9/30/23 Report - Variety of Emeralds Found on Treasure Coast Beaches Over the Years. Gold Coins and Other Items Taken From Lock Boxes.

 

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

Loose emeralds have been found along the Treasure Coast at variety of different beaches.  I thought I'd put some that I've posted in the past together in one new post. 

The lady shown above found a very valuable emerald while looking for seashellls at Golden Sands.  

Below is another and much smaller beach found emerald.  It appears to be both small and poor quality.  It is shown on a penny for size comparison.

The one below was being sold on eBay and was described as having been found on the Treasure Coast.

It looks very translucent.

The next one was found by Joe R. and is shown with a dime.  It is also a smaller example.

The Fisher organization has found a good number of emeralds on the Atocha site, but local salvors have found them too.  The following example was found by Jonah M.

Below is another Treasure Coast beach find.

And here is one shown with copper sheathing and a spike.

And here are two more small and not very translucent examples.

Emeralds have been found on several Treasure Coast beaches, I know of one or more being found as far north as Cocoa and as far south as John Brooks.

One was found while someone was looking for shark's teeth, and another while someone was looking for seashells.  As I often said, keep your eyes open while metal detecting.

Most of these emeralds appear to be small and not of great quality, but some are very valuable.

Other examples have been sold in Sedwick auctions.

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Pearsons teamed up with the Institute for Justice to fight for her property, while Mellein hired an attorney and spent $40,000 to reclaim his items. They both prevailed, but when they went to the agency’s Los Angeles office to claim their property, they realized some of their items were missing. 

Mellein was given the cash from his box, but none of his 110 gold coins.  The FBI seemed to have no record of the missing coins as they weren’t listed on the property receipt of his box’s contents. When pressed for a copy of the video inventory of the box, the FBI said that in its rush to process so much property, it had abandoned its initial plan to film the process, completing inventory paperwork instead, according to the Institute for Justice.

"What we learned was that their incentive to forfeit everything they found crowded out their obligations to safeguard their property," Gay, the Institute for Justice attorney, told Fox News. 

He said the search became "hectic" and "frenzied" as agents rushed to seize what would end up being nearly $86 million worth of assets... 

Here is the link for the rest of the article.

FBI sued after allegedly losing hundreds of thousands in rare coins during raid | Fox News

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

Philippe and Fina remain far out in the Atlantic and are predicted to go more north rather than cowards Florida.

Surf Chart for Fort Pierce Inlet Area from SurfGuru.com.

As you can see, the surf is predicted to be up to five or six feet Wednesday.

Today the tides are still big.

There is  link to some great tide charts at the bottom of my reference link list.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

9/29/23 Report - King Tides Begin and Surf Predictions. Ancient Cosmetics Shop Explored. St. Jude's Arm on Tour.

 

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

Archaeological Discoveries From Ancient "Cosmetics Shop."
Source: See as.com.tr link below.

Archaeologists in the ancient city of Aizanoi in western Türkiye uncovered remnants of cosmetic products, including jewelry items and makeup materials, used by Roman women more than 2,000 years ago...

Here is the link for more about that.

Makeup materials from Roman era unearthed in ancient city of Aizanoi in Türkiye (aa.com.tr)

Notice the pins at the top right of the illustration.

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AS we approach the time of year that has been very productive for detectorists the last few years, the big news for me today is that the King Tides are back.  It is that time of year, and for detectorists, King Tides are significant.

The "king tides" are higher-than-usual tides which typically occur in Florida in the fall, and which can produce local "sunny day" flooding, or flooding which occurs even though there is no rain. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) publishes predictions of high tide heights for their Lake Worth tide gauge here, which can be used to anticipate days on which king tides may occur. NOAA also recommends sea levels at which scientists should be on the alert for potential flooding, called the action stage, and at which they think flooding will occur, called the flood stage. Because so many things, like weather, can influence the height of the tide from day to day, and because your particular location may flood below NOAA's official flood stage, we like to be aware of any high tide which is predicted to come within three inches of the action level, just in case!

Days when we expect the highest tides in 2023 are:

• September 29- October 2, expected within three inches of action stage.
  
