10/6/25 Report - Million Dollar Treasure Coast Spanish Shipwreck Treasure Found. Rare Coin Treasure Hunt. Another System on the Map.

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

More than 1,000 silver and gold coins collectively valued at about $1 million were recovered from an 18th-century shipwreck off the coast of Florida, a shipwreck salvage company said...

"The condition of the coins suggests they were part of a single chest or shipment that spilled when the ship broke apart in the hurricane’s fury," the press release added.

Guttuso said in a phone call on Thursday that the coins were found scattered in a concentrated area deep in the sand. He added that the coins are believed to have once been in a container, as some of them bear the pattern of a burlap sack imprinted on them...

He added that one of the items found along with the coins is a royal lead seal bearing the impression of Philip II of Spain, who ruled in the mid-to-late 1500s...


Here is the link for the rest of the article.

$1M worth of coins recovered in Spanish shipwreck off Florida coast, treasure hunters say


This article has been circulating lately. I had it several days ago but gave priority to the changing weather and beach conditions for you beach detectorists.

I even saw a bit of this story on local noon TV news today.

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Stacks Bowers Galleries is putting on a Treasure Hunt for certificates for rare coins and banknotes.

  

For Americans wishing they could participate in the Great Canadian Treasure Hunt, there is a new opportunity stateside. This month, the rare coin dealer and auction house Stack’s Bowers Galleries is inviting the public to join in on a treasure hunt to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the firm’s first auction.

Certificates for rare coins and banknotes will be hidden in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, and Miami, all cities where the auction house has retail store fronts. The certificates will be tucked away in five iconic locations in each city, with one location revealed per day. The treasure hunt will run in each city for five days...

Here is the link for more about that.

A rare coin treasure hunt kicks off in 4 American cities

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Gold was only about sixteen dollars below $4000/oz. at one point Monday.  

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Tim Murray suggested using dielectric grease on the charging surfaces on Equinox detector to protect the surface from dirt and corrosion.

Thanks Tim.

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

Looking ahead, here is the National Hurricane Center map showing the newest are of interest taking a track similar to others this year.  Looks like it will stay out in the Atlantic.  It suspect it will, however, send us some more surf, and possible from a more northerly angle.

Source: Windy.com.

One model, ECMWF, shows the following for this coming Saturday.  You can see the circulation just north of Florida and the resulting north wind flow.

Surf Chart for the Fort Pierce Jetty Area from SurfGuru.com.

SurfGuru is showing only three- or four-foot surf for the Fort Pierce area next Saturday.  I'll be watching to see if that might change, which it certainly could.

The SurfGuru chart, shown above, is showing a predicted north wind at that time.  We'll see how that all goes together.

The surf is predicted to be decreasing daily for a few days.  You might want to watch for a good chance to check some low tide areas when there is a good low tide.  

Keep watching how things develop.  You'll make better decisions in the future if you keep track of how things develop day by day.

Today (Monday), the high tides are both over 3.5 feet.  Those are pertty good high tides.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

10/5/25 Report - Fall Metal Detecting Season Starting with Early Sand Movement. Record Metals Prices. TBR Principles Being Validated.

 

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

Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

Today I'll start by looking ahead.  We have another system out there that has a good chance of becoming a cyclone.  It is headed this general direction, but it is too early to say exactly where it will go.  

Present Surf Chart for the Fort Pierce Jetty Area from Surfguru.com.

We have another day of six-to-seven-foot surf predicted.  That is a good level, especially combined with the really nice high tides we're having now.

In recent years November has been a good detecting month, with some very nice old beach finds made in 2022 and 2024.  We are getting off to a good start with some early sand-moving weather.

The beach cam clip below, shows a nice stretch of eroded dunes.  Too bad the dunes are made of renourishment sand.  At least some of it is being moved.

Fort Pierce Jetty Beach Cam South Zoom View taken Sunday Evening.

This is the area where a few days ago I showed a cut starting to develop lower on the beach and then being washed out by higher incoming water.

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Gold prices have been setting records on an almost daily basis, but silver has surged by even more, up 64.5% so far this year compared to 47.6% for gold and closing in on its all-time high of $49.95/oz recorded in 1980...

Gold typically thrives in a low interest rate environment, and investors are pricing in a 97% probability of a 25 basis point rate cut in October and an 85% likelihood of another similar reduction in December, according to CME Group's FedWatch tool...

Here is the link for more about that.

Silver squeeze that has propelled prices near record high is set to ease, analyst says

Last week the price of gold was well above $3909 per oz.  That is a new record level.

