Here is the link for the rest of that article.
Local residents keep finding leftover gold from California Gold Rush, 1 man says you can find $15K some days. How to cash in
Gold prices have dropped a bit from their all time highs, but are still up over $4000, which is still high.
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I've done several posts on how coins move on a beach, but up to this point I've mostly provided background on the processes. It has been pretty academic. After all that I am finally getting close to the conclusion. This will be Part VII of the series.
Yesterday I posted the following excerpt about a 21000 pound of concrete that was not only moved, but lifted, by a large wave.
Below is the link to the source document, which is all about waves. The source is very mathematical and definitely not easy reading, so I am just posting the excerpt.
Wave Action in Relation to Engineering Structures - Google Books
If a wave can move a 21,000 pound block of concrete, as described in the excerpt, you can imagine how a smaller wave could move a coin.
There are a few things to notice however. First, the block was much wider than tall. The top and bottom had a lot of surface area.
Another thing to notice is that the concrete block, or slab, was sitting on a pile of rubble, which would be easily moved and allow the water the get in under the slab.
Coins also have a flat profile and would often be sitting on a loose movable surface material such as sand and shell. Of course, the coin being much smaller would require less force than a large concrete slab.
Take a look at the first half of this video.
Bing Videos
It shows a coin that appears to jump into a cup. It might look a little mysterious until you know it works.
The secret, which the video reveals, is that the coin was actually moved by a puff of air.
In order to get the picture, you can prove it for yourself by doing this experiment.
I did it myself. I used the three coins shown below (dime, nickel and corroded zinc penny)
I blew a good quick puff of air over each coin. The puff had to be strong. I did the same thing with all three coins multiple times and observed what happened.
The penny really jumped off the surface and moved a good distance. The dime didn't jump as high and didn't move as far. And the nickel moved very little, and didn't jump off the surface at all. The nickel moved only about one fourth the distance of the diameter of the nickel.
The results seemed to go right along with the how you'll find the different coins organized on the beach. Pennies at the top or bottom of a coin line, with dimes in between, and nickels towards the opposite top or bottom from the pennies. I didn't use a quarter, and suspect that it would have moved less than the nickel. And quarters are usually found closer to the water than pennies and dimes when there is a coin line except when the coins are washing in rather than out and down the slope.
I hope you will try the experiment for yourself, at least with a penny, so you can see how the puff of air causes it to jump.
In the water the force would be from moving water, such as under a crashing wave.
I mentioned that the large slab of concrete was sitting on rubble and how that might be a significant factor.
To give some air under the coin, I put the dime and nickel a small distance apart, and the penny over the gap, then I repeated the experiment. This time, as I suspected, the penny jumped even more. The empty space under the penny definitely resulted in greater movement from the puff.
The coins in this experiment were on a flat surface except for the penny that was kept off the surface by the other coins. As I've said before, if covered by a stationary layer of sand, they aren't going to be moved by water.
Coins on or near the surface will be moved similarly by crashing waves, which will act repeatedly on any exposed coins. With a crashing wave there would be a crashing force following by a surge of water that would push the exposed and dislodged coins until the force diminishes enough to drop the coins.
I'll continue with this series and include address the effect of tides very soon.
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Here is a hint for finding the posts in the How Coins Move series. I have been including Part I, Part II, etc. as keywords posts in the series so if you want to find Part IV, for example, enter that in the blog's key word search box, which you will find at the top of the blog page.
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I was surprised that my posts on remote viewing were so popular, yet nobody attempted or reported on their attempts at my little experiment to remote view a site I had in mind.
While remote viewing is a topic of interest and has been used by our intelligence agencies, it is widely accepted that only select individuals have the ability to perform it remote viewing effectively. Many people consider it to be nonsense. The interest in the posts related to the topic tells me that there are many people who are interested in it though.
Many people are not comfortable with introspective pursuits even though mind altering drugs are epidemic. In the case of mind altering drugs, the emphasis is on the drugs, which reflects a materialistic view of the world. The drug is a physical substance that alters mental state. That is a matter over mind world view rather than a mind over matter perspective.
People don't seem to think much anymore. They use fact checkers and AI to do their thinking for them, which leaves them mentally weak. I take a rather extreme mind over matter perspective.
A metal detector is not the only way to find things. A metal detector is just one tool A metal detector essentially extends the senses, very much like the telescope, microscope or other scientific instruments do. A metal detector adds a sensory input modality. The metal detector senses and provides the operator with a reading of electromagnetic fields primarily under the coil. It is engineered to focus on the electromagnetism fields under the coil rather than interfeerence coming from other sources such as electrical cables or lightning.
You might remember the little article I once referred to about how some people are able to sense magnetic fields. See Some People's Brains Can Sense Earth's Magnetic Field—but No, It Doesn't Mean We Have Magnetoreception 'Superpowers'
If you put less emphasis on your detector, you might notice more of what is around you. You might make more finds visually. You'll notice more about your environment. You might notice the feel of the sand under your feet. Is it hard packed or loose newly accumulated sand, for example. That is something you can benefit by noticing.
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| Source: SurfGuru.com. |
The surf chart shows some increasing surf in the near future. It has been flat for quite a while.
Good hunting,
Treausreguide@comcast.net
