12/29/24 Report - Some Treasure Coast Beaches. Dating Nails, Past Posts and Research Resources. Research Request.

 

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John Brooks Beach Sunday at Low Tide.

DJ sent these photos of John Brooks and Fort Pierce South Jetty beaches.  

As you can see Brooks shows a small cut at the top of the slope.  I started calling those rims.

The photos of Fort Pierce South Jetty shows a nice cut.  

Fort Pierce South Jetty Beach Sunday at Low Tide.

Thanks to DJ for those beach photos.

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I received the following email and photos from Joe D. 

I was out a few days ago in Melbourne, and got this one nail amongst a bunch of other iron nails and such that had collected in one area! Others looked modern, but this one i haven't seen before! I've tried look it up, no luck so far! Any help is appreciated!

The nail is about 2.35 inches long.

Any thoughts appreciated.

I did some old posts on the subject of dating nails.  Below is one useful chart.  It seems that Joe's looks most like the most left top example except for the hexagonal head.

That chart is in my 2/27/20 post.  Below is the link.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 5/27/20 Report - Researching Silverware. Chronology of Nails. Lead Shipwreck Sheeting. Auction Goes Live.

I did other posts on nails.  Here is an excerpt from another post.

I'd say that Joe's looks most like the top example in that illustration except the illustration shows a rose head nail and Joe's is flattened.

The original source of that illustration is from University of Vermont Historic Preservation Programhttp://www.uvm.edu/~histpres/203/nails.html

If you go back through the old treasruebeachesreport.blogspot.com and use the keyword "nails."  you'll find more posts discussing the topic.

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I was talking to an author who would be interested in seeing any old religious medallion finds from the area north of the John Brooks access up to the condos to the north.

I won't post them if you don't want them posted, but they might make an important contribution to the body of knowledge.

If you have any religious medals from that area, even if they were found years ago, and would be willing to share the information with the author, please let me know at TreasureGuide@comcast.net.

Thanks.

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It seemed like everything I did on this post had to be done three times before I got it right.  The computer seemed to be fighting me every step of the way.

Thanks to those who contributed.  I started on another topic that I'll get posted on another day.

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Source: Surfguru.com.

Not much new here.

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RIP Jimmy Carter.]