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I mentioned the many Sheriff cars at John Brooks Saturday.  Eric H. sent the following email about that.

I saw you wrote about the police being at John Brooks this morning. I was there detecting early this morning and I saw something in the surf that I thought was a small tree trunk so I ignored it. A little later a resident walking his dog came up to me and struck up a conversation. Among other things he told me he had found a bale of marijuana in the surf and he had called the police (apparently the"log" I saw was a bale of pot). The police showed up on foot a little later and apparently confirmed what it was because soon after other officers on four wheelers showed up and took it and drove up and down the beach looking for more.

In other news, I found modern clad and aluminum today and even that was few and far between.
Thanks for the great blog!

Eric

Thanks for sharing Eric.  

I haven't had the time to report much about recent finds yet, but am always glad to share your finds with all the readers.  There has been a lot of other information to pass along...

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I was researching one of the newer metal detectors and in the process saw a variety of YouTube videos on various topics such as depth and target ID.  It seems the YouTubers have been discovering what we've been talking about in this blog for the last twenty years or so.  

The good thing is that the YouTubers are validating many of the principles we discussed in this blog many years ago, and with a variety of the newer detectors.  

For example, I saw one test reporting on the Manticore conductivity numbers produced by a large number of different items.  Gold items, for example, produced conductivity numbers that ranged from around 1 to 99 - in other words, nearly the entire range.  

I reported on similar tests I conducted with the Garrett Ace and Equinox, for example.  Those tests also showed a very broad range of conductivity numbers produced by gold items.  The point is that if you don't want to miss any gold items, it is a risk to skip numbers at any range of the scale. 

Way back I discussed the danger of trying to identify or discriminate items if you were trying to find gold.  With the current high price of gold, I wouldn't want to miss gold,  Gold isn't as easy to ID as a common coin.  Not only does it come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, but it is almost never pure gold.  It is usually an alloy.

Of course there are many reasons given to use discrimination or target ID for D/N (dig/no dig) decisions.  I won't get into that all again now, but I will in the future be discussing a number of topics related like this in more detail.  

The good thing I'm seeing is that the principles we've been talking about for ever are being validated by the many YouTubers testing some of the newer detectors.

I also hope to get into recent finds soon too.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

10/4/25 Report - What Some Treasure Coast Beaches Looked Like Today. There Are a Few Cuts to be Found.

 

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

John Brooks Beach Saturday Morning.

Saturday morning I found my Equinox had not charged overnight.  That is not the first time.  One thing I don't like about the Equinox is the recharging mechanism that seems to get dirty and needs cleaning periodically.  I wish the recharging surface was covered somehow rather than being exposed to the elements, especially salt spray.

But since the Equinox failed to charge, I used my Garrett ATX, which I hadn't used much, it at all so far, this year.  The ATX is actually a more powerful metal detector, but it is the heaviest detector I've ever held, and not the easiest to operate, especially if you haven't put in some serious time with it.  As powerful and deep seeking as it is, it is not for everyone. 

John Brooks Beach Saturday Morning.

I first visited John Brooks.  I think drugs were washing up on the beach or something.  Several sheriff's cars were there.

One thing I noticed upon arriving at the beach this morning, was the large amount of seaweed covering much of the flat beach.  That is usually not a good sign.  It indicates that the beach is probably building.

You can see the photos of John Brooks above.  It was still a couple hours before low tide.

Frederick Douglass Beach Saturday Morning.

My next stop was Frederick Douglass, and as usual, it looked very much like John Brooks.  It also had seaweed and no cuts.

Frederick Douglass Beach Saturday Morning.

I then stopped at Walton Rocks.  It was similar.  

I didn't walk up around the bend to the north at Walton Rocks.

Walton Rocks Beach Saturday Morning

To the south at Walton Rocks, you would see where the water had washed up onto the dunes.  I saw some older sand a scoop or two down at some spots.  There were some coins there too.

Walton Rocks Beach Saturday Morning.

It seems things were similar to the north today.  DJ sent the following photos from Turtle Trail as it looked today.

Turtle Trail Saturday 
Photo by DJ.

Turtle Trail, like the beaches on South Hutchinson Island that I saw today, showed seaweed accumulation.

Turtle Trail Saturday.
Photo by DJ.

DJ found a few modern targets near the water line way to the south.  Looks like right around low tide.

He never saw any of the orange sand, even after taking several scoops.

He did see some fabric from an erosion control bag, as shown below.

Fabric From Erosion Control Bag at Turtle Trail Saturday.
Photo by DJ.

Thanks for sharing DJ.

So, a lot of the Treasure Coast beaches, even those far apart, were similar.

