Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| Ada Evening News, Mar 22, 1965, p. 1 | NewspaperArchive |
As you probably know, I've been posting some 1960s newspaper clippings about treasure finds on the Treasure Coast. Below is one that announces, "Gold Fever Grows On the Treasure Coast." That article was published in Dec. of 1964. Here is an excerpt.
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| Another 1964 Treasure Coast Treasure News Clipping. Source: Fort Pierce News Tribune, Dec 4, 1964, p. 9 (newspaperarchive.com) |
When looking over the last few days of posts and clippings, did you notice the twenty-year periods ending in four?
The Treasure Coast was ripped by hurricanes in 1964 and historic amounts of treasure were found. Then twenty years later, in 1984, there was the legendary Thanksgiving Storm that produced more historic treasure finds. Then another twenty years later, in 2004, and the first time since 1964, we had three or more hurricanes making landfall in Florida including Frances and Jeanne, which ripped the Treasure Coast and produced more great treasure finds. And as hard as it is to believe, here we are another twenty years later in 2024 with the hurricane season just getting started. Will the trend continue?
It is probably just a meaningless coincidence, but if we take those twenty-year periods with each ending in 4 as significant points in the history of Treasure Coast treasure, we might expect another big treasure year in 2024. Personally, I can do without the hurricanes, but wouldn't mind seeing another big treasure year.
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A few days ago I talked about the benefits of being able to read cursive. I told about the benefits for the treasure hunter but also the more general benefits of being able to read cursive. So now the Wall Street Journal gets in on it and publishes an article on the same thing.
The title of their recent article is, "Cursive Is Coming Back Now That the Kids Can't Read Grandma's Letters." That article mentions a variety of the benefits that I mentioned in my post.
There is a pay wall, but you might be able to read this article. Here is the link.
Cursive Is Coming Back, Now That Kids Can’t Read Grandma’s Letters - WSJ
If you have a nice old post card like the one below and want to know who the fellow is, you will be assisted by being to read cursive.
This post card was sent in 1915 and provided a good clue.
Older cursive can be more difficult and sometimes you will find things written in foreign languages.
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Now that Beryl has gone inland, the National Hurricane Center map looks pretty quiet. I'm surprised there is nothing much coming off of Africa yet. I'm sure there will be more.
The Treasure Coast surf will be small this week again.
Good hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net.