4/7/23 Report - Shell Jewelry Pendant. Person on Shipwreck Identified by Skeletal Remains. Eleven Foot Surf(?)

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Holed Shell Pendant With Metal Outlining.

It looks to me like this shell, which might looks gold in the photo but is not, was shaped, and then a had a very thin metal outlining overlaid.  To me it appears to be a piece of shell rather than a whole shell.  It has a hole for suspension at the base.  The metal is very thin, corroding, and, as you can see, has broken.

There are no marks or anything to provide any other information about the age or identity.

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When the human remains found on board the Swedish warship Vasa (1628) were investigated, it was determined that the skeleton designated G was a man. New research now shows that the skeleton is actually from a woman. About thirty people died when Vasa sank on its maiden voyage in Stockholm, 1628. We cannot know who most of them were, only one person is named in the written sources. When the ship was raised in 1961 it was the scene of a comprehensive archaeological excavation, in which numerous human bones were found on board and examined...

Here is that link.

One ofwarship Vasa's crew was a woman -- ScienceDailyW

I don't know how the gender of the person could be determined without knowing how the person identified.  You can't go by biology anymore.  

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Miami officials and a developer reach compromise to save part of key prehistoric Brickell site
Agreement apparently staves off litigation by prominent developer Related Group, preserves archaeological discoveries on Miami River going back 7,000 years.

For more information, here is that link.

Read in Miami Herald: https://apple.news/A7S_OGSpzSiqG1kgXf_yiGw

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Five Year Chart of Gold Spot Prices.

Gold recently finished above $2020.  That is near pretty good.  

Gold has been increasing as the dollar is being replaced by the Chinese juan as the primary world trade currency in many countries.

A growing number of countries are using currencies other than the dollar these days.

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Conservatives might want DeSantis to stay in Florida to be a sanctuary state for conservatives.  Those who believe in the constitution, God and capitalism might need something of a sanctuary state as the transformation of America advances..

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Source: MagicSeaWeed.com.

The peak surf predicted for just after Easter seems to be holding.  Yesterday it looked like it might fade.  I hope it doesn't fade now.

Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds,  John 12:24.

Good Friday,    TTT

TeasureGuide@comcast.net

4/6/23 Report - Battle-Used Viking Shields. Horses In America. Florida Railroad History. Surf Predictions.

 

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Thanks to DJ for that info.

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1000 Year Old Viking Shield.

A recent study determined that 1000-year-old Viking shields found on a shipwreck were actually battle-used.  It was preivously thought that they were ceremonial.

A reanalysis of the wooden shields, which were unearthed in the Gokstad ship in southern Norway in 1880, suggests they may have once been covered with rawhide (untanned cattle skin) and used in hand-to-hand combat, according to a new study published on March 24 in the journal Arms and Armour....

Here is the link for more about that.

1,100-year-old 'ceremonial' Viking shields were actually used in battle, study suggests | Live Science

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Here is a study about how and when modern horses were adopted by indigenous tribes.

The researchers drew on archaeozoology, radiocarbon dating, DNA sequencing and other tools to unearth how and when horses first arrived in various regions of today's United States. Based on the team's calculations, Indigenous communities were likely riding and raising horses as far north as Idaho and Wyoming by at least the first half of the 17th Century -- as much as a century before records from Europeans had suggested.

Groups like the Comanche, in other words, may have begun to form deep bonds with horses mere decades after the animals arrived in the Americas on Spanish boats...

Here is that link.

New, exhaustive study probes hidden history of horses in the American West -- ScienceDaily

Of course there were horses in the New World before the Spanish broubht them.

Horses evolved in the Americas around four million years ago, but by about 10,000 years ago, they had mostly disappeared from the fossil record, per the Conversation. Spanish settlers likely first brought horses back to the Americas in 1519, when Hernán Cortés arrived on the continent in Mexico. Per the new paper, Indigenous peoples then transported horses north along trade networks...

And here is that link.

New Research Rewrites the History of American Horses | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine

Horse fossils are common finds on the Treasure Coast beaches.  I've shown quite a few in this blog over the years.

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Source: MagicSeaweed.com.

