10/31/23 Report - Swash Zone Metal Detecting and Why It Sometimes Is a Good Idea.. Reader Emails and Observations.

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

Halloween 1955.

I received the following email not long ago.

First of all I love reading your beach reports.

 

I was trying to get out earlier this week to hunt the cuts but I still work so I have been taking Fridays off to hunt.

 

I was at Treasure Shores Beach park last Friday when you were at Wabasso beach a little South and what a difference a day makes.

 

The cuts were filled in so I hunted the low tide and your Saturday report is right on, the low tide shell lines was where I was finding stuff but it was everything from old corroded tent stakes to new pennies.

 

I did find a 2000 dated dime which had been there awhile and a 925 Sterling Silver ring that was very badly corroded so it had been there awhile in the same line that I found 3 new design shiny pennies?

 

Thank You

Mark G.

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Following up on that, here is an illustration of a fairly typical beach. It isn't exactly what I was dealing with when I was finding coins in the swash area, but it will help.

Swash or forewash in geography is a turbulent layer of water that washes up on the beach after an incoming wave has broken. The swash action can move beach materials up and down the beach, which results in the cross-shore sediment exchange. The time-scale of swash motion varies from seconds to minutes depending on the type of beach (see Figure 1 for beach types). Greater swash generally occurs on flatter beaches. The swash motion plays the primary role in the formation of morphological features and their changes in the swash zone. The swash action also plays an important role as one of the instantaneous processes in wider coastal morphodynamics.  (Source: Wikipedia.)

As I've described numerous times in the past, the changing water force will determine where items are deposited. Some items are moved more easily. When the force drops to a certain level, items will be deposited. When the water force is sufficient the items will be moved. How much force is required to move an item depends upon various charact3eriestcs of the items, including things like density, and shape.

In the illustration above, you see a step in the shallow water just in front of the beach.  The step is created where certain items will settle between being pushed up onto the beach and then back down.  If you watch a gentle swash on a very calm day, you'll notice items kind of wabbling back and forth a small amount in the swash near the water line as the water comes and goes.

The beach I was metal detecting the other day was flatter than the one shown in the illustration, but there was still that area near the base of the beach where shells and other things such as coins were settling.  It was clearly visible because the sand, taking less to move, was washed off of it the area where the more difficult to move items remained.

At high tide and when the surf is rough, the area where these objects are accumulated might be too difficult to work.  At other times the area might be covered with sand.  It is a very dynamic area.  Waves can be crashing right on it, or material can cover it up.  It can also get moved or scattered.  But there ar time when it is accessible and productive.

Many of those items were dragged down to the bottom of the beach when the cut above was created.

For more about how items move and areas like this get created, you might want to check out this post.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 6/28/16 Report - How Water Sorts Things On The Beach. Gold and Emerald Finds.

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Here is another email I recently received.

I recently discovered your blog, and it has been a welcome discovery. I am fairly new to detecting (I have been doing it a few times a year for the past few years), but I am hoping to dedicate more time to it in the future. When the seas are calm I am usually out fishing, but when they are not, detecting is a nice Yin to fishings Yang.

I am a Fort Pierce resident and it is nice to see reports from our beaches. One of the most helpful things I learned from your blog is the importance of wave direction. I have hunted this week for the last 3 days with discouraging results. I became excited when I saw this weeks wind/wave event. Unbeknownst to me, the strong east wind/wave direction really did nothing but "sand in" everything.

Yesterday I hunted Blind Creek at low tide. I have always assumed that this beach does not get much competition from other detectorists because of the nude aspect to the beach. I think I may be wrong. I hunted the wet sand first and only came up with 2 targets, both pennies. Discouraged, I moved up to the dry sand, where I have had many targets before. I was a bit stunned to only dig a handful of targets in the main areas where people congregate. I had the same results at Pepper Park on Tuesday.

How many other detectorists are hitting our local beaches? I usually run into a handful of them whenever I am out, but in my experience, they really don't know what they are doing. Most are swinging their coils 6 inches off the ground, or only swinging 20-30 degrees, I have even seen some who don't have anything to dig up their targets with. I wouldn't mind picking your brain on a number of topics sometime.

Lastly, I wanted to say that I was sorry to read about the passing of your mother. From what you wrote she lived a long and impressive life.

