11/30/25 Report - November Ends with Some Good Metal Detecting. Beach Conditions Rating of 3. Good Erosion and Spotty Good Conditions.

 

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

Fort Pierce South Jetty Beach Sunday Morning.

I'm going to start this post with the summary.  There is some big erosion on some beaches.  Treasure coins will be found.

I saw several detectorists this morning.  Three were at John Brooks/Frederick Douglass.  I saw others on other beaches.

The above photo shows the erosion not too far from the jetty.  The drop-off was about twenty feet in some places.  You can see various layers of sand and the erosion control bags at the bottom of the cliff.  You can tell how far back it was eroded by the vegetation.  It was eroded back to the dunes.

Fort Pierce South Beach Erosion Sunday Morning.

This photo shows the view up around the bend towards the jetty.

Also note the heavy seaweed at the bottom of the cliff.

There were many coins and other targets in this area.  

This view was taken from the access across from the public parking lot across the street to the south, which is now closed.

Concrete Marker Exposed at Fort Pierce South Jetty.

Notice the concrete marker in the middle of the photo.  I wanted to climb up to see if it was an old survey marker.  But whatever, it has probably been there through most of the recent renourishment projects.

Of course, the old casino was in this area and farther to the south across from Archies is a wreck site.

John Brooks Beach Sunday Morning.

John Brooks beach had intermittent cuts running along the beach - mostly one-to-two feet cuts.

Cut at John Brooks Sunday Morning.

Horses Sunday Morning at John Brooks.

As you probably know, you can ride a horse from Frederick Douglass, and now the horses ride up the beach to the north.

John Brooks Beach Sunday Morning.

As usual Frederick Douglass looked very much like John Brooks beach.

Frederick Douglass Beach Sunday Morning.

This photo shows mostly the flat, but there were cuts here as well.  Two detectorists were working up towards John Brooks at the water line.

Flat at the Water Line at Frederick Douglass Sunday Morning.

There were lots of coins and targets this morning.  I saw two detectorists working the Fort Pierce South Jetty area.  Lots of holes.

I want to get this posted so I'll wind it up, but I'd rate this about a 3 on my old Treasure Beaches Metal Detecting Conditions rating scale.  There will be treasure coins found although not all beaches will be productive.

 Some of the beach cams will give you a hint.

I've been showing this one, which should have given a heads up.

11 AM Fort Pierce South Beach Zoom.

You can see that the cut there had eroded back to the dunes, and I mentioned in my last post that the current would be scouring the beach just to the north, which you can't see in the beach cam.

Also, the last time some of the beaches became productive, this beach cam provided a good clue.  Frederick Douglass and John Brooks eroded last time this beach eroded, and a similar correlation was seen this time.

Check the other beach cams before you go, but there is no substitute for putting your eyes on the beach and you toes in the sand.

I'll wind this up for now so you get an idea of what is going on.

Maybe some can send some photos of the Indian River County or other beaches.

Good hunting,

Treausreguide@comcast.net

11/29/25 Report - Looks Like a Beachy Day To Me. Novembers Past. Gold Ingots in the Back Yard. Coin Jewelry.

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

Fort Pierce Beach Cam (South Beach Zoon View) From Around 8 AM Saturday.

The big news for me today is the weather.

You can see that the surf is much rougher this morning.  The waves are breaking farther out.  

If you watch the cam, you'll notice that the waves are scraping right along the beach right in front of the cam that you can't see in the view.

The wind has shifted and is coming more from the East today.  Yesterday it was more Northish.

You can see the mid-beach cut that was made yesterday at this spot.  If the doesn't shift again, I wouldn't be surprised if the cut in this view gets washed out nearer to high tide.

Surf Chart from SurfGuru.com.

Looking at yesterday's surf chart, the rougher surf wasn't expected for a few days.  It got here earlier than expected.  

Yesterday I showed how the cut developed in the morning.

This is the type of day I always liked to go out in the past.  

I started putting up some Christmas decorations yesterday to see how it would stand up in the wind.  Seems like putting my decorations out always starts a good blow.

November has often been a good metal detecting month.  If you think all the way back to the legendary Thanksgiving storm of 1984, and in more recent years, 2020 and 2022 were good Novembers for finds.  2020 turned up some of those early Carlos and Juana coins from a 16th century Treasure Coast wreck.

I've written about the Thanksgiving storm several times.  It produced many silver coins and also several beach escudos.  Here is a link.  The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 11/19/15 Report - Thanksgiving Before The Pilgrims. Gold Coins and Ingots. The Real Treasure.

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What was supposed to be a simple construction project turned into a discovery worthy of a modern-day fairy tale. In Neuville-sur-Saône, near Lyon, France, a man unearthed a gold treasure worth an estimated $800,000 while simply digging a swimming pool, as reported by Reuters...