I'm expecting this predicted 6 - 10 foot surf to not be as big as previously predicted.  I especially don't like the four-foot spread.  I think a couple days ago 8 - 10 feet was predicted.  A downward drift in the peak is not unusual for these predictions when they are originally seven days or so out.  I hope that is wrong.  I certainly like to see an 8 - 12 foot surf, especially if combined with a good high tide, which could put the water into the dunes in some places.

We'll see.

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Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

4//5/23 Report - Some Treasure Coast and Other Finds. Gem Stones That Glow Under Black Light. Discoidals and Cogged Stones.

 

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Variety of Small Raw Gem Stones.

Above are some small gem stones.  On the far left (partially shown) is an emerald that was found on the Treasure Coast. 

Next to that is what I believe is a pyrope garnet.  Most of the others shown above are rubies.  

Rubies and sapphires are corundum, and glow under a black light.  Corundum is aluminum oxide.

Ultraviolet light can be used to find some gem stones.  And it can be used as a diagnostic tool.

Variety of Small Raw Gem Stones.

You can see the same gem stones under a black light above.  The rubies are the ones glowing.  The emerald does not glow.

Jewelers actually use both short wave and long wave ultraviolet light for diagnostic purposes, I only have a cheap light that might be used for viewing posters or something like that.   Still, it is helpful.

Recently I mentioned that an arrowhead that was found on the Treasure Coast was probably agatized coral.  Here is a view under a microscope that shows the coral markings.

Magnified View of Part of an Agatized Coral Arrowhead.

I also recently mentioned and showed a few discoidals.  Below is a nicely rounded shell that could be a discoidal.  It appears to have been nicely shaped into a near perfect circle.  It was found on a Treasure Coasst beach. 

Shaped and Rounded Shell That Appears To Be A Discoidal.

Here is another look at the same rounded piece of shell.

Edge of Possible Discoidal.

And below is one that appears to be made of stone.  Unlike the one above, it has a concave front and back surfaces.  It was found in a Treasure Coast shell pile.

Treasure Coast Found Discoidal.

Another View of the Same Discoidal.

The unc.edu site says, "Discoidals are game stones and are also referred to as chunky stones. These stones were important in the American Indian game called Chungke. Accounts of the game vary depending on the region, but generally the stone would be rolled on its rim down a prepared smooth surface. One person attempted to hit the rolling stone with a spear, while the other person (who had rolled the stone) attempted to block their opponent’s pole with their own spear. Points were gained by either hitting the stone or blocking the opponent from hitting the stone"

Here is that link for more information.

Stone Objects | Ancient North Carolinians (unc.edu)

I've long been skeptical of that definition.  While I don't doubt that some were Chungke game, I think that some items that have been identified as discoidals could be something else.

Discoidals seem to vary in a lot of ways.  They vary a lot in size and dimensions.  They are made of various materials, including stone, shell and pottery.  And some seem much better made than others, and some more have what appear to be decorative features.

Below are some examples that are very similar to the one shown immediately above.

 Source: Unique Early Discoidal.indd (pcas.org)

Here is link to another reference that shows some more decorative disoidals.

A Series of Discoidals from Northern San Diego County, California (escholarship.org)

Discoidals have been reported found in association with cogged stones, which have an edge that is "cogged" rather than smooth and round.  You can see some of those below.

Source: See CSUF link below.

Some of those look like what I might call cogged stones, but some are plain discs. And some look like beads or ornaments to me.  Some may be incomplete.  I have a hard time classifying all those as the same thing.

Here is a paragraph from the same source...

While how cogged stones were used by early Native Americans is unknown, in their paper, the CSUF researchers noted that since the stones were first discovered in the 1950s, more than 40 possible uses have been suggested for these artifacts by archaeologists. Hypothesized uses in previous studies include use as fishing weights, for the manufacture of fishing lines or rope, toys, game pieces, throwing weapons or killing stones. Alternative hypotheses proposed include their use as sacred burial, mortuary and ceremonial objects.

And here is that link.

Geologists Identify Rock Source of Native American Cogged Stones From Orange County | CSUF News (fullerton.edu)

In my uninformed opinion, discoidals could have the same variety of uses.

I've been posting a variety of different kinds of objects that can be found on the Treasure Coast.  I hope that increases your awareness of the different kinds of objects that can be found on beaches and helps you identify them when you see them.

