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| Three Unusual Silver Ring Finds. |
Occasionally you find something that seems unique. I've been going through some old finds lately hoping to get better organized and came across these three silver rings that are distinctive. Some finds are common and some are more unique. These are three of my silver finds that I consider unique.
On the left is a claw ring. I don't know what it is supposed to be but if you were wearing it while in a fight, it would be one vicious weapon. In would rip someone up better than brass knuckles.
The middel one is a cat face. I found it at a Carribean beach.
And the last is a mermaid with a ree/orange stone as the top of the head. I think each are unique enough to sell for more than more common rings of silver. I would think each would appeal to a type of collector. Some people collect cat items of all types for example,
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The planned groin field shown above would be installed along the beach just south of the Fort Pierce inlet. I'm skeptical of that plan. Groins generally don't work well. Any rigid wall or obstacle shifts the wave energy to other areas. I'd guess that the field shown above will result in more erosion just to the south of the groin field. I've never seen the T shaped groins in use before. We'll see.
Thanks to DJ for that lead.
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| Old Style Groins. |
You've probably seen some of the old groins, maybe at Miami or the Palm Beaches. Not only are they ugly, but they don't last forever and I don't think they really work very well, although some of the old ones produced some pretty good metal detecting spots. The sand shifts from one side to the other depending upon the wind and wave direction. In fact, some of my best shallow water metal detecting was between old groins.
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Here is a great study of over 1400 shipwrecks dating from 1520 to 1890 and found in Florida waters. The study uses the BAR database and shows the number, type of ship, route and general type of cargo for various time periods. I consider the study a must-read for anyone interested in Florida shipwrecks.
Here are a couple sample charts from the study.
One of the many interesting charts I found in the study showed two shipwrecks that were shipping specie to St. Augustine. That is not the direction of transport we normally think of.
Here is the link for the body of the entire study.
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This morning, the surf is calm. That will change before long. A front will be coming through later today. The wind and surf will increase.
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| Fort Pierce Beach This Morning from SurfGuru.com. |
Sometime between today and tomorrow, I'll bet there will be some cuts develop later today.
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| Surf Chart from SurfGuru.com |
Good huning,