• October 27-31, expected within three inches of action stage.​
  
• November 26, expected within three inches of action stage.

Here is the link for more about that.

Office of Resilience King Tides (pbcgov.org)

And here are the King tide predictions from the South Florida Water Management District.

Weekly King Tide Forecast | South Florida Water Management District (sfwmd.gov)

And you can use the following site to get the tide charts for specific areas.

Tide Predictions - NOAA Tides & Currents

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Source: See link below.

For the first time, the arm of St. Jude will leave Italy and tour churches, schools, prisons, and more across the United States beginning this month, a Catholic evangelization ministry announced this week.

The relic of one of Jesus' 12 apostles, considered to be the patron saint of hopeless or difficult causes, is scheduled to first stop at St. John Cantius Church in Chicago on Sept. 9 and be on tour until May 2024...

Here is the link for more about that, including the schedule of appearances.

St. Jude's arm is going on tour: Catholic church announces relic's first-ever tour of US (yahoo.com) 

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov

Despite the two named storms out there in the Atlantic, both are expected to remain far from the Treasure Coast.

Notice the north wind and northeast surf.  Also the tide times.

And below the surf chart shows an increasing surf for Wednesday and Thursday.

Source: SurfGuru.com.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

9/28/23 Report - More on the Jensen Beach Mystery Bracelet Story. Slightly Increasing Surf For Treasure Coast.

 

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

Yesterday I posted photos of a bracelet found by John H while metal detecting at Jensen Beach, and I asked if my readers could help solve the mystery.   I didn't have the entire story yesterday though.  I now have that.  It was posted on Facebook (which I do not use) but was forwarded to me by John.  The rest of the story didn't solve the mystery but made the story even more intriguing.

The story was posted on Facebook by the father of a deceased party named on the bracelet.  I showed the bracelet and the information by provided by on the bracelet yesterday.  From the story on the Facebook page, it is clear that the father felt the story should be disseminated.  

Below is the story as presented on the Facebook page of Greg McReynolds.

John H. found the bracelet I showed yesterday.  It bracelet that John found is similar to the one posted on the father's Facebook page and found by the person named Deb, but not exactly the same.  If you can provide any additional information on the story, John would like to learn more.   

I hope you will go back and read or reread yesterday's post, as this story gets complex.

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Just a little over two weeks ago, in my 9/11 post, I talked about suffering and said the following.

I've been writing a bit about "suffering" but didn't know what I was going to do with it.  It didn't seem to fit into this blog, and I didn't expect to be talking about it in this blog, but here I am being led right into the topic.

Suffering is the biggest stumbling block for atheists, who question how a good God could allow so much suffering, but the topic of suffering is also a challenge for Christians.

Almost daily since my 9/11 post, I was tempted to write something about suffering.  I had some things I was thinking of posting but kept putting it off for some reason.  I just had a feeling, so I kept putting it off.

In the story of the mystery bracelet, a young man was killed, and his loved ones mourned his passing, but through their pain, they were able to forgive the person responsible for Austin's death.  But it didn't stop there.  The way they responded to their sorrow provided a message and healing for another person - a person who was not even previously known to them.  It seems this is the story I was waiting for, and I have no idea how it might touch someone else.  As they often say, "God works in mysterious ways."  

You often do not know the end of a matter from the beginning.

And the matter is not settled in this life.

While I, like most people, have trouble accepting the suffering of little innocent children, I also accept what Peter 5:10 says:  And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

There is Phillipe and another developing system in the Atlantic, but neither will affect us much if at all.

The Treasure Coast surf will increase a little.

Surf Chart for Fort Pierce Inlet Area From SurfGuru.com.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

9/27/23 Report - An Inscribed Bracelet and a Note in a Bottle Found at Jensen Beach Provides an Intriguing Mystery to be Solved.

 

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

Two Views of Silver (.925) Bracelet Found by John H.

This bracelet found by John H. reads as follows:

 LCol Jonathan Morse (BJ) 14JAN18 0918hr.

PFC Austin Mcreynolds 14DEC13 0230hr

God's Plan; Too Soon Brothers.

Here is the story I received from John along with the above photos.