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Source: MagicSeaWeed.com

So the predicted surf for Monday for Monday has increased, and is now up to 8 - 12 feet.  If we actually get that, it could get up an into the dunes, depending upon some other factors, of course.  I wouldn't, however, be surprised if the prediction gets smaller in the next few days.  That happens a lot of the time.

Notice the change in wind direction right before the peak big increase.  You'll see that more often than not.

The tides are a little bigger today.  Easter occurs on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring equinox.

I'm eager to see a nice low tide.

Keep watching the surf predictions.

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“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” ― George Washington

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Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

4/4/23 Report - Atlatl Point Found on Treasure Coast Could Be 10,000 Years Old. NASA Control. Bigger Surf.

 

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Atlatl Point Found on Treasure Coast Beach.

Find and Photo by Doug R.

Yesterday I talked about some stone artifacts found on the Treasure Coast.  I left out an excellent example that might be something like 10,000 years old.  In my post I originally underestimated the age (as I tend to do when very old ages are discussed), but after Doug R. showed the same item to some of his colleagues, they were thinking something like 10,000 years old.

Doug R. just sent me this email. 

First let me thank you for all the work and effort that you put into your blog. It is greatly appreciated by many. If you go back to your blog post about Feb 7th 2020 you posted a picture I sent you of a all-atl point that I found in a shell line about a half mile above Wabasso Beach. It was during renourishment but I’m thinking maybe previous years. This February I didn’t bring it with me but I talked to Cory again at McClarty’s. He remembered it well and has apparently been showing the picture to some colleagues. He indicated it is probably agatized coral and came from the west coast. He wants to show it to several people so I’ll bring it next year. He dated it at about 10,000 years old.:

I was glad Doug updated me on the find so I could include it in my discussion of Treasure Coast stone artifact finds.  It is a great find - and very old.

I originally posted this find on 4/6/2020.  Here is the link.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 4/6/20 Report - Great Finds. Thousand Year Old Atlatl Point. Lead Railroad Seal. Making History Every Day.

Atlatls were used before bow and arrows and allowed throwing a dart with more force and a greater distance than a hand thrown spear.

Here is a link for more about atlatls.

1st Americans Used Spear-Throwers to Hunt Large Animals | Live Science

Like conch horns, atlatls are still being made and sold online.

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Talking about projecting things through space, they are doing a kind of  archaeological inventory of the old NASA control center.

In March 2009, Joan Deming and Trish Slovinac inspected the historic artifacts which remain in the Flight Control Area (Room 253), as well as the adjacent historically significant rooms, which include the Flight Control Briefing Room (Room 221), the NST Room (Room 222), Data Analysis Room (Room 223), the Raised Viewing Area (Room 250), plus the north corridor (221A). In addition, the Gemini Training Room (Room 211) and the Telemetry & Capsule Communications (Room 231) and other areas on Figure 1 within the MCC areas (Figure 1) were checked for the presence of additional artifacts... 

I have a hard time calling that archaeology, which I think of as involving the more distant past, but I can sympathize with saving some of the history of the space race for the future.  Space memorabilia seems to be very popular already.

Here is the link.

Microsoft Word - Inventory report.doc (nasa.gov)

On a related note, I used to talk about those melted pieces of aluminum or titanium picked up by detectorists.  I haven't heard so much about those recently.  Have they mostly been removed, or is it just because I haven't been out on the beach so much lately?

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Seems like things are heating up and La Nino will bring us a good number of storms this year.

Here are a couple articles on that.

The US leads the world in weather catastrophes. Here's why | AP News

El Niño is coming. Here are 6 weather and climate impacts to watch for | CNN

We had a mild winter with not much erosion overall.  The beaches also received a lot of renourishment sand.

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Source: MagicSeaWeed.com

There is a big increase predicted for a week from now, but I'd give that less than a 50 percent chance of actually happening.  The longer term predictions like that tend to fluctuate, and for the big ones, more often than not, they decrease.  We'll see.  Would certainly be nice to get some big surf before summer sets in.

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2 Thessalonians 2:7   For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.

4/3/23 Report - Some Very Old Things That Have Been and Can Be Found on the Treasure Coast Beaches - Stone Artifacts.

