4/3/26 Report - Fort Jefferson Burial. 500-year-old Shipwreck Discovered. Murmurers. Higher Surf Expected Soon.

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

Artemis II Launch.  Photo by Alberto S.

Here are two exceptional photos of the Artemis II Launch taken by Alberto S., a longtime reader and contributor to this blog.  They were taken 33 miles from the launch site.  You won't see any better photos than that. 

Artemis II Tanks Dropped.  Photo by Alberto S.

In the past I've talked about space debris found on the beaches and how to identify it.  Here is one link: The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 4/28/19 Report - Melted Beer Can or Space Debris? Some Answers and Tests You Can Perform.

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It was June 2024 when the original burial site of Private George Tupper was unearthed within the walls of Fort Jefferson on Garden Key...

 Tupper served in Battery M, 1st U.S. Artillery, and enlisted in Boston on Oct. 16, 1872. Army records describe him as 5 feet 8 inches tall, with gray eyes, brown hair and a fair complexion.

He listed his occupation as a “book binder,” though a commanding officer later described him as an actor.

Tupper died of yellow fever at Fort Jefferson on Oct. 6, 1873, just weeks before completing his first year of service. It happened during an outbreak that claimed multiple lives at the remote island fort...

Here is the link for the rest of the article.

Archeologists identify original burial site of 19th-century soldier at Dry Tortugas National Park - mlive.com

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Navy Researchers Scanned the Seafloor and Tracked a Ping. Then They Found a Staggering 500-Year-Old Shipwreck...

What they found was a ship over 98 feet long and 23 feet wide—likely a 16th century merchant vessel with a load of ceramics on board. The color images show at least 200 earthenware pitchers now trapped under sediment. The globular pitchers—with pinched spouts and ribbon handles—include the monogram “IHS” (a Greek symbol representing Jesus Christ) and geographic pattern that may be inspired by plant life.

“These pitchers are characteristic of the well-documented Ligurian productions of the 16th century,” the agency wrote about a region that is now northern Italy. The team also found around 100 yellow plates, along with shipboard equipment of anchors, cannons, and two cauldrons...

Here is the link for more about that.

Navy Researchers Scanned the Seafloor and Tracked a Ping. Then They Found a Staggering 500-Year-Old Shipwreck.

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Somewhere around maybe 15 year ago, I was asked why God hardened Pharaoh's heart so he wouldn't let the people go even after witnessing the plagues.  I didn't have a good answer at the time, but now I think I do.  Here is the answer: the people weren't ready.  I'm not talking about the Egyptians or Pharoah not being ready.  I'm talking about the enslaved people not being ready. 

You can tell they weren't ready from how they reacted.  Shortly after they were freed, even though they'd witnessed a bunch of miracles, including the splitting of the Red Sea and destruction of Pharoah's chariots.  But after all of that you see them wishing to be back in Egypt.  They "murmured" or "grumbled" (depending upon the translation you use) about not having enough food and saying they would have been better off staying in Egypt.  After all the miracles, they still weren't entirely ready for the challenge of freedom.  They were accustomed to the burden of slavery, but not the burden of freedom.  

There have always been murmurers.  You see them today.  They get attention that way, rather than being productive.

It is easy to complain and criticize. There are always things to complain about, some of them are justifiable, but if you aren't busy producing, you have a lot of time to complain.  

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Bathtub Beach Friday Afternoon from the Bathtub Beach Web Cam.

Good numbers of beach goers are out today.

Fort Pierce South Beach Zoom View.

Looks like a bunch of seaweed piled up near the south end of the renourishment project.  

Surf Chart from SurgGuru.com.

Looks like a higher surf is still expected in a few days.

Good Friday Blessings!

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

4/2/26 Report - Seasons and Cycles: One Door Closes, Another Opens. Passover and Easter. Treasure Issue. Couple Cleaned Finds.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

4/1/26 Report - Washington's Cursed Cornerstone(?). Sigma Metal Tester. Inside Metal Detectors. Cats on Beach - No April Fools Joke.

 

George Washington and the Cornerstone.
From SpiritDaily.com (See link below).

...the Capitol’s cornerstone was cemented in place by George Washington, the first president, and while that was most appropriate, less desirous is that the nation’s first president was a Freemason who conducted the ceremony wearing a Mason’s apron during a formal Freemasonic ceremony.

While Congress itself was dedicated in 1774 with a Protestant prayer, and sessions these days open with Christian ones, the cornerstone should be purged and rededicated in a Christian ceremony while we still have Christians strongly represented in Congress and thus the opportunity. Christians make up 87 percent of voting members in the Senate and House of Representatives, combined, for the 2025-27 congressional session.

One priest we contacted says the stone has a multitude of dark entities attached to it and that though he has prayed over it several times, a person in the area whose specialty is discernment believes much of the darkness remains.

Here is the link for the rest of the article.

An Inconvenient Truth | Spirit Daily Blog

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I've talked about methods of testing metals.  Here is a Sigma metal tester.  The Sigma testers are best for coins and bullion bars. They aren't very good for small and irregular pieces of jewelry.  The most inexpensive model would probably run somewhere around $1000, so it is fairly expensive.

Sigma testers measure electrical resistivity and compare it to the expected range for a selected metal or alloy. When a sample falls within that range, the device reports it as “consistent.” This makes them highly reliable at detecting fakes that use incorrect metals or plating.

✔️ Strengths (High Accuracy in These Areas)

• Very accurate at detecting wrong metals or incorrect alloys. Even small alloy differences shift resistivity measurably.

• Excellent at spotting plated items, since the scanner reads through plating and cases.

• Fast, non‑destructive, and consistent, widely trusted by bullion dealers and collectors.

• False negatives (calling a real item fake) are unlikely, according to user analysis.

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I thought you might want to see the some of the workings of a couple vintage metal detectors, so I opened up an Aquasound Mac1 and Mac 1 Plus Turbo.  Here they are.

Electronics of Aquasound Mac1 Circuit Board..

Inside Mac 1 Plus Turbo.

You might notice a lot of similar electronics between the two.  One is just a bit of a fine tuning of the other.

And also from the TreasureGuide's salvage yard, here are some earphones. 

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Cats on the Beach Wednesday Morning.

I should have posted the scenic view of the porta potties but you can see it for yourself by switching the camera view.  

I couldn't believe how many Cats they have on that project.  I thought I saw about six of them the other day.  Way to go taxpayers!!!

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You might want to try to catch a glimpse of the Artemis 2 launch from Cape Kennedy, possibly this afternoon around 6:24.  

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TreasureBeachesReport.blogspot.com has been averaging well over 20,000 hits per day this year.

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Surf Chart from SurfGuru.com.

The surf is down a little.  There will be a nice afternoon negative low tide.

This is around the time of year when the surf starts becoming calmer.

TreasureGuide@comcast.net.