I did have a good idea of where to go to find some eroded dunes.  If you paid attention to some of the pictures I've been posting, you'd know too.  In fact, I just checked, and the cut is still showing on a beach cam.

Eroded Dunes.

I decided to do some easy hunting before I quit for the day so I went where I thought I could make some quick and easy finds.

I tried to take some good photos of the cuts I found but mistakenly ended up with some selfies.  You can still see a little of the dune erosion over my shoulder in the photo above.  

The dunes showed a two-to-three-foot cut both north and south for probably at least a hundred yards in both directions.  Unfortunately, the dunes there were from recent renourishment projects.  There were a lot of targets, many shallow, but also some deeper ones.

  

One of the Crusty Coins Dug below the Erosion.

I found myself actually wishing that somebody had been there earlier to thin out some of the targets so I could focus on deeper stuff.  I didn't have the right detector for quickly skimming through so many targets.  I started out the morning thinking I'd search the low tide zone for deep targets.

But here is my main point today - if you really want to find some better detecting spots, sometimes you'll have to check a lot of areas before finding what you want. They best spots won't always be the first place you stop and they might not be right in front of the beach access.

Looking ahead...

Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

We'll have continued high surf for a few more days.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

10/3/25 Report - Looking at a Couple Indian River County Beaches Close Up Today: Turtle Trail and Wabasso. Another System Coming.

 

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

Turtle Trail From Beach Access Area Friday Morning.

It was a pretty windy rainy day - the kind I always liked.  

I hadn't been up to the Indian River beaches for quite some time and decided today to take a look. I first stopped at Turtle Trail and then went to Wabasso. 

Below you can see some of the photos I took of those beaches this morning (Friday).

Far South of Turtle Trail Access Friday Morning.

Tons of renourishment sand remains.  The dune faces were still covered by renourishment sand.

The erosion control bags remained deeply buried.  No signs of them at all.  

North of Turtle Trail Access Friday Morning.

Not much to see here other than sand.

I went to Wabasso next.

Down by the Bend South of the Disney Resort Friday Morning.

This stretch of beach was pretty much the same all the way along, from the Wabasso parking lot area down to the big bend to the south of the Disney resort.

South of the Disney Resort Friday Morning.

Wabasso Beach Friday Morning.

Like Turtle Trail, tons of renourishment sand.  

I didn't see many detectorist out this morning.  Just one at Turtle Trail and one at Wabasso.

I did a little sampling, and it seemed that targets at both of those beaches were few and far between.  

When the water goes down some, we'll be able to check some of the low spots and get a little farther out.

I gave you a list of Treasure Coast beach cam links the past couple of days so you can check around to see where you might want to go, but, of course, you can tell more about a beach when you are actually there see it in person.

There is still a lot of activity in the Atlantic to affect our beaches.

Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

That yellow area is a depression that is affecting our weather right now.  We still have some pretty high surf predicted for tomorrow, but there is also another system coming that might help us.

Surf Chart for the Fort Pierce South Jetty area from SurfGuru.com.

The wind and surf is predicted to be coming from the east almost entirely.  I'd really like to see some better angles.  As it is, you really have to hunt around for the better spots.

As you can see, the surf tomorrow will still be pretty big, then will slowly decrease.  Five to six feet isn't bad by itself, but the other factors aren't helping.

We'll have to wait to see if the next system will help us at all.

I recently added a few bottles to my TGBottleBarn.blogspot.com site.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

10/2/25 Report - Treasure Coast Beaches and Beach Developments to Watch. Beach Cam Link List.

 

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

Turtle Trail Around Noon Wednesday.

The first four photos were taken by DJ around noon Wednesday.  They show Turtle Trail and Seagrape Trail.  Thanks much to DJ for sending those photos.

Turtle Trail Around Noon Wednesday.

I posted a photo of the beach south of Fort Pierce Jetty later Wednesday, and at that time and location the water was higher and starting to hit the dunes.

I apologize for not getting these photos posted earlier, but I just didn't have a chance.

Seagrape Trail Around Noon Wednesday.

The beach at Seagrape like the beach at Turtle Trail still shows good distance between the waterline and the dunes.

Seagrape Trail Around Noon Wednesday.

Michael D. sent the following photo of Ambersands Beach from Tuesday.

Ambersands Beach Tuesday.

At that time, not much was going on there except for a little scalloping.

Thanks to those who share beach photos.  I'll try to get them posted more quickly in the future.

The following photos of Sebastian and Fort Pierce beaches are clips made today around 3:30 PM.

South View from the Sebastian Web Cam about 3:30 Thursday.