In other words, no crime, no theft, no dubious leads. In accordance with the French Civil Code—which stipulates that "ownership of a treasure belongs to the person who discovers it on their own land"—the owner can keep their find in its entirety. The childhood dream of finding treasure in the backyard has thus, this time, come true according to all the rules...

The big question remains: why were these gold ingots buried? With the former landowner deceased, the secret of this hiding place seems lost forever. Was it a concealed inheritance? A financial precaution? Or simply a forgotten family secret? Theories abound. One thing is certain: this seemingly ordinary construction project offered its creator an extraordinary adventure—and a fortune as unexpected as it was legitimate...

Here is the link for the rest of that story.

While digging in his garden, he makes a discovery that will change his life.

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It seems coin jewelry is becoming more popular.  There was a recent New York Times article on the subject of shipwreck jewelry, especially that of the Atocha and Margarita.

Here is a general article on the subject of coin jewelry.

Ancient Coin Jewelry: Timeless Elegance You Can Wear

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Good hunting,

Treausreguide@comcast.net

11/28/25 Report - Gold Nugget Turns Out To Be Something Even Better. D. D. Gaillard. Beaches Starting to Cut. Stages of Detecting.

 

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

For 17 long years, David Hole hoarded a rock in his home and imagined that it contained a gold nugget. When he couldn’t figure out a way to cut up the rock for investigation, he took it to two eminent geologists at the Museums Victoria.  As it turned out, the ordinary-looking rock proved to be valuable beyond Hole’s wildest imagination. It was not just an ordinary rock, but a fragment that had landed here in Australia after a cosmic trip dating back to the dawn of the solar system, as they documented in a scientific paper published in Proceedings of the Royall Society of Victoria. 

Here is the link for the rest of that story.

Man Hoards 'Gold Nugget' for 17 Years — Then Experts Reveal It's a 4.6-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite

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Several times in recent posts I referred to a U. S. Army Professional Paper of the Corps of Engineers (no. 31) entitles Wave Action in Relation to Engineering Structures by D. D. Gaillard (1904).  I should have provided a full and proper reference along with the link before, so here it is.  

Even though the paper is over one hundred years old, it is far superior in many ways to most modern sources that I've found.  Too often today people depend upon technology rather than careful observation and creative practical experimentation. Mr. Gaillard deserves much praise and credit for the detail and quality of his observations.  Modern technology can become a distracting crutch as much as an aid.  People get overly fascinated by the tool. The same is true of the metal detector.

There are some that love exploring metal detectors.  And that can be valuable when in its place, but then other important things are neglected.  A good hunter can make good finds with a less capable detector than someone less skilled can make with a better detector.  I've said before that if I was going to depend on someone getting me food, I'd choose the wise old Indian with a bow and arrow over the city slicker with the newest and best rifle.  

Gaillard was an exceptionally skilled and practical observer who made effective use of his tools, including particularly the dynamometer, to answer important questions and provide solutions.  

The Guillard paper mentioned some important observations that I didn't previously include in my posts. I recommend studying his paper in detail if you have the patience.  For example, Gaillard discussed how long shore drift adds to the sand flow and erosion. That is something I've discussed before but never saw it discussed anywhere else.  I discussed that in regard to the more erosive effect of north winds and currents as compared to more southerly winds and currents.

Wave action in relation to engineering structures : Gaillard, David Du Bose : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

Instruction: * WHAT...A southward-flowing longshore current and a moderate risk of rip currents is expected. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia, Coastal Indian River, Coastal Saint Lucie, Coastal Martin, Mainland Northern Brevard, Northern Brevard Barrier Islands, Mainland Southern Brevard and Southern Brevard Barrier Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Northerly winds of 10 to 20 mph with higher gusts will produce a longshore current, flowing parallel to the coastline. These currents can push swimmers into deeper water and possibly into rip currents.

Description: Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. --- We had some north winds yesterday and they continued this morning.  The Fort Pierce South Beach started to cut this morning about an hour or two before high tide.  You can see that below.

Fort Pierce South Jetty Beach Cam (South Beach Zoom View) about 11:30 AM.

I'd say there are probably other spots eroding as well.

I'm not too impressed by mid-beach cuts, especially smaller ones.  Generally speaking, I'd get more excited by either dunes cuts or deep front beach cuts.

I captured the following earlier in the morning of the same area.

The arrow points to an area where you will often notice rougher surf. It seems there is either a bottom feature there or the currents run together, but if you watch that, you often notice it is rougher there.

Surf Chart of Fort Pierce Jetty Area from SurfGuru.com.

The surf is still small and the tides are not as big as they were a few weeks ago.

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Here is a piece I mistakenly included at the end of a previous post.  I don't know if you saw it or not because it was below my usual sign-off so I'll post it again.