I found a bracelet at Jensen beach yesterday [Sunday].  It has some significance to someone, and I would like to return it. There is also some mystery to it and I find myself compelled to try and solve it. The 1st person's name on the bracelet I have been unable to find. The second is PFC Austin Mcreynolds. I did find his father on Face-book. His name is Greg Mcreynolds and he sent me a wonderful and tragic story about a message in a bottle "with a bracelet inside", dedicated to his son that started in the Florida Keys and ended up on Jensen Beach. It was found by a detectorist named Deb. On Jensen Beach. Now I have found a similar bracelet that also has his name on it, on the very same beach. Greg has no idea whose bracelet this is.

He wondered if anyone could Identify Deb, which might, with the aid of the note, help identify the owner of the bracelet.

I did a little research and learned how the Austin passed.  I didn't find Jonathan, which might actually be his middle name.  Maybe he goes by BJ rather than using his first name, which might begin with the letter  "B." That might account for the difficulty in finding info on Jonathan M.

The inscription below the names might also provide some clues.  "Too soon" might have to do with the youth's passing or something else.   You might have some other ideas about that, but if you know Deb or JB, maybe we'd learn the purpose of the bracelet and help it be returned or respected for what it is.

Thanks for your help.

Very interesting story John.  I hope my readers can help you get some more information.

When you have a lot of information on an item you find while metal detecting, there can still be a missing piece of the story.  

There are times when people don't want the whole story to be known.  There was once a New York Yankees World Series ring found at Jensen Beach.  It had the name and everything.  When the finder called the baseball player's home, he talked to the wife.  When she was told the ring was found at Jensen Beach, she said, "So he did go to Florida to see his girlfriend."  

There was also the time when a championship NBA ring was found in Miami and when contacted the player instead of being happy the ring was found, told the detectorist in no uncertain terms to not contact him again.  There are times like that when you don't know the story behind a find.

There are also times when memorial items are thrown into the ocean to say goodbye and the detectorist is advised to leave them there.

At Haulover Beach in Hollywood Florida there is a place where I used to dig up a lot of cremation labels from a certain funeral home.  

In 2012 I posted what one reader, Will, said about cremation tags.  Here that is.

I found my fifth and sixth cremation tags this week. I don't recall you ever mentioning them, so I thought I would share what I know about them. A cremation tag is placed in the container with the ashes of the deceased, for identification purposes, while the ashes are being processed. The fact that they end up in the ocean is incidental, not intentional. By law, you're supposed to be at least 3 nautical miles from shore before releasing the ashes into the ocean, and in many parts of Florida, the water has to be at least 1800ft deep. After finding 6 tags in 2 years, I doubt that very many people actually go the 3 miles out. I know that in the case of my father, a couple of years ago, my brother and I just kayaked out a couple of hundred yards offshore...

See The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 11/17/12 Report - New Gold & Did You Ever Find a Cremation Tags

As I often say, a find can be the beginning of another search.  John's find is one of those.

You might also want to read about MIA/POW bracelets.  I told about them and one such find back in 2016.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 5/29/16 Report - MIA/POW Memorial Bracelet Found. Remains of Raft Washed Up On Beach. Bonnie Now Tropical Storm.

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

The two areas shown on the NHC map right now are expected to turn north and stay well away from Florida.

Surf Chart for the Fort Pierce Inlet Area
Source: SurfGuru.com.

So we should be seeing some increase in the surf early next week.

9/26/23 Report = Metal Detected Horse Bits, Tack and Other Related Items From Florida and Elsewhere.

 

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

Metal Detected Florida Iron Horse Bit.

I dug this iron snaffle bit several years ago in a trashy area a few miles inland.  I remember the hunt very well for some reason.  I was using a Tesoro Royal Sabre, and since it was a very trashy area with lot of iron and miscellaneous pieces, I played around with the surface blanking feature, which is one of the few times I ever used that feature.  I never determined the age of the bit.  It is heavily rusted.  I posted it in The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 11/25/19 Report - Horse Tack and Related Finds. Gold Coin Counterfeits and Cautions. High Tides and Flat Surf.

Below is a more recently discoverd bit that is thought to possibly be Viking era.

Source: See link below.

