Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| Pearl Necklace Found. Find and Photo by Mark G. |
Helene produced much destruction to a big segment of the country. On the Treasure Coast, the effects were minimal, but there were some metal detecting finds made as a result of the storm. The picture above is one find made by Mark G., and below is how he described it.
I got out yesterday planning on hitting a few intracoastal beaches I like and do well at. I figured with all the wind the intracoastal was pretty choppy might be some beach erosion. I figured right, at my second stop, a beach on the east side of the lagoon, I found a deep cut and the sand pushed up about a foot higher than last time I was there. There was a deep cut with a low spot and that’s where I found most of my hits. A few coins and a beautiful pearl necklace came out of that cut. It’s a tear drop design with a real pearl set in 925 silver with 10K gold inlay and 3 real diamonds around the outside. The chain even the clasp and the back of the pendant are all clearly marked.Congratulations Mark, and thanks for sharing.
I'd like to see more finds from this week. Let us see what you found.
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| 1935 Buffalo Nickel Found by Dan K. Photo by Dan K. |
Above is another Helene find and below the report submitted by Dan K.
Good afternoon,
I wanted to share an interesting beach find I made Thursday night as the storm passed our area. A 1935 Buffalo Nickel. It rang like a normal nickel on my machine. I was surprised and excited when I saw it in my scoop. It appears to have been out there for a long time and been through a lot from the damage to the coin. Also, another interesting thing occurred that evening. There were some crabs on the beach that were registering a tone on my detector. I’m not sure why that would be happening but thought it was interesting.
Regards.
Dan
Even though the Treasure Coast didn't get a lot of damage from Helene, it was enough to expose some older items.
Thanks for sharing Dan.
That nickel looks like it would have been in super condition when it was lost. You can see the date and other details really well.
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DJ sent the following report and the photos of Turtle Trail taken around 10AM Friday.
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| Turtle Trail Friday. |
Here is DJ's report.
There was a lot of renourishment sand missing and at the bottom of the access was some yellow sand. But repeated digging south of the access to past the second flagpole never hit the old yellow sand layer.
Quite a few targets most were iron, a few modern coins, a few pieces of aluminum can and some aluminum color melted metal drips. One piece of what looks like folded lead sheeting (rang up in the lead range) and three bullet casings around the .38 cal size.
At the first flagpole just the top shreds of blue bags were visible at low tide, then the incoming tide covered those up.
One more good event might get us into the old stuff.
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| Turtle Trail Friday. |
Great photos DJ!
Notice the shells.
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| Turtle Trail Friday. |
It isn't just coincidence that we got some weather and erosion and some nice beach find photos this week. The beaches look better than they had all summer.
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| Miscellaneous Items Dug by DJ at Turtle Trail. |
Great photos and nice report DJ. Thanks for sharing.
Anybody have pictures of the other beaches to share? How about Ambersands, Sebastian Inlet, Jensen, Jupiter, and Melbourne?
Thanks in advance.
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| Seagrape Trail Friday Morning by Kurt R. |
In addition to these great beach photos, Kurt R. also sent a find photo that I'll post tomorrow along with some more find photos. I wanted to get the beach photos to you in today's post.
Thanks Kurt.
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Hurricane Helene is one of the most powerful storms to hit the United States with wind gust speeds of 140 mph (225 km/h).
The storm made landfall in Florida as a category four hurricane but was downgraded to a tropical storm as it moved more inland.,,
Here is the link for photos of the destruction.
While detectorists see opportunities from the effects of storms. including erosion from wind, surf and rain and uprooted trees that can all expose treasure, don't forget those who suffer hardship as a result of storms. Keep them in your prayers and do what you can to provide relief and assistance.
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov. |
That is a pretty busy map. In recent years, we've had some pretty good hunting and some great finds in October and November.
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| Source: SurfGuru.com. |
The tides are still pretty high, but the surf for the coming week is nothing special.
Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net