 

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

Agatized Coral Arrowhead
Found on the Treasure Coast.

Yesterday I posted a variety of indigenous shell artifacts from the Treasure Coast.  Today I'll post some stone artifacts that have been found on the Treasure Coast.

Like I always say, "There is always some peace to hunt and something to find."  And there are a lot of different kinds of treasures out there on the Treasure Coast to be found.  No sense walking right over one kind of treasure and missing it just because you are looking for something else.  

I'll start with an arrowhead that was made from agatized coral.

Florida designated agatized coral as the official state stone in 1976 (agatized coral is actually a fossil). Fossilized coral is also a state symbol of Michigan...

Agatized coral can be found in three main locations in Florida: Tampa Bay, the Econfina river, and the Withlacoochee / Suwannee river beds...

Source: Florida State Stone | Agatized Coral (statesymbolsusa.org)

Notice that this piece must have come from somewhere else since agatized coral is not found on the Treasure Coast.  

The above point was found in a shell pile. 

I know virtually nothing about how to identify or date arrow heads, but it looks to me like it might be an Edena point, which would be from the Late Archaic to Early Woodland period.  That means we could be talking of thousands of years old rather than hundreds.  I could easily be wrong about that and hope someone will correct me..

See National Search of Projectile Points Alphabetical I

Various types of agate gemstones have been valued throughout history, all the way back to the Neolithic Era. It is believed these stones were originally used as amulets of healing. Agates were used as healing stones in Ancient Greek and Egyptian civilizations as well. It's said the Greek philosopher Theophrastus gave agate its name because he found the stone in the Achates River of present day Sicily, Italy. The River has since been renamed to the Dirillo River...

Source: Gemstone Information - Agate, Fossil: Meaning and Properties - Fire Mountain Gems and Beads

Here is another stone point from the Treasure Coast.  It is much larger than a one shown above and is undoubtedly a spear point.

One day I was metal detecting at Wabasso after some big erosion and a lady came up to me and showed me something she just found.  She thought I'd know something about it.  It was an arrowhead that had evidently just washed out of the dunes.

Broken Spear Point
Found on the Treasure Coast.

At another beach a lady once came up to me and asked said, "Is this what I think it is."  I said yes.  It was an arrowhead.  It was found in a shell pile.

Some stone artifacts are difficult to identify.  To me, the one shown below seems to be one, but I'm not totally sure.  I would bet that it is, but I could be wrong.

Stone Artifact Found on the Treasure Coast.

It would make a good hammer or pestle.  It fits the hand perfectly - almost too well to be accidental.  It fits the hand beautifully. It couldn't be more ergonomic.  I've seen similar examples online described as a grinding or pecking stone.  I'd guess it is a pestle for crushing or grinding but can't prove it.  Maybe it is nothing but a smooth rock.  All thoughts and opinions are welcome.

Another of the hard-to-say ones is the following founded flat stone.  Yesterday I showed a very similar rounded flat shell piece of about the same size.  This one appears to be stone.

Stone Round.

I've seen rounded stones exactly like this described as discoidals, but I'm not convinced.  I've seen shell, stone and pottery discoidals described.   It is not nearly as nice as some of the discoidals I've seen.  One person told me it was probably in the process of being made into something.  I don't know, but it does look like it has been worked.  

According to some, discoidals were used in marksmanship games.  I think the variety of types of discoidals suggests more uses than that.  But I know next to nothing about the subject.  

Yesterday I showed shell artifacts found on the Treasure Coast and today some stone artifacts.  Some seem questionable, and I'd gladly take correction on any of them.  The one thing I can say for sure is that the more I study them, the more I learn, and the more my observations from around various parts of the Treasure Coast seem to fit together.  Is it coincidence that an old spear point was found not far from where a lot of very old animal fossil remains can be found?  Maybe not.  The more you observe and the more parts of the puzzle you consider, the more it seems they fit together to provide a picture of what went on in your area in the past.  

As a treasure hunter, no matter what kind of treasure you hunt, there are all kinds of clues around you.  

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DJ sent me the following quote.

“.   “There is something in a treasure that fastens upon a man’s mind. He will pray and blaspheme, and will curse the day he ever heard of it, and will let his last hour come upon him unawares, still believing that he missed it only by a foot. He will see it every time he closes his eyes. He will never forget it till he is dead—“

Joseph Conrad, Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard

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Source: MagicSeaweed.com.

