Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| John Brooks Beach Monday Afternoon. |
I had an afternoon open and felt like going out to check a few beaches Monday. Here is what I saw at a few beaches on North Hutchinson Island.
First off, notice the seaweed on the slope. That is an indication that the beach accumulated sand after the beach eroded some. You can still see some cuts.
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| John Brooks Beach Monday Afternoon. |
The water had been over the berm at John Brooks, but not a whole lot.
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| Frederick Douglass Beach Monday Afternoon. |
As usual, Frederick Douglass looked similar to John Brooks, but in this case, a touch better. I checked Frederick Douglass with a metal detector a little, but not much. The slope, especially the lower slope was pretty firm, but targets were very scarce.
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| Frederick Douglass Beach Monday Afternoon. |
I saw one other detectorist using a Sovereign.
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| Blind Creek Monday Afternoon. |
There were a lot of sun bathers at Blind Creek. It is a very busy beach.
I prefer to go to the beach when there aren't many people, but today there were quite a few there.
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| Blind Creek Monday Afternoon. |
Blind Creek didn't look much good. In the distance, it looked like there might have been some better spots.
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| Walton Rocks Monday Afternoon. |
None of the other beaches were as busy as Blind Creek.
There was one detectorist at Walton Rocks, who correctly read the beach and walked directly to the best-looking spot.
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| Walton Rocks Beach Monday Afternoon. |
So in summary, the beaches I saw on North Hutchinson Island today didn't look very promising Monday afternoon - certainly not good enough for old shipwreck finds. I did very little detecting.
The waves were hitting directly onto the beach Monday afternoon even though there had been some wind changes the past day or two.
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I don't expect anything much different on the beaches tomorrow. The surf will gradually be decreasing the next few days.
Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net