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Ahhhh... Sweet!
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| Wabasso Friday Morning. Indian River County FL. |
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| Sebastian Beach Cam Friday Morning. Sebastian Inlet Surf Report and Sebastian Inlet Surf Cam - Florida Surf Cams |
The surf is definitely rougher this morning. If I was closer, I'd definitely check out that area near where they've been moving sand lately.
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Here is something a little more light-hearted for when you are done watching the latest episode of Hudson and Rex...
This Otter "is the latest addition to the team at Peace River K9 Search nd Rescue. They’ve traditionally used dogs to track the scent of missing people, but when investigations spill underwater, a canine’s capabilities are limited."
K9 Search and Rescue dogs stop at the water's edge. Splash, the otter, is an Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus).
Here is the link for the entire article.Meet Splash: This Asian Small-Clawed Otter Is The World’s First Search-And-Rescue Otter, Hunting For Missing People In Florida | IFLScience
I doubt that you'll recall, but at least two or three times in the past I've mentioned my thoughts on training an otter or seal for treasure diving. I think the otter would love to find and bring in small, and especially shiny, objects that might be exposed.
During World War II B. F. Skinner (you might remember the name if you ever had psychology 101) trained pigeons to guide devices such as missiles. See B.F. Skinner's Nose Cone of a Pigeon-Guided Missile | National Museum of American History
Other animals have been employed as well, such as dolphins to detect mines and seals to retrieve other objects from the sea floor.
Here is a table summarizing some of the senses used by animals that could be put to use.
Just a little thinking outside the human skull today.
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I recently talked about the elusive but yet evidently common U.S. $2 dollar bills. Their is a coin that similarly common and yet seldom encountered in circulation. I'm talking about the Kennedy half-dollar coins.
There is only one place where I get these. They give them in change every time the change comes to fifty cents or more. I don't know why that one place always gives Kennedy halves for change. I've suspected that the owner or somebody is into search boxes or rolls of the coin for silver of other high value coins, but I don't know if that is the reason or if they just find them handy. I don't get them anywhere else. In fact when spending the same coins, I've encountered young cashiers who didn't know what they were and one cashier at a Winn-Dixie that refused to accept them. I think he could find a slot in his register to put them. I don't know what the deal was there.
Anyhow, trillions of Kennedy halves have been minted for circulation. Hundreds of millions were produced some years in the 1960s when they were had silver content. Here is a table showing production in more recent years.
That seems like a lot of coins for something you almost never encounter in circulation. Where do they all go. I guess a lot of them get put away like the $2 bills.
There are some that are more valuable. Of course, you should watch for the early ones with silver content. Here is a link to an article giving some of the most valuable ones.
Top 11 Most Valuable Half Dollar Coins in Circulation (With Pictures) - CoinValueChecker.com
Of course, there are the ones containing silver, which carry a little premium, but there are also some error coins to look for. They can really be worth a lot.
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Good hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net