The surf predictions aren't very exciting right now.  The tides are pretty flat. 

I haven't been out much at all lately.  I'd like to see some good low tides.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

4/2/23 Report - Shell Artifacts That Have Been and Can Be Found on the Treasure Coast.

 

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

As I've been saying, you can find a lot of different kinds of things on the Treasure Coast.  This is a horse conch that has been modified to be used as a horn. The Florida Museum of Natural History thought it was modern.

You can find indigenous shell artifacts on the Treasure Coast.  They can be difficult to identify.  In fact, in my opinion, shell artifacts can be among the most difficult to identify.  The signs of human modification may not be obvious to the either the untrained or trained eye.  It can be difficult to say for sure. if you are looking at a broken shell or something that was intentionally modified.

The horse conch horn shown above is easy to identify.    

Smoothed Shell Where Apex of
Horse Conch Has Been Removed.

Not only can you easily see that the apex has been removed, but you can also see that it has been ground smooth.  

It isn't easy to play a conch horn - at least not for me.  Sometimes I can do it fairly well, but sometimes I have a hard time getting it.

The same item also has a cut slot for a strap.  It definitely looks man made.

Slot Cut Into Horse Conch Shell

There is a company that manufactures conch horns today.  They are fairly expensive.  Here is an excerpt from their site.

To hold a conch is to hold the history of the sea and some of it's most ancient sounds. To Conch Someone is to Honor them by blowing the Conch in their Tribute or Remembrance. The first thing you must have to make great Seashell horns trophy gifts are great shells, No one has Conch shells like we do in all of America.

Used for centuries by indigenous Indians and British Naval personal as well as Yachtsmen all over the world as a signaling device!

Listed By the US Coast Guard as approved signal Horns for Passenger carrying Vessels Perfect sailing Gifts. Great Working Sail race Trophies and as Traditional sail crossing signals.

Here is that link.

Conch Horns, Triton Horns, Wedding Horns, Sailing Race Trophies, Legendary Conch Horns (conchking.com)

Natural damage can look a lot like human shaping, and the signs of human workmanship can be worn down over time so it is not so easy to see.  

I've been told this is most likely a celt.

Two Views of Probably Shell Celt.

That is from one hefty shell.  It is hard for me to imagine how it would have been formed like that by nature.

Bone and Shell Artifacts.,

Above are a couple more examples of shell artifacts.  The two on the left are bone and the two on the right are shell.  One of the shell artifacts looks like a punch and the other a scrapper.  These particular items were found in South Florida instead of the Treasure Coast.

Here is a rounded piece of shell.  It might be a game piece or an unfinished object.  I doubt it is natural.

Rounded Disc Shaped Shell Find.

I don't know if the item below one was intentionally modified for the purpose, but it would make a good ladle.  I think the whorl was probably intentionally broken.

Ladle(?)

Some shell artifacts are more obvious.  Below is a beautifully carved  columnella found by DB.  

Beautiful Carved Columnella Found by DB.

And here is a carved gorget from the wvxu.org web site

Carved Shell Gorget From wvxu.org.

In the Spanish Colonial archaeological record not many items appear to be made of shell.  There are shell buttons and beads, and abalone was a common material for decorative use.  Other than that, bone, glass, jet and other materials seem much more common.

Today I am simply reminding you of a class of artifacts that have been and can be found on the Treasure Coast beaches.  You should be aware of them and report any that might be part of a protected site or of interest to archaeologists.

Here is a link you might use to learn more about the subject.

Prehistoric Shell Artifacts from the Apalachicola River Valley Area, Northwest Florida (usf.edu)

And here is a link that will take you to a bibliography on the Ais Indians.

Microsoft Word - AIS INDIANs NEW.docx (ircgov.com)

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The Building America Backwards program is proceeding at a rapid rate now.  The U.S. dollar is losing ground rapidly.as China gains influence around the world and in the U.S. 

Challenging the Petrodollar System: The Emergence of a new Currency Landscape! (linkedin.com)

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Source: MagicSeaWeed.com.

