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| Fort Pierce South Beach Zoom View from Surfguru.com Around Noon Monday. |
Monday morning around noon I took a look at the Fort Pierce South Jetty beach cam and saw what you see above. You can still see that picture in yesterdays post. I've mentioned in the past that there seems to be a correlation between this beach and John Brooks.
DJ sent me the following photos from John Brooks about the same time - maybe a half hour or so off.
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| Two Views of John Brooks Close to Noon on Monday submitted by DJ. |
This appears to be another example showing the correlation. Like a lot of things having to do with metal detecting the correlation isn't perfect, but it might help you make some decisions.
Frederick Douglass is very often similar to John Brooks too. Often one will look a little better or worse than the other, but there is a good correlation. When one is cut or building, the other will usually be doing something similar.
One nice thing about using the beach cams is that you can get some ideas before you even leave home. That can help you out.
The other thing I like about some of the beach cam views is that you get your view from the same position. You can compare how it looks at low tide with how it looks at high tide. You can compare how it looks at early in the day with later or even the next day. That might help you figure out what is going on, for example are the beaches eroding or building.
It can also help you find other relationships. For example, you can relate other changes to beach changes. You can see what happens after the winds and waves shift. Overall, the beach cams can help you learn a lot.
From the angles later Monday, I would guess that the beaches would be filling again.
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It seems that magnet fishing is getting a lot of attention these days. Unfortunately, it is kind of hard to tell what is getting a lot of in the news these days because with electronic media what you see is to some extent customized to your indicated interests as indicated by your past choices. If you look at an article on some topic, you'll see more related items. while somebody else is seeing something altogether different. I've been seeing a lot on magnet fishing, but then I've looked at some videos on that in the past, so I don't know if it is as popular as it seems to me.
Anyhow, a I noticed that more people were looking at one of my old posts on the subject from ten years ago. I talked about magnet fishing as a way to check out spots for other types, but I also talked about using magnets for other purposes such as preparing a site for metal detecting. I also talked a bit about beach sifting in that post.
And of course a magnet on a long handle can be used to quickly and easily pick up nails and iron junk. Here is a little video I made showing how to do that. It is really very helpful. I use it often.
Using Magnet to Quickly Remove Junk MD Targets
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I picked up a few wheat cents in change lately. Maybe just coincidence, but maybe people are dumping them. I don't know why that would be, but here is the one I found with my metal detector the other day on the previously hunted railroad site.
Looks like it wasn't in circulation long before being dropped.
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| Surf Chart from SurfGuru.com. |
Looks like one more bump coming up in a few days.
Good hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net