you can get a fossil collecting permit of your own. You will probably learn something about finding other types of old things in the process. If you are getting into fossils, you are getting into old material and other types of finds will be available nearby.
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Grand Canyon in Arizona, U.S. has been a witness to many ancient animals walking through it. Hence, it's not a surprise to find fossilized tracks. But one of such footprints — about 313 million years old — is of particular significance. The tracks are the oldest-ever recorded in Grand Canyon National Park...
Here is that link.
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Yesterday tens of thousands joined the March for Life event in Washington, D.C., but I saw nothing of it on the news other than on EWTN.
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| Source: MagicSeaWeed.com. |
We are also going to get some good low tides Monday.
Good hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net