3/29/24 Report - Good Friday. Fossils of Extinct Mammals from Treasure Coast Beaches. Metal Detecting in Better Homes and Gardens.

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

Cross Made of Nails Soldered Together.

This cross is composed of five sections, each section made of three nails. Each square nail is seven inches long.

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The title of the article is Dire wolves, camels, and other extinct giant mammals that used to live in North America.  That isn't surprising, but may not be as easy to think of the same mammals being in Florida, yet fossils of mammoths, mastadons, camels, dire wolves and many other long extinct mammals have been found on Treasure Coast beaches in recent years.

Here is one example of a Treasure Coast mammoth tusk which weighs about thirty pounds.

 Fossil Mammoth Tusk Section.

Over the years, I've seen two fossil mammoth tusk sections on the Treasure Coast beaches.  One had a black surface ant the other almost white.

And here is a Dire Wolf tooth, also from a Florida beach.

Dire Wolf Fossil Tooth 

Here is the link to the article on extinct mammals.

 Dire wolves, camels, and other extinct giant mammals that used to live in North America (msn.com)

Remember that fossils of many of the mammals mentioned in the article have been found on Treasure Coast beaches.  They are mostly found after erosion, and will undoubtedly some of the oldest items you will ever find.  Of course, there are others that are no mammalian which can be very old.

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Metal detecting is becoming a very popular hobby all around the world.  Even Better Homes and Gardens Magazine (Au) has an article on metal detecting for gold.

Here is the link.

How To Try Your Luck Gold Prospecting With A Metal Detector | Better Homes and Gardens (bhg.com.au)

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Surf Chart From SurfGuru.com.

So it looks like we'll be hving around a four or five foot surf with a northwest wind.

The tides won't be very high.

Good Friday,

Teasureguide@comcast.net