2/18/23 Report - Beaches Showing Little Erosion Today. Mexico Changes Currencies. Beach Renourishment.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

John Brooks Near Low Tide Saturday.

There was a north wind today, and some of the beaches were showing some erosion.  The erosion was not big and there was a one to two foot cut that ran the length of John Brooks and Frederick Douglass beaches.  There was a lot of sand in front of the cut and a number of targets about half way down the slope.  There were some modern coins and other things and a few targets I couldn't get to because of the depth and water.

There were about a half dozen detectorists working the beaches. 

Turtle Tail Saturday Near Low Tide.

There was also a little erosion and some small cuts at Turtle Trail.  The bags were not visible at all.

There were about a half dozen detectorists at Turtle Trail too.

At both beaches there was a lot of sand in front of the beach.  There were a good number of aluminum and iron targets at depth.  There was a target I left in the beach there too.

Turtle Trail Saturday.

The surf seemed rougher than what was predicted by MagicSeaWeed but I think it was just near shore where the water was piling up on the sand built up at the front of the beach.

Turtle Trail Saturday Near Low Tide.

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All coins and bank notes of Mexico are in the process of being changed. Perhaps the most noticeable change will be that the 20-peso bank note will be replaced with a coin...

The release of the note was timed to be the day the Bicentennial of the Consummation of Independence was celebrated. The note will cease production during 2023 and will “cease to circulate” in 2025 when it is to be replaced by 20-peso coins. Sources indicated the logic is that the notes will be worn out by the time they have circulated for two years. The same source said the central bank was planning to replace the note with a coin two years after the release of the note...

Coins that will be withdrawn include the Series B 10. 20, and 50 new pesos introduced in 1993; and the Series C 10 and 20 Turn of the Millennium commemoratives and the 100 peso. The Spanish word nuevo translating to new in English was removed from peso denominated coins in 1996. The 20 and 100 peso being officially withdrawn each have a silver central plug. The coins have the distinction of being the only currently circulating coins in the world that contains silver, although for that reason the coins are almost never used. The 100-peso plug contains a half troy ounce of silver. The metal value exceeded the face value of the coin around 2010...

Here is the link.

Mexico Currency Reform - Numismatic News

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DJ sent the following notice.

Please be advised that all dune restoration and beach re-nourishment projects MUST be completed before March 31, 2023 because of the start of the turtle nesting season. State law prohibits dune restoration or construction on beaches between April 30 and Nov. 1 to avoid disruption of turtle nesting. ’

I think the renourishment sand is actually harmful to turtle nesting.  The lay in the new renourishment sand farther in front of the beach, so when there is erosion, the nests get washed out.

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The surf will be about the same tomorrow - maybe a little bigger, but the wind won't be from the south.  There was a decent negative low tide tody.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net