The surf predictions aren't very exciting right now.  The tides are pretty flat too.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

4/1/23 Report - Don't Give Up On a Beach Just Because It Hasn't Produced For You YET. Micky Mouse Find.

 

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Metal Plate or Saucer From Child's Tea Set.

Before I get started today, here is something I had a while but just cleaned up a little.  It is 2.56 inches in diameter and has the C WALT DISNEY mark.  I haven't really researched it yet, but would guess it is from at least the first half of the 1900s.  

Here is an old post that includes a link for info on Disney marks.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 4/8/16 Report - Not a Mickey Mouse Find. Markings and Copyright Laws. More on Elks Item.

I forgot about that Donald Duck find.  

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It is not a joke.  It can take decades to discover the treasures that lie silently hidden beneath the blanket of sand we call a beach.  You can hunt a beach like that hundreds of times before you earn the right to receive the gift of its secrets.  A beach can keep its secrets or centuries.  You can be tempted to give up on that kind of beach while unimagined treasure lies under the very sand walked over man times before without any hint of what lies below.  You can be tempted to spend your time on beaches that are easier.  And from some points of view, that might be the wise thing to do.

Every beach has a personality, but a beach is like a veiled lady.  You might only get to know it very slowly.

I'm thinking of one Treasure Coast beach that gave up its secrets to me over a period of three decades or more.  It would give up some little trinket of every once in a while - but just enough to keep me interested without being satisfied.

I don't know now exactly how long it took or the exact sequence.  I didn't keep the records I'd need to be able to tell you that, but it was a process of many years. and I'm sure there are more surprises waiting to be found.

I first visited that beach sometime back in the early 1980s when I made my first trips to the Treasure Coast to find Spanish shipwreck treasures.  Up until that time, I hunted mostly South Florida, would give up some glitzy stuff on a regular basis after I graduated from hunting coins to gold.

Beaches invite you to lie lazy in the burning sun, but on a whim they might show their other side when dark clouds shut out the sun.  You might hear the faint whispers of the siren song before the wind the wind starts to howl, the surf pound, and the sand stings and the sky spits in your face.  That is the side of a beach that I like the most.  

But I didn't set out to tell you about the split personality of a beach.  I set out to tell you how about how slowly a beach can give up its secrets.  

I'm thinking of one beach in particular that begrudgingly gave up some of its secrets to me over a period of decades.  It would give up a little of this or that every once in a while.  Nothing great - just enough to be keep a very patient person intrigued.  Many would have given up on it much sooner, and I'm sure that many did.  I was tempted to give up on it several times myself, but I kept coming back because I knew something good should be there.  It was my primary target.  Yet years and decades and many hunts passed before I finally found it.

It is funny how close you can be.  A gem of a treasure can remain hidden just inches under your very feet, and you go home with no indication that you passed near anything good at all.  Eventually you start wondering if there was ever anything good there at all. If it wasn't so close to my home and some of my other favorite beaches, I probably would have given up on that beach.  My research said something should be there.

As the years passed, the beach gave me a little gift or two.  It wasn't what I was hunting for, but it was something.  It could have shut me out completely, but I stuck with it and I got to know that beach better and better.  As seldom as it produced, it produced an unusual variety of treasures.  There was a bronze spike found at one end of the beach.  It was not from a treasure wreck - probably an 1800s wreck.  There was the silver cross that guarded its secrets closely, but like so much about that beach,, it made me wonder.  Then there was the best piece of sea glass I ever found, and the broken lithic spear point, a millions-of-years-old fossil.  

Years had gone by and that beach wasn't on average a very productive beach for me.  It gave me some really old stuff, and I liked that, but it wasn't until just three years ago, that it gave me what I originally came there looking for some thirty or forty years earlier.

It was a long slow process.  I could have easily given up on that beach and was tempted to several times.  That is my point today.  A beach can hide its secrets for a long time.  You can fail and fail and fail, being just an inch, an hour, or a day from your goal before everything comes together and the beach finally decides to give you what you have been looking for.  Don't give up too soon.  A temptress can withhold her gifts until you show yourself faithful enough to earn the prize.

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Source: MagicSeaweed.com.

Doesn't look very exciting.

I didn't get to go out the past couple of days, which bugs me.  

Good huntng,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net