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When I began, I hoped to gain financially.  At first I was a coin shooter and kept records of my finds.  When I found a lot of coins, or on occasion bills or other things, I thought I did well.  That was during a time in my life when I was looking to the future and hoping to become be able to provided for myself and my family.  Although I had a profession, which had nothing to do with metal detecting, metal detecting provided a supplemental source.  At that time I measured my success in economic terms.  Sometimes I didn't find much and was unhappy about that.  

After a while it became very much about seeing what I could accomplish.  It became a challenge.  I wanted to see what was possible for me.  Success or failure was still measured largely in economic terms though.

Once it became very much about the challenge, I wanted to see how far I could go.  I wanted to see what was possible - for me.  There were times I really pushed myself.  

The matter of it being fun was a part of it, but the fun was at times sacrificed.  There would be times when I would push myself physically and do things that I now realize were downright dangerous.  I'd call it stupid now, but youth doesn't always recognize danger or stupidity.  Age doesn't fully do away with that either.  

All along I understood that success, no matter how measured, could be aided by learning.  I wanted to understand how things worked.  I wanted to improve my efficiency.  I was not only interested in what I could find, but I was also interested in the amount of time and effort that was required.  It was not only about the absolute amount found by the amount found per time period.  

Over time I became less interested in the economic payoff.  That has to do with changing circumstances to some extent.  I was still setting goals, but not all of the goals were the most economically productive.

Now that has gone to the extent that some things I enjoy finding are worthless economically, but they have another kind of value.  They seem to put me in touch with something bigger or take me back in time.  They put me in touch with the people that made or used the items.

Now it is more of a Zen thing.  It is a way of being in the world.  It is just an extension of who I am.

I can't say the stages were all that well defined.  They overlap.  There was always some element of fun involved.  There was always some element of curiosity being satisfied - and learning.  There was always some element of the joy of being in nature.  But the relative emphasis or importance changed over the years.  Now I have to say that it has almost nothing to do with economics for me. The learning part of it is a big part of it.  The curiosity part is big.  The finds have played their part.  I've studied the objects.  I've lived with them and learned from them and am now preparing to discard or pass them on. 

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Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

11/27/25 Report - Special Thanksgiving Greetings.

Antique Post Card Postmarked 1910.

The recipient of the above postcard was my grandfather.  He would have been a young boy of about five years old at the time.  And the scene would have been very familiar to him.  He lived on a farm with cows, wheat and corn fields and apple trees.  I lived down the hill from that farm during my youth, so know it well.  Holiday greeting cards at that time were postcards.   

The card was made or sold by A. S. Meeker, N.Y.  The card is embossed and has a postmarked green one cent stamp on the back.

I know this isn't a metal detecting treasure, but to me it is a treasure, and a very appropriate one for today.  Postcards are not only nice as objects on their own, but some postcards provide good hints to metal detecting sites, especially those showing old beaches, piers, etc. I've talked about that before.  For example, see The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 6/22/20 Report - Metal Detecting Clues On Old Postcards. Good Article on Fenn Treasure. Couple Other Things. 

Sometimes it is hard to imagine what it must have been like in 1910 in a rural area without electricity or phones.  

Here are some more Thanksgiving Greetings.

On this Thanksgiving Day, know that when you walk out on the beach to metal detect, you are already a winner. You are there.  You are healthy and able enough.  You had the free time to spend it as you chose.  You had the money to spend on a metal detector, and you arrived in comfort rather than hitch hiking, walking.  And you have the gift of life and the great mystery of awareness.

Know that you are a winner before you even begin.  Absorb the sights and sounds of nature and the beauty of the scenery and animal life.  

Approach metal detecting as if you already won.  Detect with that calm sense of confidence.  Proceed gratefully, confidently, and methodically.  

And when you leave, know that you were a participant in a great miracle, no matter the outcome.  Give Thanks.

Happy T.G. from T.G.

Treasureguide@comcast.net

11/26/25 Report - Huge and Beautiful 1609 King Phillip III Gold Coin. Coins as Holiday Gifts. Electrolysis Project.

 

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

GENEVA, Nov 24 (Reuters) - A large gold coin minted in 1609 for Spain's King Philip III broke records to become the most valuable coin in Europe at a sale in Switzerland on Monday.

The unique 339-gram piece sold for 2,817,500 Swiss francs ($3.49 million). It had a starting price of 2 million Swiss francs, the Geneva-based Numismatica Genevensis SA auction house said, confirming it had broken the European record for most valuable coin...

The Centen, or 100 escudos in a former Spanish currency, was made in the central Spanish city of Segovia out of gold brought from conquerors who went to the Americas or "New World"....

Lost for several centuries, it turned up in the United States around 1950 where a New York collector bought it before selling it to a Spanish buyer a decade later. It was later auctioned to another collector, whose identity is not public...

