9/20/25 Report - Small Cuts along the Treasure Coast: One Example. 50,000 Coins Discovered by Amateur Diver.

 

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

Small Cut South of Fort Pierce Jetty Park on the Morning of 9/20.

This morning (9/16) there was a brisk wind from the north that was creating a rough north to south surf on the Indian River near Fort Pierce.  From the look of it, I thought the cut to the south of the bend would reemerge. So I looked and I saw what I expected.  The cut to the south of the bend had returned (Shown above.).  

If you are familiar with a particular stretch of beach and what has been going on there, you can tell with a fair degree of accuracy what will happen when the wind and surf changes.  I'm using this one as an example because I get a good shot of it from the Fort Pierce South Jetty beach cam.

Any beach detectorist can benefit by keeping in touch with beach changes over time.  

A few days ago, I showed where a previous cut at the same area got washed out, as shown below.

 

Same Area After a Previous Cut Had Been Washed Out and Before Today's Cut Reemerged.

The photo above (9/17) shows the same area before the recent north winds and reappearance of a cut to the south of the bend.

A Cut Extending South of the Bend as Shown on 9/16

The photo immediately above (9/16) shows the same area when the beach was cut before it got washed out.

Again, my point is that if you keep in touch with the shape of a stretch of beach as well as the changing winds and surf, you will have a good idea of how the sand will be moving and where the cuts and hot spots will appear and disappear or simply move. 

As the surf direction changes, the eroded erosion can move north and south or up and down the beach,

Of course, the ides in combination with the surf will have an effect too.  Cuts can wash out, be increased in height, or moved in or out.  

Observing this spot over the past few days provides a very good illustration.

The high tide of 3.3 feet will probably hit the foot of the cut tonight, but the high tide will be too late to get a picture of the water hitting the cut tonight.

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Amateur diver finds 50,000 coins from the 4th century hidden under the sand.

A casual swim off Sardinia turned into a headline find. A diver near Arzachena spotted metal on the seafloor and alerted authorities, who then documented a cache of fourth century bronze coins, with early counts based on weight pointing to 30,000 to 50,000 pieces.

The coins rested in a wide sandy area between the beach and underwater seagrass.

The team also noted fragments of amphorae...

This site lies near a natural corridor where waves and currents slow, which would help concentrate objects. A scattering pattern can come from a container breaking apart, with coins tumbling and lodging in pockets of sand.

Archaeologists will test whether a wreck lies nearby and whether amphora fragments came from the same event as the coins.,, 

Here is the link for the rest of that article.

Amateur diver finds 50,000 coins from the 4th century in the sand - Earth.com

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

Gabrielle is still expected to remain far out in the Atlantic.

The system behind Gabrielle probably won't amount to anything.

Source: SurfGuru.com.

Not much surf expected for the Treasure Coast, but we still are getting good high tides and some north winds.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

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