11/20/24 Report - Some Recent Finds and a Whatzit. Changing Focus and Benefits of Metal Detecting. Navy's Dancing Mouse Discovered.

 

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

Whatzit
Find by Dan B.

I received these find photos and the following email message from Dan B.  Can you identify the above mystery object?

Amazing how our worlds morph and change in front of our eyes. Pretty cool time to be alive.

Realizing at this point metal detecting's' true value for me is some opportunity to be alone but in when my mind won't wander because I am focused and tuned in. It feels very good. 

Yesterday I didn't plan to go but had a detector and needed to kill some time. I tried some old spots and found that one has opened up for me.  So in very little time found a few fun trinkets and my favorite...a whatzit. 

Iron plow looking part. Very neat.

I have been thinking lately that I need to find some kids and pass on my love for detecting. Too many children especially boys don't have people to encourage and show them the wonders of being in nature. I think they need it more that anyone at this point. Curiosity is a real gift. And children aren't starving for this stuff. If you know anywhere that I could pitch in let me know. 

Two More Finds by Dan B.

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Metal detecting can serve many purposes, and over the years it has changed a lot for me.  My first stage might be called curiosity.  I wanted to see what I could find and kept extensive records or my finds.

After I learned I could regularly find things of value, I was focused on finding gold. I even took a summer off my teaching to see if I could make a living metal detecting.  I learned that I could, but also that I didn't want to.  I preferred to continue detecting as a hobby.

And lately, I feel it is more important to find good homes for finds than continue accumulating.  Eventually they'll all have to go somewhere.

As has been said, you will only be a temporary caretaker for your found objects.  Eventually they will be going to someone else, if they are well taken care of.

Metal detecting provides many benefits.  Dan mentioned some of those.  I've often said that metal detecting is a great way to get young people interested in any of a wide variety of topics, including such things as history, archaeology, metallurgy, electronics, numismatics, probability, and just yesterday I mentioned ergonomics.   Metal detecting can lead you almost anywhere. 

It is definitely a good way to get some exercise and enjoy nature.  

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The wreck of a US warship sunk in a World War II battle dubbed one of the bravest ever stands by a US Navy vessel has been found in the depths of the Pacific, US and Australian officials announced Monday.

Known as the “dancing mouse” due to its slippery movements in that final, fatal fight with the Imperial Japanese Navy, the destroyer USS Edsall went down off the coast of Australia in 1942, under the command of Lt. Joshua Nix.

“Joshua Nix and his crew fought valiantly, evading 1,400 shells from Japanese battleships and cruisers before being attacked by 26 carrier dive bombers, taking only one fatal hit,”...

Here is the link for more about that.

Wreck of US Navy’s heroic ‘dancing mouse’ WWII warship found off Australia

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3Source: SurfGuru.com

We are still having some pretty good high tides, but not as big as recently.

As you can see, the surf is only 2 - 3 feet.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net