Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| John Brooks Sat. Afternoon Near Low Tide. |
In the morning, I checked the tide tables, but also some beach cameras to get an idea of what might be going on.
Here are some of the beaches as I found them in the afternoon.
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| John Brooks Sat. Afternoon Near Low Tide. |
The beaches didn't look as good as the last time I was out. One of the South Hutchinson Island beach cams, which I'll show below, showed that a cut had developed in the morning, but the cut was lower on the beach this time, so I didn't expect so much. The camera view isn't too far from the beaches I visited.
I only found some very small cuts at John Brooks. The biggest were to the north at the curve.
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| Frederick Douglass Sat. Afternoon Near Low Tide. |
Frederick Douglass didn't look as good as the last time I was there either. I couldn't see the bar in front of the beach this time. I think the low tide was probably higher, and it wasn't quite low tide when I got there, but it didn't look nearly as interesting as last time. I think part of that was my timing and part of it was due to sand movement.
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| Frederick Douglass Sat. Afternoon Near Low Tide. |
You can see the small ridge at the berm at Frederick Douglass.
Next I visited Walton Rocks. The access road was improved, and the access was open again.
There were no cuts there.
I tried to take some photos there but messed them up and ended up with some accidental selfies again. I need to be more careful about that. Sometimes I just quickly point and shoot.
Despite the mediocre beach conditions today, there was no shortage of targets. I found a good number of green encrusted coins. That surprised me. It almost seems like no one has been detecting lately. The last time I went out, there were plenty of coins. They had some depth to them, but nothing extreme.
This was the second time I took the Manticore to the beach, and am still learning it to use it. I really haven't done anything with it other than the elementary basics, but I have to say that it does seem to work pretty well. I don't know if the targets were missed by others or if no one has been around. I didn't see any other detectorists, which I found a little surprising for a Saturday afternoon near low tide.
I also was seeing a good amount of trash on the beach, which I didn't mind since I wanted to check out the Manticore's target identification. I'm more than satisfied so far. Thet visual target ID system comes as close to showing you what is in the ground as anything I've seen, and I'm very new at it. I'll explore that some more in the future.
Below is a beach cam sequence from Saturday morning. The were captured about 9:30, 11:00 and 2:30. You can see how the cut developed over that time period. It is the South Beach Zoom View from the Fort Pierce South beach cam.
Nice enough cut, but notice that it is in front of the dunes. A similar cut was at that location a week or two ago.
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There is now a hurricane on the map - Melissa.
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| Projected Track of Melissa. Source: nhc.noaa.gov. |
So it looks like Melissa will head north and stay out in the ocean.
For the Treasure Coast, it looks like Sunday will be very much like Saturday. Four to six foot surf and the winds remaining about the same.
Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net