Thanks again for your blog.
Mark

Thanks Mark.  There is at least one fellow at Blind Creek that metal detects completely nude. 

You can be sure it is not me. 

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About Disney...

After suffering one box office bomb after another over the last two years, Disney is now being hit with massive delays thanks to the writers and actors strikes that have brought the film and TV industry grinding to a halt.

Last week, Disney, which is losing billions of dollars, announced that "Disney's Snow White," its big flick for March of 2024, is being delayed until March of 2025. One reason is the actors strike, which still hasn't been settled, according to The Hollywood Reporter....

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Still Some Action on the Map.
Source; nhc.noaa.gov.

Surf Chart From SurfGuru.com.

We are still having some big tides.  

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

10/29/23 Report - Amazing Sixteenth Century Artifact from Treasure Coast. Hunting Whitewater Line Seconded.

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

Lead Seal Dated 1571
Find and Photo by Russ P.

Above is a great Treasure Coast beach find by Russ. P.  It doesn't get any better than that.  The design and date on the date is very sharp.

Here is a larger view.

Close-up View of 16th Century Lead Seal Found by Russ P.

And below is a write-up of the artifact sent by Russ P.

Now that is a really cool find.  The next thing to figure out is how it got there, what ship it came from, etc.  

Congratulations to Russ.  And thanks for sharing.

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Yesterday I mentioned where I metal detecting coins.  Mark D.. seconded that.  Here is what he said.

First of all I love reading your beach reports.

 

I was trying to get out earlier this week to hunt the cuts but I still work so I have been taking Fridays off to hunt.

 

I was at Treasure Shores Beach park last Friday when you were at Wabasso beach a little South and what a difference a day makes.

 

The cuts were filled in so I hunted the low tide and your Saturday report is right on, the low tide shell line was where I was finding stuff but it was everything from old, corroded tent stakes to new pennies.

 

I did find a 2000 dated dime which had been there awhile and a 925 Sterling Silver ring that was very badly corroded so it had been there awhile in the same line that I found 3 new design shiny pennies?

Thanks for sharing, Mark.

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Surf Chart for Fort Pierce Area from Surfguru.com.

As you can see, the surf will decrease a little, then Wednesday will increase again.  Keep watching.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

 

10/26/23 Report - Changing Beach Metal Detecting Conditions Around the Treasure Coast. White Water Metal Detecting.

 

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

John Brooks Beach Saturday Afternoon.

I visited some beaches Saturday afternoon, and what a difference a day makes.  Maybe it was two days, but there was a big difference.

If you remember, I posted a photo of John Brooks taken Thursday where there was a cut all along the beach.  Now - just a big soft slope made of newly deposited sand.  The flat beach is higher, and you can see the new layers on the flat beach.

John Brooks Beach Saturday Afternoon.

In the above photo, you'll notice an odd area.  In approximately that location, something like that has occurred the past few years.

Frederick Douglass Beach Saturday Afternoon.

Thursday, Federick Douglass had a cut that was even nicer than the one at John Brooks.  But today, it was gone too.

You'll notice that the waves are breaking parallel to the beach.  That will usually push sand up onto the beach, and it is evident this time.

There was an odd little cliff on both sides of the access path where people usually walk down to the beach.  You can see one side of that above.

Frederick Douglass Beach Saturday Afternoon.

The cut is completely gone here too.

Walton Rocks Beach Saturday Afternoon.

Walton Rocks had a slightly firmer slope.

Walton Rocks Beach Saturday Afternoon.

I eventually found where the coins could be found.  In an area where there was previously a big cut, which had been filled somewhat, in the rough water there was a strip of shells and broken bits.  That is where coins could be found. 

That, however, is tough going.  You are working in rushing water, that is pushing you around, washing in and out over the area and sometimes crashing right on it.  It isn't easy to hold your position, keep the target pinpointed and then recover it.

Recovery is the hard part, because not only do you have to remain on the spot while being pushed this way and that, but the digging is also difficult.  You are attempting to dig into shells.  I haven't done that kind of detecting much, if at all, this year, and if you are not on your game, it is difficult.  But the main point is there was a good area to detect, even if it wasn't a walk in the park.

I'll try to illustrate or describe that better sometime in the future.  I'll probably have to draw something even if I catch some photos.

