4/14/25 Report - Hot Spot Created by Demolition Yields Fun Hunt For One Detectorist. Engraved Rock Leaves Archaeologists Puzzling.

 

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

Coins Found by Mark G. on Recent Hunt.

I received these photos and email messages describing a fun hunt by Mark G.

I had to travel last week for business, before I left they were prepping the Dunes Café for demolition due to the fire, this weekend I’m back and the old Dunes is gone. I got to the beach Saturday afternoon for a sweep of the beach after a busy day (2 junk ankle bracelets) and there was nothing but sand and a piece of equipment where the Dunes decking was. I thought to myself that looks prime for detecting. The Dunes was only 40 years old so I knew there wasn’t much history buried there but there had to be coins that slipped through the cracks in the deck. I went back today Sunday morning from 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM and I was busy for the full hour digging quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies and even a junk bracelet. Not going to kid you it was junky but the quarters and dimes just screamed at me and were not more than a few inches deep. The sugar sand sifted easily and the best part is you could just leave the junk. I could have spent hours I only scratched the surface digging every few feet or less sometimes multiple coins in the scoop. But I didn’t want to be kicked out and truthfully there are no posted “no trespassing” signs, it’s not fenced by anything but a silt fence. I don’t know how long the ground will be exposed but it’s worth another look.

I cleaned $9 in clad plus 3 copper pennies. Closest I came was a 1965 quarter newest 2019 dime.

PS. I’m still tumbling the coins but the bracelet I just found it marked 925.

Mark sent this link that tells about the cafe.

40-year-old Jensen Beach cafe is demolished, new one expected to rise in its place

Thank much to Mark G. for sharing.

Never pass up an metal detecting opportunity like that.  Keep your eyes open for newly created opportunities.

As I told Mark, there is more treasure history for Jensen than most people know about.  I once wrote about the little-known box of gold coins found pretty close to there.  

Here is a related link.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 5/20/19 Report - Treasure Lore of the Jensen and Sewall's Point Areas. Pirate Don Pedro Gilbert. Bottle Finds.

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Archaeologists Make Stunning Find of Prehistoric Engraved Rock

The remarkable artifact was discovered in the Coto Correa site in Marbella’s Las Chapas district. Scientists believe that the engravings could be as many as 200,000 years old, which would place their creation in the Lower Paleolithic era. Coto Correa has been the subject of much archaeological interest ever since 1950, when stone tools were found at the site. Since then, scientists have recovered a cadre of artifacts which they estimate are at least tens of thousands, and possibly hundreds of thousands, of years old...

Researchers are still puzzling over what the inscriptions meant to the people who carved them, but it’s hypothesized that they served as a preliminary form of record keeping. They could have been used to track seasons; notable achievements within the community; the quantity of food and other items; or possibly served as a method of property identification, meaning the person who engraved the rock then owned it...

Here is the link for more about that.

Archaeologists Make Stunning Find of Prehistoric Engraved Rock

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Nothing more than a three foot surf is predicted for the entire coming week.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net