Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Turtle Trail Saturday Photo by DJ. |
Turtle Trail, like the beaches on South Hutchinson Island that I saw today, showed seaweed accumulation.
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| Turtle Trail Saturday. Photo by DJ. |
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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| One of the Crusty Coins Dug below the Erosion. |
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...
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov. |
We'll have continued high surf for a few more days.
Good hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net