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I have a Super nice 16th century find to show too.  I almost had it ready to post today, but beach conditions are probably more time- sensitive right now, so I posted that.

The surf will be a touch smaller tomorrow.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

10/27/23 Report - Vero Area Beaches Reduced but Still Holding Renourishment Sand. Bigger Surf Coming.

 

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

Wabasso Friday Afternoon.

I had an appointment in the Vero area this afternoon, so I got a chance to look at a couple of the beaches.

Above you can see Wabasso, and in the distance, the Disney Resort.

There is still a good amount of renourishment sand on the beach, even though a lot of it has been washed out into the water.

Wabasso Beach Friday Afternoon.

A good number of snow birds and tourists are back.  That, of course, helps beach detecting and gives you more modern targets.

Down at Turtle Trail, the situation was similar.  

Turtle Trail Friday Afternoon.

The renourishment sand is still protecting the dunes and much of the beach.

I saw a few detectorists down at Turtle Trail.

Turtle Trail Friday Afternoon.

Seems like it has been a long time since I last visited Turtle Trail.   I haven't detected much anywhere this year.  I've explained why before.

One thing you'll notice is the seaweed on the beach, which indicates that the beaches are not now losing sand.  Light stuff is moving in and being dropped on the beach.

At Turtle Trail I noticed only a little cloth from one of the erosion control bags.

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Predicted Path of Tammy.
Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

Tammy just won't die.  She is headed the other way right now but looks like she could circle back.

There is also a little development down by Central America.

A broad area of low pressure has formed over the southwestern 
Caribbean Sea.  Environmental conditions could support some slow 
development of this system during the next several days while it 
moves generally northward. 

Fort Pierce Inlet Area Surf Chart from Surfguru.com.

So it looks like we'll get a couple days of slightly bigger surf and then possibly another bump in the surf next week.

Good hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

10/26/23 Report - At Least Some Treasure Coast Beaches Remain Improved. Even Higher Surf Expected Tomorrow.

 

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

Frederick Douglass Beach Thursday Afternoon.

I got a chance to take a look at a couple beaches this afternoon. It was near low tide. You can see that above.

Frederick Douglass Beach looked pretty good. It has been a while since I saw it looking. The cut at Frederick Douglass was about five feet and what I'd call crisp.

Frederick Douglass Beach Thursday Afternoon.

You can also see the nice broad low beach front.

One thing I failed to point out about the photos I posted yesterday, is faint remains of a previous cut, which is several feet behind or west of the new cut.

That can be important because it tells you that not long ago the beach was cut farther back than it is now, which means that the sand that eroded recently, was sand that filled in where the previous cut was.  That also tells you that anything in the sand was dropped as the sand filled in the previous cut.  Since the cut face showed no layers of shells or anything else to suggest the refill was a strong enough event to push up heavier items.  

Since I was at John Brooks yesterday, the wind has changed, and the cut at John Brooks is less sharp.  Between the two, I'd say Frederick Douglass now looks a little better than John Brooks.

John Brooks Beach Thursday Afternoon.

I was there later in the day and the closer to the low tide, so there was more beach to detect and I found more targets.  The targets were varied, ranging from aluminum, to corroded iron, to modern coins, and a couple other unidentified items.

I could tell a detectorist had been there earlier.  There were a couple obvious covered holes

John Brooks Beach Thursday Afternoon.

I was actually expecting a little more refilling at Brooks since the wind direction changed a little.

On the basis of these two beaches, I'd have to say there is probably some good spots out there, but these are the only two beaches I had time to visit.  I'd be able to make a better estimation if I'd seen more beaches, but from the two I did see, I'd say that beach conditions metal detecting conditions are at least a level two.  Wish I had time to see a few more beaches.  

Tammy is still out there, but much reduced.

Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

A higher surf yet is coming.  Up to 7 or 8 feet, according to surfguru.com.  We're not getting great angles, but with the higher surf, we are still having big tides - above three feet.

SurfGuru.com.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

10/25/23 Report - Erosion and Improving Metal Detecting Conditions on the Treasure Coast This Morning. More Expected.

 

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

Rainbow Wednesday Morning.

I got up this morning, looked out, and saw a windy cloudy morning, and just from the look suspected something might be happening to the beaches, so I went out to take a quick look.  As seems to always be the case, I have other things I have to do today, so I took a quick look when I had the chance.