You can see the very rough and high water there, which at the time was almost back to the vegetation.

South View from the Fort Pierce South Jetty Beach Cam Taken around 3:30 PM Thursday.

You can see that the water had been up and eroded the dunes a little.  Still a lot of good water force hitting the beaches.

Far South View from Wabasso Beach Cam Around 3:40 Thursday.

Look at the distant slope down by the stairs.  That water is lapping up on the dune slope pretty far there.

The past few days have produced the most interesting rough and high water I've seen all year.

I'm posting the list of beach cam links again for your convenience.

Jupiter Inlet Webcam

Bathtub Beach Webcam

Jensen Beach Webcam

Stuart Rocks Surf Report and Jensen Surf Forecast - Florida Surf Cams

Fort Pierce Beach Cam - Visit St. Lucie

New Live Beach Camera at Wabasso

Sebastian Inlet Surf Report and Sebastian Inlet Surf Cam - Florida Surf Cams

Surf Chart for the Fort Pierce South Jetty Area from Surfguru.com.

Tomorrows surf is supposed to be a bit higher than today's and today's is pretty good.  I'd like to see some better angles, but the water is hitting some of the dunes.

Check the high and low tides for your area of interest.

There is a lot of water on the low beaches right now and I'd definitely check some of those when the water goes down.

Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

Still a lot of weather to watch in the area.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

10/1/25 Report - Watching a Cut Develop on a Treasure Coast Beach. Tips and Links for Using Beach Cams. High Water Again Today.

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

Fort Pierce Jetty Beach Cam View to the South at Around 1 PM Monday.
Source: SurfGuru.com.

I posted a picture of the above view from early Monday.  At that time there was no cut.

Then I caught the above view at 1 o'clock, and you can see a cut had developed.

Then about two and a half hours later, you can see how much bigger the same cut was.

Fort Pierce Jetty Beach Cam View to the South at Around 3:30 PM Monday.
Source: SurfGuru.com.

The cut about doubled in around two hours.    That was interesting to watch.  

A little later the same day, knowing that some erosion was occurring, I went out to check out some other beaches before low tide and captured the photos I showed yesterday.  There was a good bit of erosion, as I showed.

Even though you can see all the beaches on the available beach cams, you can get several views, which you can use to get some idea of what is going on.  It was the views shown above that told me to go out expecting to see more cuts.

You can't tell for sure what another beach is doing by looking at a separate beach, but it will provide some useful. information.  Some areas are similar and will tend to erode at the same times.  Check the angles.  If they are similar, you might expect them to erode at the same time.  A little experience will tell you which spots tend to erode at the same time.  Of course, the relationship won't always be perfect.

Also, as I watched the cut shown above develop, you could observe the steps and stages. Once a cut starts and the water continues to hit the face of the cut, it knocks sand off the face of the cut, which then washes down the beach.

When the water bounces off the face of a cut, it bounces back and increases the flow back down the beach, taking sand with it.

One thing to be careful about when using camera views, is how the lighting affects the view..  When the sun shines brightly towards the face of a cut, a small cut might be nearly invisible, but as the sun moves west, the cut face will fall in a shadow, making the cut look bigger.  That is something to take into account when looking at beach cam views.  Consider how the light and shadows affects the view.

Here are some beach cams that you might find useful.

Jupiter Inlet Webcam

Bathtub Beach Webcam

Jensen Beach Webcam

Stuart Rocks Surf Report and Jensen Surf Forecast - Florida Surf Cams

Fort Pierce Beach Cam - Visit St. Lucie

New Live Beach Camera at Wabasso

Sebastian Inlet Surf Report and Sebastian Inlet Surf Cam - Florida Surf Cams

I thought you might find that list handy.

Of course there are others, some of which can be found through Surfguru.com.

Another thing that you might not know about the Surfguru beach cams is that you can change the view, essentially moving the camera, to give a north view, south view, etc.  

The view used for the two pictures shown above, is the South Beach Zoon view from the Fort Pierce South Jetty beach cam, which will also allow you to look at the beach north of the inlet, straight ahead, to the south, and more.

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Wednesday we are seeing some nice swells and high water.  Look at what happened.

Fort Pierce Jetty South View about 4:30 PM from Surfguru.com.

The previous cut washed over and disappeared.  What is happening now is better.  The water is hitting the dunes in some place, so some of the other beaches where the dunes aren't protected by a recently accumulated sand could produce some old coins.

You should check some of the other beaches.for dune erosion and low tide areas when the water recedes.

Surf Chart from SurfGuru.com.

Looks like we'll get two or three more days of good high surf.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net