Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| Treasure Coast Beach Frinday. |
I received an email from Mark G. who did some detecting Friday. He sent this report along with these photos. Here is what he said.
Friday I had no meetings in the morning so I thought that would be a good time to hit low tide at a little known beach I have had my eye on. The post from the 21st describing all the beaches from John Brooks south down to Walton Rocks skipped right over it. I was able to walk over a mile and a half north almost reaching Frederick Douglass. The cut was straight and long, tide was low, I hunted low in the surf where the water was cutting a trench southward, looked like a river paralleling the beach. I could see the shell bed being eroded at the very edge. This is a barren stretch of beach so it was a ship wreck treasure hunt not expecting modern junk. I did not find any treasure but the golden colored 10c Euro got me very excited for a second LOL.
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| Treasure Coast Beach Friday. |
Here is what he found.
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| Friday Finds Made by Mark G. |
Mark went back to the same beach Sunday.
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| Same Beach Sunday. Photos by Mark G. |
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Al C. recently found copper wire and insulators on another North Hutchinson Island beach.
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| Clear Hemingray Insulator. Found by Al C. |
Here is a nice Hemingray database for researh.
Hemingray.info - Hemingray Glass Insulator Database & More!
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| Metal Railroad Track Plates and Spikes. |
You might remember a few years ago when I did some detecting on a lot by the railroad tracks where, from the finds, I concluded there must have been a wreck at one time. Among the many spikes, tools and other items I dug were the plates shown above. I made some benches from sections of track that were recovered from the lot, but I kept spikes and the plates and some other things figuring that I'd eventually find a use for them. Well, I finally found a use for the metal plates, and was glad I did.
The mailman always created a rut where he stopped his truck in front of my mailbox. I thought about concreting the track but then decided to try using the plates. I filled the rut, smoothed it out and used the plates to pave the area. I used some railroad spikes, which you can see in the photo, to hold the plates in place. I didn't know if it would work, but it works better fine. I didn't know if it would work, and didn't really expect it to work as well as it did.
I don't like to see things go to waste, and I'm always glad to be able to repurpose finds that don't seem to have any obvious use.
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Here is a good research link.
Indian River Journal - Spring-Summer 2018
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| Source: SurfGuru.com. |
Looks like we'll be seeing a continual decline in surf. Nothing exciting for a while.
I'm waiting to catch a good low tide.
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Good hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net