Fortunately, it didn't take me but a few minutes to get ready and go.  I had most of my gear ready and have the routine down.

John Brooks Wednesday Morning.

As soon as I got to the beach, I could see that the flat beach was shorter and knew it had been cut back.

As you probably know that beach had been built up a lot this summer.

Eroded Beach at John Brooks Wednesday Morning.

The slope wasn't real firm.

Looking at the face of the cut there were almost no shell layers.  None of any significance  

It is good to look at the face of the cut.  You can tell how that part of the beach was built, and therefore, what might come out of it. 

Same erosion extended to the south.

John Brooks Beach Wednesday Morning.

The sky was clearing and the rainbow shown at the top of this post appeared as I was leaving.

I only did a quick little hunt.  Just didn't have the time to spend, but I did manage one ring.  No coins, by the way.

Sterling Ring With Missing Stone.

If you had time to check out the various beaches this morning, it would be a good day to do it.  I don't doubt that you would eventually find some good hunting.  That is what I would have done if I had the time.

Looks like Tammy will be hanging around out there and continue to have some effect on us.

The high tides are good and high.  Over three feet.

Remember the last couple of years, October and November produced some good finds.  Things seem to be shaping up again.

Surf Chart from SurfGuru.com

This looks promising.  We're supposed to get some pretty good surf on Friday and Saturday.  With the higher tides we're getting and the start we already have, it looks promising despite the less-than-optimal angles.  I'm pretty sure that if you can look at a few beaches, there will be some places worth spending some time.  If it wasn't for the remaining renourishment sand, it would be even better.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

10/24/23 Report - So You Can't Take It with You: Then What. Tammy Turning West.

 

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

Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

So it looks like Tammy is making a turn and coming back to the west.  Keep watching that even though it will probably fizzle out.

Source: surfguru.com

The wind is increasing today.  It looks like we'll be getting mostly east winds. 

The tides are still pretty high.

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As you probably know, my mother recently passed away.  As a result I've been spending a lot - and I do mean a lot - of time cleaning out her house.  And she had a lot stuff, but not valuable stuff unless you count the sentimental value.  Some of it is old enough that you might consider it historical.  She kept things, but so did her mother, so the photos so some of the letters, notes, greeting cards, photos, etc. go back a few generations.    

For most of her life she was very organized.  Things were organized in boxes and folders, and organized groups were appropriately stapled together.  But in her later years, she lost the organization, Things that she got out in the later years were not put back so orderly.  You could find things where you'd never expect to find them, which means that it was necessary to check everything if you didn't want to miss something.  And since I don't like to miss things, it has been a challenging and tiring task.  I suppose some people would have simply tossed much of it into the trash, but that isn't me.  You know by now that I find a lot of things interesting, and I found a lot interesting things.  

I have a hard time tossing trashing things that my grandmother and mother kept, partly because they thought enough of those things, and that makes them important to me.  

So what does all of that have to do with metal detecting?  Quite a lot, actually.  You can't keep things forever.  

You can't take it with you.  Eventually things deteriorate, get trashed or get passed on to someone that doesn't appreciate them the same way you do. Some of the things you kept for years will eventually get broken or trashed.

Selling things isn't a bad option - particularly when you can find someone else that appreciates those items. 

Probably no one will appreciate your finds like you do.  They didn't experience the hunt.  They didn't experience the find.  They didn't research the item.  And since you went through all of that, your finds will likely mean more to you than anyone else.  They are a part of your history.  You have put a bit of yourself into your finds.  They tell something about you, how you spent your time, and what kinds of things you valued.

I've also said this before, but caring for your items can increase their value.  If you've been checking out the treasure auctions, the provenance of an item can increase its value.  That means the history of the item must be documented. 

Documenting your finds will also help you remember the details.  I know I forgot a lot about finds that were made thirty or forty years ago.  You assume that you'll remember, but time takes a toll.  

When you find a new item, such as a wedding ring, that object probably has sentimental value to the owner and should be returned whenever possible.  I post about returned finds every once in a while.  Some go through quite a journey to find their way back to the original owner.  That journey can become a part of a family's story and be passed down too.

Not everyone has the same sense of nostalgia.  Some people just don't care much about the past.  I'd say that treasure hunters generally appreciate history more than the average person, especially those who hunt older items.  