Near a mountain pass, not far from Norway's highest mountain Galdhøpiggen, archaeologists have found traces of horse travel.

A metal bit and parts of the leather straps that fasten around the horse's head have emerged from under the ice.

“The bridle has a shape that suggests it could be from the Viking Age,” Espen Finstad says to sciencenorway.no...

The horse bridle is just one of the discoveries archaeologists have made on this year's expedition.

They also found horse manure, textiles, horseshoes, leaf fodder, part of a horse snowshoe, a knife, and a variety of small wooden objects. Altogether around 150 items.

Here is the link for more of that article.

Viking Age Horse Bridle DiscovHerered Near Norway's Highest Mountain (sciencenorway.no)

It isn't easy for me to tell the age of horse tack, but the one shown immediately above was found with part of the leather harness, which will make it possible to scientifically determine the age.

This following illustration shows a variety of bits.

The illustration shown above is from A Guide to Artifacts of Colonia America, by Ivor Hume.  That book also provides a lot of other interesting and helpful artifact illustrations.

The bit shown at the top of that illustration is said to be "possibly quite modern."  To my untrained eye, it looks very similar to the one shown in the ScienceNorway article.  It will be interesting to find out how old that bit actually is.  

Detectorists occasionally dig up items from horse tack - I suspect much more than is realized.  It can include hooks and other things.  And, of course, it is not uncommon to dig up horseshoes.  I've dug those in various locations, including both the Treasure Coast and West Virginia.

Among my horse related finds are crotal bells.  I've shown some of those before, including the one shown below, which, by the way was found in the same area as a horseshoe and other related items.

Some items are questionable, such as the following whatzit.

I have a couple thoughts on that find.  One possibility, suggested by a reader of this blog, is a bollo tie slide.  Then I saw the following picture.

When I saw that harness, the silver item in the middle looked to me very much like the mystery item, so maybe the mystery item is from a harness.  I don't know.

Here is a harness pendant that I posted some years ago.

I think dug horse tack is probably often misidentified by detectorists, especially if you have no reason to believe you are digging in an area where there would have definitely been horses.

You might want to browse the Old West Collector web site which shows a variety of antique and vintage spurs and bits, including a few Spanish colonial examples.

Vintage Collectible Old West Bits & Spurs — Old West Collector

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

I'm not expecting Philippe to hit us, but it looks like the surf will be building a little towards the weekend.

Surf Chart.
Source: SurfGuru.com.

I have an interesting story for you that I expect to be posting in a few days.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast/net

9/25/23 Report - Gold Treasure Found. Treasure Coast Beach. Reading and Sampling.

 

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

Source: See ScienceNorway link below.

Another gold treasure in Norway: 1400 year old gold foil figures found in pagan temple.

A total of 35 gold pieces have now been found by the roadside near the Hov farm in Vingrom. "It doesn't get much more spectacular than this," says archaeologist...

“But more of these small pieces of gold keep appearing. Either through excavation or with metal detectors. So, more could pop up in various places in Norway as well,” she says.

Due to the continuous new finds, the number of gold foil figures must be regularly updated. The latest numbers Røstad has from 2019 indicate that a total of 3,243 gold foil figures have been found in Scandinavia – 2,708 of them on Bornholm.

Here is the link to the much longer article.

Another gold treasure in Norway: 1400 year old gold foil figures found in pagan temple (sciencenorway.no)

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Here is a link to another Norwegian gold artifact find that I previously posted some time ago.

 1500-year-old gold treasure discovered by metal detectorist: “This is the gold find of the century in Norway” (sciencenorway.no)

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Beach North of Fort Pierce Inlet.
Photo by DJ.

I received the above photo and following message from DJ.

Nice overcast day so walked north of ft pierce inlet. Saw what i thought was a bowl of sorts in the distance looking south to the inlet. You can see it at the top of the photo. This beach, being north of the inlet tends to collect sand. There are surfers that visit near the north jetty.

 As expected lots of medium shells thrown up, there was just a few modern coins and a single pop top. Seems no one with stuff to lose visits this stretch of beach to Pepper Park. I imagine there are isolated finds.

But it has been awhile and it just felt good to get out and detect.

