Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| Saturday Afternoon Cut. |
I'll start with the most important thing today. Here it is. The beaches have developed enough that I feel very confident in saying that some reales and treasure coins will be found on the Treasure Coast beaches during current beach metal detecting conditions. Of course, not all, and not even most of the beaches will produce, but there are scattered spots that you will have to look for. In terms of my old beach conditions rating scale, I'd say that as of Saturday afternoon, we are at level three conditions. I haven't seen the Indian River County beaches in the past couple of days, but from what I've seen, I am very confident that some spots will produce. Scattered is the key word. You'll have to find the right spots and in some cases that might meaning walking a good distance. If you've been paying attention to where good old things were found in the past few years, you might want to check some of those.
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| Recent Finds by Mark G. |
I had a lot of time to metal detect in the last week and finally got sick of parking lots and went back into the surf. Very quiet on the beaches for people and targets. For a long while I was hunting the shells for aluminum just to hear something to make sure it’s on. On my way back I went surf line. The low tide coming in and I hit a few pennies, shiny new ones with crust. At the one end of one big hollow I hit a very high tone and I dig a women’s ring crusty black ring with stone, it’s been there a long time. I went a little further then doubled back and hit a wide men’s ring about 5 feet past where I found the women’s ring. So I keep going a little further and not wanting to get too far from the honey hole I turn and headed back and hit the golden bracelet. All pieces were very aged almost about the same, I think they all came from one person who took them off on the beach together so they wouldn’t get lost in the water, they didn’t. The stone in the ring stood up well to the tumbling not a diamond may be a gem more writing in the ring that’s hard to make out. The silver is deeply tarnished and pitted on both rings.
Mark used Microsoft Copilot to research the markings on the silver ring. Here is wat Copilot said.
From Copilot:
The maker's mark on your silver ring, P2 S925 ALE 50, provides some useful information:
- S925: This indicates that the ring is made of sterling silver, which is 92.5% pure silver.
- ALE: This is the maker's mark, representing Algot Enevoldsen, the father of Pandora's founder. It signifies that the piece is likely a Pandora product.
- P2: This could be a model number or a specific identifier used by the manufacturer.
- 50: This might indicate the size of the ring, possibly the ring size or a specific code used by the manufacturer.
Based on the maker's mark P2 S925 ALE 50, it's likely that your ring is a Pandora piece, specifically designed by Algot Enevoldsen, the father of Pandora's founder. However, without more specific information or a date code, it's difficult to determine the exact year it was made.
On Friday Mark went out again. He stopped at John Brooks and hunted the small cut I showed yesterday and got a fish hook and a penny. That is about what you would expect from a small cut like that.
He then did the parking lot and found the following.
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| What Mark G. Found in the John Brooks Parking Lot Friday. |
Thanks for sharing Mark.
Copilot appears to be a good tool for researching marked finds.
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If you haven't used Mircrosoft Copilot before and want to try it out, use copilot.microsoft.com
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| Source: Surfguru.com. |
The surf is going to increase a bit more tomorrow. The high tides are good and high.
The hot spots would be more widespread if we had some better angles from the waves, but there are, as I said, still some good spots.
It is a good time to get out there and search out those better spots.
Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net