Here is the link, along with a second link to the same story.

Spanish gold coin from 1609 breaks European record at auction | Reuters

Rare 339-gram Spanish coin from 1609 breaks European auction record

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Getting into holiday season, maybe you've given some thought to what you might give as gifts.  I know one young man who I'll give an interesting coin find of some type as I have in the past.  

Not all kids are interested in coins other than what than what they can buy with them or what they are worth, but this young man has done a little metal detecting and appreciates coins.  I've shown a couple of his finds in this blog.

Metal detecting, as I've said before, is a great hobby, and for many different reasons.  Beyond having value, coins have a way of stimulating an interest in history and other academic subjects.  

The range of subjects I address in this blog is very broad.  Lately I've talked about things like geology, fluid dynamics, and geography, densities and much more besides history.  Anyone that does much metal detecting will end up investigating some of those subjects to some extent.

I remember one Christmas when an uncle visited our house one Christmas, it mut have been in the 1950s and gave me a silver dollar.  It was a Peace dollar.  I still have it, but it was something I clearly remembered all these years.  I can see it in my minds eye.  I was standing on the porch outside of our front door.  I call that a successful gift.

Likewise, my mother received a gold coin from her grandfather when she was a young girl.  She kept it her entire life too.

I'm sure that some kids would simply sell a coin, or worse yet lose track of it somehow, but there are some kids that would appreciate and treasure such a gift.  

A coin gift is worth considering, especially if you can match it with the right kind of recipient.

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I started putting together my electrolysis setup for that possible cob that I found back a month or so ago.  The white vinegar treatment wasn't making any progress, so I going to try electrolysis and see how that goes.  

I'm going to use the same converter I used in this post.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 7/2/18 Report - Cleaning the Roughest of Coins: Acid and Electrolysis Comparison. Easy to Build Electrolysis Tank.

I bought some new alligator clips, and the object will go in the bath tomorrow.

You can also use a battery as shown in this post.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 7/2/18 Report - Cleaning the Roughest of Coins: Acid and Electrolysis Comparison. Easy to Build Electrolysis Tank.

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Surf Chart from SurfGuru.com.

I took a little walk to look for bottles today when the water was flat and visibility was good, but no luck.  That was the first time I did that for quite a while.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

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11/25/25 Report - AI Helps Archaeology Investigate Artifacts. Story of the Conquest of Peru. The Fall of Cusco.

A multidisciplinary team of Spanish and Portuguese archaeologists and artificial intelligence experts has combined non-destructive archaeological measurement techniques, machine learning and Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) tools to develop an AI system applicable to archaeological research. In this specific case, to investigate the provenance of archaeological samples of variscite, a mineral with a characteristic green color highly appreciated in Prehistory and distributed by extensive exchange networks throughout Western Europe between the sixth and second millennium BC. It was used to make necklaces, bracelets, rings and items of personal adornment in general.

The innovation of this study lies in the use of AI to analyze the results of the chemical composition. “Our model learns to recognize the unique geochemical footprint of each mine. It is able to identify where a prehistoric bead comes from...

The team has built the most extensive compositional database created to date, with more than 1,800 geological samples and 571 archaeological accounts, which have been analyzed using portable X-ray fluorescence...

Here is the link for more about that

AI helps unlock secrets of Europe’s prehistoric ‘green gemstone’ trade – Popular Archeology

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Below are a few excerpts from a great article on the Conquest of Peru.

The “conquest” started with Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475-1519), mayor of Santa Maria de la Antigua del Darién, the first permanent European settlement in Panama. He was a deputy to Pedro Arias de Avila, governor of Golden Castille (later referred as Tierra Firme by the Panama’s Royal Academy in 1538), covering Nicaragua to the Bay of Panama. With sixty-seven Spaniards, Balboa left the settlement in Antigua, battling against nature and natives over the jungle-clad Darien mountains, in search of gold, fame, and a way to the South Seas (now known as the Pacific Ocean)...

Conquistadors were granted a license to explore and conquer by the Spanish Crown in Madrid, stipulating that the venture would not carry any expense to the Crown. All costs were borne by the conquistadors, who had to borrow money and/or provide in-kind guarantees from families in Spain, as the cost of such ventures was high. Conquistadors had to pay for ships, crews, soldiers, weapons, and food; they had to build settlements to explore unknown and dangerous lands and fight endless battles in their ceaseless quest for gold. They had to pay for enlisted soldiers, ship crews, and debts. Many enlistees were paid soldiers released by the Spanish army from the Christian-Muslim War (1481-1492), or the Italian Wars (1494-1559)...