Thanks for the report DJ.

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I was watching Gold Rush: Mine Rescue recently, and in one episode the miners were finding very little gold - almost none.  A four-hour test run produced only 0.03 ounces.  They miners evidently didn't know they were running tailings already worked by the old timers.  Freddy and Juan, who came in to help the failing miners, took a look and could immediately tell that the miners were working tailings.  The miners didn't know that and had wasted a lot of time and money.  

I'm often amazed how people will spend a lot of time and money starting an expensive operation without knowing what they are doing.  I'd never put so much money into heavy equipment and land and then run an operation involving a team trying to accumulate enough fine gold just to pay for expenses.  I'm not saying they are wrong to do it.  As the program shows, it sometimes works out, but that kind of mining does not appeal to me at all.  Besides just not looking like fun, I'm way too conservative (not talking about in a political sense) to spend a lot of money out front hoping to make it back, without being pretty confident that I could do it.  It seems that a lot of treasure hunters must think it is easy and are willing to take the risk even without a lot of knowledge or experience.  It seems it must occasionally work, but I'm not one to take a big gamble without feeling real good about the risk/reward probabilities.  Nothing wrong with making a bet, even a long shot one, but for me, I'd prefer to have a very good idea of what the odds really are before making a bet that I can't afford to lose.

Your personality will determine to a certain extent, what kind of treasure hunting will be right for you.  So also, will your personal circumstances.  

Freddy and Juan took one look and the material the miners were working, and they could quickly see that the material had already been worked by the old timers.  They had the experience and knowledge and could take one look and see what the miners did not see.  That is very much like reading a beach. 

Then they wanted to check out the material under that where maybe the old times didn't get.  So what did they do?  They took a sample to test that material.  Sampling is a good idea for beach metal detecting too, and there are many ways to do it.  

One of the things about sampling is the importance to get a good representative sample of the part of the beach you are considering.  Not all parts of the beach will be of equal interest, so you might eliminate parts of the beach and narrow down the area or areas you want to sample.  If the sample provides evidence the area might be worth detecting more thoroughly, then you hunt that area more intensely.  If not, you might want to move on.

Sometimes sampling can be as simple as running a loose search pattern or passing through an area you might be interested in detecting.  That isn't a systematic or thorough sampling, but you can gather information that way.

I could get into both sampling and search patterns but I've done a lot of that before.  You can search treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com for some of those old posts.

See for example,

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 6/26/20 Report - Incorrectly Marked Gold. If You Dont' Know Where You Want To Detect Do Some Sampling.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 4/6/14 Report - Beach Gold Find, Florida Missions, Beach Sampling and Old Fort Pierce Inlet

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 12/20/17 Report - Hoard of Silver and Gold Coins Found. Basic Stages of a Systematic Hunt. Recognizing Various Types of Treasure.

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov

So Ophilia is gone, and it looks like Philippe will go north in the Atlantic.

Surf Chart for Vero Pier Area.
Source: Surfguru.com

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

9/23/23 Report - Gunpowder Flask Found on Atocha. Treasure Coast Beach Views. Brightline Starts.

 

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

Encrusted Gunpowder Flask Recently Found on Site of Atocha.

I received the above news via email from the Fisher organization, but you can see it by using the following link.

Gun powder flask discovery – MFT (melfisher.com)

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Frederick Douglass Beach Friday.
Photo by Al C.

Yesterday I asked for readers to send beach photos and I got some for you today.  A. C. sent photos of Walton Rocks and Frederick Douglass beaches.

Frederick Douglass  Beach Friday.
Photo by Al C.

Frederick Douglass looks very much like it did the last time I was there.  It looks; like the front slope is still steep and probably still mush.  

Walton Rocks Friday.
Photo by Al C.

No erosion at Walton Rocks either.  You can see the seaweed, which indicates light materials, including sand, washing up.

Walton Rocks Friday.
Photo by Al C.

You can also see the water got pretty high, but you can also see that the waves were hitting the beach straight on, which was predicted.   I've explained the importance of wave angles before.  

South of Melbourne
Photo by Joe D.