Give a little thought to where your finds should eventually go.  Maybe some of your best old finds should go to a museum or collector, or maybe they should be published or posted somewhere so that others have a chance to learn from them too.  

Find someone that will love them.  Preserve them and document them, then pass them on to the most appreciative recipient you can find. Help them continue the story.

One thing I've noticed is that the photos printed on paper have survived, whereas those stored on electronic media are no longer easily accessible.  The technology changed and it is difficult to access things stored on old broken computers or outdated floppy disks.

When you share your finds online or wherever, others can learn from them.  It can help you learn more about them too when others see them and share their comments.  If nothing else, they become a part of the larger knowledge base to be shared by the larger community.

You never know, how seeing one of your finds might help someone else.  It might be in a small way or a big way, but putting the item into public view provides a service and expands the significance of the item's story.  

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Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

10/22/23 Report - Things to Watch To Get An Idea of Future Detecting Opportunities. Eyeballing or Visual Detecting and One Such Recent Gold Find.

 

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

If you like to look ahead and try to time your metal detecting outings, you might watch the weather reports and forecasts.  I often refer to the Nation Hurricane Center reports, especially during hurricane season.  Above is the current report, which shows Tammy and one other little system, which is supposed to stay down there around Central America.  Tammy has been hanging around for a while, but isn't moving very fast at all, which can be a good thing if you are hoping for beach erosion, but Tammy is going to remain far away from us as shown below.

Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

Tammy will have some effect on us, but not a lot.

If you check Windy.com for example, the ECMWF model shows the following for Sunday (today).

Wind Sunday According to ECMWF Model as Shown on Windy.com.

You can see Tammy lower right of center highlighted by the higher wind area shown as red.  At that point the wind to the north of us is coming down from the north and northwest.  The blue color indicates mild winds.

Wind Monday According to ECMWF Model as Shown on Windy.com.

According to the same model as shown on Windy.com, Monday we'll be getting a little stronger wind, but not much, and the direction will be mostly northeast.  Tammy has moved a little.

Wind Thursday According to ECMWF Model as Shown on Windy.com.

By Thursday, Tammy is shown as almost gone, but you can still see a little circulation.  By then the wind will be pretty much from the east.

So lets see how that lines up with the SurfGuru.com predictions.  Here is the current surf chart for the week.

Surf Chart for the Fort Pierce Inlet Area From Surfguru.com.

So the surf chart shows a small surf until it increases on Tuesday and Wednesday.  I didn't show the Windy.com wind for those days, but Windy suggests an increase in wind and surf.  SurfGuru shows the wind mostly from the east, except for a short time Sunday, when it will be coming from the north.

One thing to note is that I've been looking at the wind on Windy.com rather than the surf.  You can switch the Windy.com display so it shows the surf size and direction, but I find the wind display sufficient a lot of the time  Wind strength and direction is a good predictor, although, obviously not perfect, and it does not perfectly correlate with surf size and direction, but most of the time it works pretty well.  

You will see times when the swells are hitting directly from the east, but as the water rolls up onto and off the beach, the wind actually pushes the water in one direction or another.  That is just a personal observation, but one that is worth noting because it does affect the flow of sand.

I think you can benefit from both the Windy.com displays as well as the Surfguru displays or other similar sites, but the best thing for metal detecting success is to be out there every day. The more you detect, the more you will find.  You don't always need great beach conditions.  You can adapt to whatever is going on, and if you are out there, you will see what is happening.  Each beach has its own unique configuration, and will respond differently, so while one beach is producing the neighboring beaches might not be.  You'll learn how the different beaches respond to different conditions.  For example, some beaches are more vulnerable to south swells than others.  But overall, some conditions, such as those we call "summer" conditions, are not very good for metal detecting at all.

Although the best thing is to be out there detecting a lot, sometimes you just can't do that, so you try to pick the times when your chances are best.  Watching the weather can help you do that to some extent, but, as I often say, there is always some place to hunt and something to find.  

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On a related note, just two days ago I found the 14K gold ring shown below on a street.  It is scuffed up like maybe it got run over.  It weights 0.12 oz. troy.  With the current price of gold being about $1994 per oz., that would make the ring worth close to $140.  