Someone at Court in Madrid, probably Pizarro’s brother Hernán demanded, through the Council’s office, that he be released on grounds of unsustainable facts and falsehood. In Madrid, Pizarro met with members of the Royal Supreme C..ouncil of the Indies, where he presented his written accounts and the maps of his voyages of discovery to Queen Isabela.I (1451-1504). He presented the tumbesinos Felipillo, Yacané, Martinillo and showed the llamas, the finely embroidered fabrics, and the gold and silver. The Royal Council was stunned by the news of this unknown world, which they named Nueva Castilla. A formal agreement was created, granting Pizarro the titles of Captain General, Governor, Administrator, and Constable over New Castille’s 200 leagues (700 miles). This area would henceforth be called Perú...

Here is the link for the rest of that article.

The Conquest of Peru – Popular Archeology

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And here are some excerpts from a great article on the fall of Cusco

They made their way through the Inca’s camp and were impressed by thousands of fires and warriors. Courtiers and high-ranking war chiefs welcomed the envoys. Atahualpa made them wait several hours outside his lodgings and appeared when the rowdy visitors’ impatience could no longer be contained. The Inca faced the Spaniards with ire and contempt. This thirty-five-year-old lord with long black hair and gold ornaments dangling from his ears and neck, together with the mascapaycha‘s red imperial headband, magnified his eminent position. He sat on his usnu, an elevated golden throne with officials (kurakas) at his sides. Heated exchanges about the presence of armed white bearded men in his kingdom, soldiers of an unknown king, were baffling to him, as was this equally unknown world they claimed to come from...

At noon, after a night of anxiety, the Spaniards were still waiting for Atahualpa. Pizarro hid his forces, including cavalry under Hernando de Soto, Sebastian de Belalcazar, and Hernando Pizarro, along with their saddled horses, in sheds that opened onto the plaza. Juan Pizarro was in command of the infantry and would closely follow the riders’ thrust. Captain Pedro de Candia and the artillery were on the Rumitiana hill behind the town for support. Pizarro, on horseback together with twenty-five-foot soldiers, hid in a structure in the middle of the plaza. Fear was palpable, given the overwhelming odds; several foot soldiers wetted their pants. The plan called for a forceful exit on the plaza, aiming for Atahualpa, who would be carried on his golden litter, then to surround and capture him. A simple plan of victory or death, for there was no other way for a handful of Spaniards in this war of conquest. The Inca likewise had plans, which were to make sure none of the bearded men escaped and survived. Atahualpa’s command officer, Rumiñahui, with battle-hardened warriors, was sent to close any escape route on the back of the town to capture all Spaniards for public execution.



By mid-afternoon, lookouts saw the Inca leave his camp with a large retinue of unarmed warriors, for the Inca bet on numbers to capture the bearded men alive. He was eager to show the Andean supreme deity Viracocha and the people of the empire that no god or man could ever stand or defeat him. He arrived at the plaza on his golden litter held by courtesans, protected by bodyguards and a compact group of unarmed warriors to display his apparent peaceful intent. Calling for the Spaniards, he sent unarmed scouts to find out where they were. They reported that the bearded ones were hiding in nearby sheds around the plaza. The Inca was about to order a more forceful investigation when Dominican Friar Vicente de Valverde, chaplain of the army, pushed his way through the throng to the Inca’s litter with Martinillo, also from the 1526 encounter off Tumbes as translator, screaming God’s name to the heretics while brandishing the Holy Bible...

Here is the link for that entire article.

The Fall of Cusco – Popular Archeology

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Fort Pierce South Jetty Beach Cam View at 4 PM.

Nothing remarkable going on at the beach today.  Looks like the surf won't increase much for a few days.

Surf Chart from Surfguru.com.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

11/24/25 Report - Titanic Gold Watch Recovered and Sold. Strong Wave Forces and Coin Flipping (Part VIII of series). Licoreria La Bodega Bottle.

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

A gold pocket watch recovered from the body of one of the richest passengers on the Titanic has fetched a "record-breaking" £1.78m at auction.

Isidor Straus and his wife Ida were among the more than 1,500 people who died when the vessel travelling from Southampton to New York sank after hitting an iceberg on 14 April 1912.

His body was recovered from the Atlantic days after the disaster and among his possessions was an 18 carat gold Jules Jurgensen pocket watch...

Here is the link for more about that.

Titanic passenger's watch fetches record price at auction

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I recommend reading chapter 8 of the document I referred to in a recent post.  It gives many examples of the amazing force of rough seas on structures.  In many cases the surf moved concrete blocks or stones of many tons.  Chapter eight begins in page 124 of the book.  Unfortunately, the document is not easy to navigate, but if you manage to read the chapter, you will undoubtedly be surprised by the amazing feats of strength accomplished by the force of water.  The chapter describes many examples of blocks of many tons being lifted or moved unbelievable distances.

Here is that link.

