9/12/23 Report - Fisher Find: Stew Pot or Submarine? Reader Trash or Treasure: How To Determine. Bigger Surf Nearing.

 

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

Source: See LiveScience link below.

A copper dome recovered from the bottom of the ocean may be the remains of a 17th-century primitive submarine known as a diving bell — one of the world's first, and the earliest ever found.

The dome was found in 1980 near the 160-foot-deep (50 meters) shipwreck of the Santa Margarita, a Spanish treasure galleon that sank in 1622 in the Florida Straits, about 40 miles (65 km) west of Key West.

The discoverers assumed the circular object was an oversized cooking cauldron...

But new research suggests the object may actually be the top of an early diving bell lost during a salvage of the treasure ship a few years after it sank... 

Here is the link for more about that.

Mysterious 17th-century 'cauldron' may be primitive submarine used to salvage treasure from a sunken galleon | Live Science

Possibly something like the one shown below.

Source: Wikipedia

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Unidentified Metal
Recently Found by One Blog Reader.

The item shown above was found by one reader who asked the folllowing common question.

     I was in the Keys over Labor Day weekend and found a piece of metal washed up on a small beach. It’s very interesting and I’m not sure if it’s a treasure or not. I wondered across your website and thought you might be able to shed some light on what I found and if it’s worth getting checked out or not.

Thanks in advance for your help.

As I told the detectorist, the easiest and most conclusive thing would be to find a pawn shop or jeweler who will conduct a free XRF test, however I have written about these kinds of finds in the past and provided tests to determine the answer.

Below are a couple links to old posts on the subject that should prove helpful.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 4/28/19 Report - Melted Beer Can or Space Debris? Some Answers and Tests You Can Perform.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 5/10/18 Report - Answering a Very Common Question. Titanium and Space Debris.

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The big news for today is the predicted bigger surf that we've all been waiting for even if it looks as if the angles won't be that great for beach erosion.

It seems like Lee and Margot have been lingering out in the Atlantic for an eternity.  Lee, which is the most relevant for us, is still out there.

Source: nhc.noaa.gov

Not much change there, but what will it do for us?

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

For the Fort Pierce Inlet area the surf is expected to peak late Thursday and into Friday at around five or six feet.  

We've been having some decent high tides.

Surf Chart For Sebastian Inlet Area.
Source: SurfGuru.com.

Notice that the peak surf for the Sebastian Inlet area is a foot or two bigger than that predicted for the Fort Pierce area.  Although worth noting, don't make too much of that difference.  It will come down to angles and previous beach conditions.  

The wave direction will be east almost continually.  Too bad.

For upcoming attractions, there is one more on the NHC map headed in our general direction.  More on that in the future.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net