Joe D. sent photos of the beach south of Melbourne.  You can see the sand piled up at the top of the beach.  You can also see were some sand has been removed lower, but there are no cuts.

Beach South of Melbourne
Photo by Joe D.

Thanks for the photos, guys.

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So you can now go from Miami to Orlando by Brightline train.  Takes about 3.5 hours.  

See Brightline opens $6 billion line to Orlando, expands U.S. rail market (msn.com)  

There are no stations between Boca and Orlando International Airport.  I dont' know if Orlando is still called McCoy or not.  I remember when you could walk into that little old airport building.  Same for Fort Lauderdale and West Palm.

Train travel was great in Europe.  Seemed like you could go almost anywhere, and it was pleasant.  I don't think it will work that well in Florida.

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I've been watching Gold Rush: Mine Rescue.  In the future, I'll be talking about some things you can learn from that show.  For example, sampling, which is an important topic for beach metal detecting.

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall in North Carolina.

Looks like we have one more system in the Atlantic to watch.

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Here is a reminder to protect your skin for sun damage.  The effects might not show up until your later years, as was my case, but it can be life threatening.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

9/22/23 Report - Watching the Weather for Changes in Beach Metal Detecting Conditions. What AI Has To Say About It.

 

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

Source: nhc.noaa.gov

 We have one area of weather that quickly developed off the coast of Florida and is already mostly north of us.  It is labeled sixteen on the map shown above.  Lets see if it will be sending some north winds our way.

Source: Windy.com.

So the answer is yes, but not real strong.

How about waves?

Waves map from Windy.com.

Again the answer is yes, but not real high, and the direction is northeast, but probably too easterly for a lot of effect on Treasure Coast beaches.

I'm sure that some of the areas north of us, such as the Outer Banks will get some good action again.

See The US East Coast is under a tropical storm warning with landfall forecast in North Carolina | AP News

A look at the SurfGuru.com predictions is consistent with that.

Here is the surf chart for the Vero Pier area.

Surfguru Surf Chart for the Vero Pier Area.

So we are to get a four-to-six-foot surf today (Friday).  I generally figure that six feet is about borderline for improving beach conditions.  There is enough surf for some good beach action depending upon the angles.

You'll see from that chart that the wind is from the north today, but the surf angle is more easterly.  Too bad.

It is one of those kinds of days when the weather is pleasant enough to get out and enjoy the beach, but the best detecting spots will be what I'd call smaller special situation areas.

You might also consider dry sand areas, which, although low probability, have produced some of my better modern finds.   

Don't forget that October and especially November have been good metal detecting months on the Treasure Coast in recent years.  There was some good erosion and lot of finds in those two months the past couple of years    That is when we start getting cold fronts coming through.

There is another topical system in the Atlantic that seems to be headed our way.  I'll be watching it for the next few days.  At this time it looks very much like Nigel.

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As Hurricane Lee tracked slowly westward in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 10, three new weather models developed in the private sector predicted the storm would make landfall in Nova Scotia about a week later. With the storm still thousands of miles from North America, the forecasts turned out to be an astonishingly accurate achievement for technology not long ago considered to be in its infancy.

Generated by artificial intelligence, the models are orders of magnitude faster and cheaper to operate than conventional, government-run weather models. While AI models don’t yet provide all the capabilities needed for operational forecasting, their emergence portends a potential sea change in how weather forecasts are made, and they could signal a new chapter in the weather forecasting rivalry between the United States and Europe...

Here is that link.

How Big Tech AI models nailed forecast for Hurricane Lee a week in advance (msn.com)

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Desperate Disney CEO Says Company Will 'Quiet the Noise' of Woke Culture Push Amid Nearly $200 Billion Loss - But Will It?  That is the title of an msn.com article.

"The new strategy, Iger told investors at a Tuesday meeting, is to "quiet the noise" and pull out of the culture war."

So they finally figured out that a big part of their customer base is made up of intergenerational traditional-values families. 

Here is the link for more about that.w

Desperate Disney: CEO Says Company Will 'Quiet the Noise' of Woke Culture Push Amid Nearly $200 Billion Loss - But Will It? (msn.com)

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If anyone goes out today I hope you'll send me some beach photos.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net