Wave Action in Relation to Engineering Structures - Google Books

Dynamometers were placed to measure the water force, such as on the structure diagramed below.  Each circle represents the location of a dynamometer.

Here is a short excerpt describing some results.

Thousands of pounds per square foot!

You might be surprised to learn that great force was exerted as the water was forced up in a vertical direction.  The dynamometer at the top of the structure recorded that force at thousands of pounds per square foot.  That reminded me of the times I've seen coins being flipped up over the face of a beach cut and explains how that can happen.

The main point being that the amount of force exerted by waves striking a structure is huge, and a similar force is exerted upon a beach and objects on the beach.  The force during rough seas is certainly enough to move coins and other objects very significantly.  Just to repeat - we are talking about rough seas.  With smaller waves, you get small forces.

In my last post, I suggested an experiment that demonstrates how a sudden force, such as a puff of air, can cause a coin to jump.  I hope you tried it for yourself.  The similar thing undoubtedly happens with water.

I won't get into the many ways that the fluid can act on irregular surfaces.  If you've ever tried to maintain a stable position while metal detecting in rough seas waist or chin high, you know that before each wave breaks it will push and then pull you in the opposite direction repeatedly.  In the past I've described my technique for dealing with that, but it has to be recognized that the effect of the water is multifaceted, at times pulsing and under certain circumstances even creating a vacuum.  

I described my technique for metal detecting in rough water in this post.  The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 7/16/15 Report - Water Metal Detecting Hints and Tips. 207 Nazi Gold Coins Found by Detectorist. Capitana Making More Finds.

I know my series got pretty detailed, and at times academic, but I think some of you will benefit from a greater understanding the processes involved.  You can actually see these things happening on the beach.  

I didn't start this post intending to make it Part VIII of the series, but that is how it turned out.  

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I just added this green embossed Licoreria La Bodega bottle to the tgbottlebarn.blotspot.com site.

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Today we have a stronger east wind on the Treasure Coast, but the surf hasn't increased much yet.  Seems like every year we have some windy days when I start putting up my Christmas decorations.

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

As you can see from the above chart, the surf hasn't increased yet, and we can see that on the beach cam.

Fort Pierce Jetty Beach Cam (South Beach Zoom View) Around 10 AM.

The surf is a little rougher, but not much.

Looks like three or four feet by the weekend.

Good hunting,

Treausreguide@comcast.net

11/23/25 Report - Part VII of How Coins Move Series: Flipping Coins. Another CA Gold Rush. Not Getting Lost in Your Detector.

 

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

CA locals keep finding leftover Gold Rush loot© Fox40 News

Local residents keep finding leftover gold from California Gold Rush, 1 man says you can find $15K some days. How to cash in.

It’s been more than 170 years since California’s Gold Rush — but locals are once again finding gold dust, flakes and even nuggets glittering in the state’s rivers.

“Gold’s all around,” said Manny Goza, a prospector sifting through the Bear River, in an interview with FOX40 News. (1) The low water levels during the fall make it easier to reach stretches of the river that are usually inaccessible....

“I did it every day. I've been here since 2005, bought a house in 2010 because I could pay my bills off the gold,” he said. “When I’m not contracting, I’m here digging gold.”..

With gold prices up more than 50% over the past 12 months, the precious metal is drawing renewed attention from locals looking for opportunity in their own backyard...

Here is the link for the rest of that article.

Local residents keep finding leftover gold from California Gold Rush, 1 man says you can find $15K some days. How to cash in

Gold prices have dropped a bit from their all time highs, but are still up over $4000, which is still high.

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I've done several posts on how coins move on a beach, but up to this point I've mostly provided background on the processes.  It has been pretty academic.  After all that I am finally getting close to the conclusion. This will be Part VII of the series.

Yesterday I posted the following excerpt about a 21000 pound of concrete that was not only moved, but lifted, by a large wave.

Below is the link to the source document, which is all about waves.  The source is very mathematical and definitely not easy reading, so I am just posting the excerpt.  

Wave Action in Relation to Engineering Structures - Google Books

If a wave can move a 21,000 pound block of concrete, as described in the excerpt, you can imagine how a smaller wave could move a coin.

There are a few things to notice however.  First, the block was much wider than tall. The top and bottom had a lot of surface area.

Another thing to notice is that the concrete block, or slab, was sitting on a pile of rubble, which would be easily moved and allow the water the get in under the slab.

Coins also have a flat profile and would often be sitting on a loose movable surface material such as sand and shell.  Of course, the coin being much smaller would require less force than a large concrete slab. 

Take a look at the first half of this video.

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It shows a coin that appears to jump into a cup.  It might look a little mysterious until you know it works.

The secret, which the video reveals, is that the coin was actually moved by a puff of air.  

In order to get the picture, you can prove it for yourself by doing this experiment.

