Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| July 5,2015 Issue of Treasure Coast Newspaper. |
I came across this old newspaper yesterday. As you can see it is about the Treasure Coast and why it is called that. Here we are another ten plus years along and the Treasure Coast is still producing treasure.
The Space Coast got some attention yesterday too. The Treasure Coast got a pretty good view of the Artemis rocket yesterday. There were a few clouds to interrupt the otherwise very bright show.
Mark G. sent this photo of people who came to the beach to see the rocket launch.
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| Jensen Beach Crowds Arrived to Watch the Artemis Launch Photo by Mark G. |
Here is what Mark had to say about his day at the beach yesterday.
I’ve been hitting the JB dry sands whenever I can, it’s about to go away and I know there is still stuff there on the beach or being dropped daily. I was there Wednesday evening and the pipes and sifters are there the Cats will be there soon. Anybody who dry sands JB better do it quick. Funny story; as I was swinging and pinging Wednesday on JB beach which usually empties out slowly and opens more ground toward 5:00 PM. Wednesday I get there about 5:30 I have the whole beach to myself but only for a short while. As I was gridding up and down the beach I started to notice more people entering the beach than leaving. By about 6:20 I literally ran out of beach not even enough room to swing my detector then it hit me. I got an alert on my phone there was a rocket launch at 6:30. I had enough time to get the heck out of there. The parking lot was so full there was 2 people vying for my parking spot. There was so many people out along the Jensen Beach coast it was mayhem.
Mark G.
He also sent this picture of the big sifter.
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| Sand Sifter. Photo by Mark G. |
On the Treasure Coast we can hunt for the past while looking to the future.. Each of us is somehow in that imperceptible and unexplainable crease between the past and the future that we call the present. The present can be imagined to be something like a dot has no measurable length, width or depth but it is still somehow so bright it causes the past to quickly fade as the future comes into sight.
Lately I've been impressed by the cycles and seasons. We've seen the damage done by the freeze, but nature continues and many of the plants that turned brown are now showing new green growth.
It is not coincidental that both Passover and Easter are this week. They speak of transitions. They closely coincide on the calendar for a reason.
Passover began on April 1st this year and Easter is this Sunday. Passover is about deliverance from slavery to freedom. So is Easter. They both occur in the Spring as the past winter fades into memory
Passover begins on the 15th of Nisan, the first month of the Hebrew calendar. The 15th of Nisan is set to the full moon, marking the middle of the lunar month. Passover is anchored to Spring, using the vernal equinox and agricultural indicators to ensure the timing.
Easter is on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring equinox. That is a little oversimplified but basically correct in principle.
Keeping up with changes can be challenging, and they seem to be moving quickly. Changes that create problems can also present opportunities. The drought and freeze this year made it possible to metal detect some overgrown inland areas for example. The people that came to the beach to see the launch probably lost a few coins or maybe something better.
It is the time of year when the surf will start calming down, so before long the salvage crews will be working again. It is getting close to salvage season. And beach detectorists will be watching for hurricanes to open up windows of opportunity. There is a time for everything.
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Holed coins are not rare finds, but they are interesting.. I had these objects sitting around uncleaned. I thought the one on the right was probably a holed coin, but one on the left didn't seem the right size for a coin. I thought it might b a dog tag or something like that.
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| Newly Cleaned Objects. |
I finally cleaned them enough to be able to see what they are. The one on the left reads Wallace and White Crematory, Stuart, followed by a number. I had found quite a few creamatory tags in South Florida, but not many, if any, from the Treasure Coast.
The smaller object on the right simply reads 504. I still have no idea what it was for.
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| Fort Pierce South Jetty Park Around Low Tide Today. |
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| Surf Chart from SurfGuru.com. |
Looks like the surf won't change much until maybe about a weekout there is a big surf predicted. We'll see about that.
Happy Passover,
Treasureguide@comcast.net
Happy Passover.