The point is that you can treasure hunt all the time.  I've found some pretty good things on streets in the past.  Once I saw a watch on the street and pulled up to it, opened the door and picked it up without even getting out of the car.  I've talked about that kind of thing before.  See The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 9/6/11 Report - Visual Detecting, Mule Train & Meteorites

Here is a post on how to find paper money and ephemera.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 12/1/18 Report - Tips and Techniques for Finding Paper Money and Other Valuable Papers. News on the Atocha And Santa Margarita Sites.

It is a matter of keeping your eyes open and tuned.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

10/21/23 Report - Diver Finds First Atocha Coin. Silver Bars Now and Then. Lima Royal Escudo (?). Hurricane Tammy.

 

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

First Coin Find by Atocha Diver Catalin.

Mel Fisher's Treasure Diver Catalin (Cat) made her first coin discovery on the Atocha site! The coin was found in the deep mud area just NW of the main pile find. The crew came back in due to inclement weather but will be going back out once conditions improve.  Source: email from Mel Fisher organization.

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Seems like the large silver bars from the Atocha are always among the items that bring the highest prices in treasure auctions.  Here is one good example.  Although there are twelve days of bidding still to go in the current Sedwick treasure auction, it already has some nice bids.

Back in the 1980s I worked with a fellow that bought some of those shortly after the discovery of the Atocha and they were being sold dirt cheap.  Wish I bought some.

I was also in Reilly's Treasured Gold one day waiting for a tide change back then, when Arkansas Bill, a detectorist who showed up seasonally in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale/Miami area and lived in his van while detecting the beaches, brought in a bunch of big silver bars with Kevin Reilly.  I think he had been down to the Keys.

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The auctions always have a few standout coins.  I think this will be one of those.  It is off to a good start and probably will go much higher.

I wouldn't call it a Royal, but I'm no expert on that.  It certainly is a very fine example.

Sometimes people like a little encrustation or patina.  

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

So there are two areas to watch now, but the big one is Tammy.

Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

So we should be getting some rougher surf, but I'm not seeing any good angles.  The afternoon high tide today will still be over three feet.  Not as big as recently, but not bad.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

10/20/23 Report - Detectorist Finds Hoard. Silver Ring From 18th Century Wreck. Higher Surf Expected in a Few Days.

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

A metal detectorist in Switzerland has unearthed a bounty of Bronze Age jewelry alongside fossilized animal remains in a farmer's freshly plowed carrot field.

Franz Zahn made the discovery in August while clearing scrap metal for the unnamed farmer in the northeastern town of Güttingen, according to a translated statement.

The finds included a necklace made up of 14 spiked bronze discs, two spiral finger rings and more than 100 tiny amber beads roughly the size of pinheads, which Zahn carefully plucked from the soil using tweezers. Other items strewn about the field, likely due to plowing, included a bronze arrowhead, lumps of polished ore, an ammonite (a type of extinct marine mollusk), a shark's tooth, a perforated bear's tooth and a rock crystal.

After finding the artifacts, Zahn contacted the local Office of Archaeology to survey the field's contents more extensively. Archaeologists determined that the jewelry items were "typical costume jewelry" that would've been worn by women in around 1500 B.C. during the Bronze Age...

Here is the link for more about that.

Stash of 'eye-catching' Bronze Age jewelry discovered by metal detectorist in Swiss carrot field | Live Science

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Among the lots being offered in the current Sedwick treasure auction, no. 34, is this silver ring bearing a Greek key pattern that I would not recognize as being from such an early shipwreck (1707).

The wreck itself is an interesting one, being a British man-of-war, sunk in 1707.

The Scilly naval disaster of 1707 was the loss of four warships of a Royal Navy fleet off the Isles of Scilly in severe weather on 22 October 1707. Between 1,400 and 2,000 sailors lost their lives aboard the wrecked vessels, making the incident one of the worst maritime disasters in British naval history. The disaster has been attributed to a combination of factors, including the navigators' inability to accurately calculate their positions' errors in the available charts and pilot books, and inadequate compasses.

Below is the link to the Wikipedia article that describes the Scilly sinkings, legends and salvage.

Scilly naval disaster of 1707 - Wikipedia

Good read.

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Surf Chart for Fort Pierce Inlet Area.
Source: surfguru.com

Looks like we'll have a rougher surf towards the end of the week.   The direction doesn't look good though, and the high tides have been decreasing lately, though still pretty high.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net