I did it myself.  I used the three coins shown below (dime, nickel and corroded zinc penny)

I blew a good quick puff of air over each coin.  The puff had to be strong.   I did the same thing with all three coins multiple times and observed what happened.

The penny really jumped off the surface and moved a good distance.  The dime didn't jump as high and didn't move as far.  And the nickel moved very little, and didn't jump off the surface at all. The nickel moved only about one fourth the distance of the diameter of the nickel.  

The results seemed to go right along with the how you'll find the different coins organized on the beach. Pennies at the top or bottom of a coin line, with dimes in between, and nickels towards the opposite top or bottom from the pennies.  I didn't use a quarter, and suspect that it would have moved less than the nickel.  And quarters are usually found closer to the water than pennies and dimes when there is a coin line except when the coins are washing in rather than out and down the slope.

I hope you will try the experiment for yourself, at least with a penny, so you can see how the puff of air causes it to jump.

 In the water the force would be from moving water, such as under a crashing wave.

I mentioned that the large slab of concrete was sitting on rubble and how that might be a significant factor.

To give some air under the coin, I put the dime and nickel a small distance apart, and the penny over the gap, then I repeated the experiment.  This time, as I suspected, the penny jumped even more.  The empty space under the penny definitely resulted in greater movement from the puff.

The coins in this experiment were on a flat surface except for the penny that was kept off the surface by the other coins.  As I've said before, if covered by a stationary layer of sand, they aren't going to be moved by water.  

Coins on or near the surface will be moved similarly by crashing waves, which will act repeatedly on any exposed coins.  With a crashing wave there would be a crashing force following by a surge of water that would push the exposed and dislodged coins until the force diminishes enough to drop the coins.

I'll continue with this series and include address the effect of tides very soon.

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Here is a hint for finding the posts in the How Coins Move series.  I have been including Part I, Part II, etc. as keywords posts in the series so if you want to find Part IV, for example, enter that in the blog's key word search box, which you will find at the top of the blog page.

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I was surprised that my posts on remote viewing were so popular, yet nobody attempted or reported on their attempts at my little experiment to remote view a site I had in mind.  

While remote viewing is a topic of interest and has been used by our intelligence agencies, it is widely accepted that only select individuals have the ability to perform it remote viewing effectively.  Many people consider it to be nonsense.  The interest in the posts related to the topic tells me that there are many people who are interested in it though.

Many people are not comfortable with introspective pursuits even though mind altering drugs are epidemic.  In the case of mind altering drugs, the emphasis is on the drugs, which reflects a materialistic view of the world.  The drug is a physical substance that alters mental state.  That is a matter over mind world view rather than a mind over matter perspective.

People don't seem to think much anymore.  They use fact checkers and AI to do their thinking for them, which leaves them mentally weak.  I take a rather extreme mind over matter perspective.  

A metal detector is not the only way to find things.  A metal detector is just one tool  A metal detector essentially extends the senses, very much like the telescope, microscope or other scientific instruments do.  A metal detector adds a sensory input modality.  The metal detector senses and provides the operator with a reading of electromagnetic fields primarily under the coil. It is engineered to focus on the electromagnetism fields under the coil rather than interfeerence coming from other sources such as electrical cables or lightning.

You might remember the little article I once referred to about how some people are able to sense magnetic fields.  See Some People's Brains Can Sense Earth's Magnetic Field—but No, It Doesn't Mean We Have Magnetoreception 'Superpowers'  

If you put less emphasis on your detector, you might notice more of what is around you.  You might make more finds visually. You'll notice more about your environment.  You might notice the feel of the sand under your feet.  Is it hard packed or loose newly accumulated sand, for example. That is something you can benefit by noticing.

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Source: SurfGuru.com.

The surf chart shows some increasing surf in the near future.  It has been flat for quite a while.

Good hunting,

Treausreguide@comcast.net

11/21/25 Report - Power of Water on Objects. Lead Seal Found. First Treasure from San Jose. Shark Tooth Capital of World.

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

Archaeologists discover grand-ducal seal from time of Ivan III in Moscow...

On one side of the seal there is an image of St. George the Victorious, on the other – the inscription: “Seal of Prince Ivan Vasilievich the Great”. Such seals were used to fix important foreign and internal political documents of that epoch...

Here is the link for more about that.

Archaeologists discover grand-ducal seal from time of Ivan III in Moscow  | Partners | Belarus News | Belarusian news | Belarus today | news in Belarus | Minsk news | BELTA

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Colombia has recovered gold and bronze coins, a porcelain cup and a cannon from a sunken Spanish warship dubbed the “holy grail of shipwrecks.”

The artifacts are the first treasures to be recovered from the wreckage of the San José, a Spanish galleon that was sunk by the British Royal Navy in the Caribbean more than 300 years ago.

At the time of its sinking, during the War of the Spanish Succession, the San José had been carrying large amounts of gold, silver and emeralds from Spanish colonies in Latin American back to the Spanish king.

Collectively, those treasures are believed to be worth billions of dollars in today’s money and they are at the center of a heated legal dispute between the Colombian government and a US-based marine salvaging company named Sea Search-Armada (SSA).

Here is the link for more about that.

Colombia recovers first treasures from 300-year-old ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’

There are a lot of stories about this shipwreck in the media - always using the "Holy Grail of Shipwrecks" line..  

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VENICE, Fla. —

Dr. Harry Maisch, a paleontologist at Florida Gulf Coast University, has made a groundbreaking discovery: several shark and ray species in fossil form —never before recorded in Florida.

Just off Venice’s coast, beneath the Gulf waters, fossils of ancient creatures lie buried in the sand. These aren’t just the big, famous ones, like megalodon teeth, but tiny microfossils, too...

The new finds help scientists reconstruct ancient sea levels, water temperatures, and ecosystems from millions of years ago.

Some of the species he identified are globally extinct, and the discovery marks the most diverse fossil shark-and-ray community ever documented in Florida...

Here is that link.

Paleontologist uncovers a lost world beneath Florida's Gulf Coast

Venice is known as the "shark tooth capital of the world."

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I'll be getting back to my series on how coins move, but here is just a short and amazing example for now.

This is from a book entitled Wave Action in Relation to Engineering Structures. 

I'll have more of it for you in the future.

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The surf remains small.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

11/20/25 Report - Recent Treasure Coast Coin Find Getting Cleaned. Iron Age Ingot Found. Calm Surf on the Treasure Coast.

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

Find by Jame R.

You might remember this item found by James R.  I posted it before it was cleaned.  

James said he cleaned his find a bit more.  Now you can see what definitely looks like a Florenza cross.  And the coin looks like it is probably a Mexico half reale.

James said he now wishes he had stayed another day.  That is how it is when you realize you found something good.  You wish you had metal detected longer.  I've told those stories about my own experiences.  I always say make hay while the sun shines (figuratively).  Actually, it is more likely to be when the sun doesn't shine and the wind howls.   

I can still see some sand and shells adhering to the coin, which should come off easily with a little more cleaning.  A white vinegar solution would probably do it.

I showed one of my finds that needs better cleaning, but I think it is going to take electrolysis, which I haven't gotten around to doing yet.

Back in October I said I thought enough sand was moved that some cobs would be found.  I'm aware of at least a few half reales that were found back then.

Nice find James.  Congratulations.  

Most people will always remember their first Spanish shipwreck coin find.  I do even though it has been well over forty years ago.

James made this find up by Bonsteel, which as you probably know, has produced a lot of half reales.  In his earlier email James said the cut there was like eight feet high.

I just got another photo from James after some additional cleaning. You can see more of the design now, but I still cannot make out the other side. Here it is.

Same Coin After Additional Cleaning.

That is a very good photo and shows a strong strike.

  

The castle and lion is now showing nicely.

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A rare complete plano-convex ingot is composed of a copper-zinc-tin-lead alloy, typical of the Iron Age.
Credit: University of Gothenburg

The results show that unique, isolated finds, which are traditionally considered very difficult to interpret, can be given historical context and contribute to our understanding of the past when carefully analyzed through an interdisciplinary approach that includes both archaeological and natural science methods...

The study uses well-established analytical methods in archaeometallurgy (which is the branch of archaeology specialized in the study of ancient metals), such as lead isotope and trace element analyses of metal finds. Such methods have been used since the 1980s to investigate the composition and the origin of the metal (in the sense that they enable pointing out the minerary region from which the metal was extracted).

“What is new in this study is that we went a step further, and by combining the obtained data with known historical and archaeological information, we managed to propose a historical context, for both the unique Särdal plano-convex ingot and the rod ingots from the Iława Lakeland area in northeastern Poland. Given the astonishing similarity of the metal composition in all those artifacts, we also manage to strengthen earlier hypotheses about contacts and networking in the Baltic area during the Nordic pre-Roman Iron Age,” ...

Here is the link for more about that.

Archaeologists Stunned: “Bronze Age” Ingot Found in Sweden Is Not What It Seems

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Surf Chart from Surfguru.com.

The morning high tide was still pretty high, but the surf is very calm.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

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‘I own stamps so rare only King Charles has the same ones’

The 11 Most Controversial Stamps in U.S. History | HISTORY

-The 10 Most Valuable U.S. Stamps---

'Gold coins started appearing one after another': 1,400-year-old hoard with money and jewelry unearthed near Sea of Galilee

conditions will normally settle into the sand via episodic scour processes driven by storms and inlet migration, favoring preservation of heavier artifacts and hull parts. The