10/26/24 Report - An Unusual Post-Milton Treasure Find at Melbourne. Improving Knowledge Through Public Involvement. Higher Surf.

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

Ambergris Found on Melborne Beach.
Source: clickOrlando.com.

MELBOURNE BEACH, Fla. – A very expensive ingredient found in high-end perfumes that comes from whales may have been discovered by a diver taking a walk on a Florida beach after Hurricane Milton.

Kristen Marvin believes she found excrement from a sperm whale called ambergris.

It can be worth a small fortune because ambergris makes the scent of perfumes last longer.

Marvin said she was looking for washed-back turtles and hatchlings after the storm when the pile of crap caught her eye.

“I had a pretty good suspicion,” Marvin said. “And I picked it up and had a look at it, and I thought, ‘I’m pretty sure this is ambergris.’”...

Here is the link for more about that.

Woman finds ambergris on Florida beach. The whale poop could be worth a small fortune

Thanks to DJ for the lead on that story.

I often try to alert you to different kinds of treasure.  When you can't find one kind, you might be able to find another.  I never like to pass up something interesting or valuable simply because I wasn't smart enough to recognize it.  Sometime in the past thirty or forty years, there is a very good possbility I've walked right by a piece of ambergris.

Ambergris is currently worth something like $35 per gram.

Ambergris is a solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish colour produced in the digestive system of sperm whales Freshly produced ambergris has a marine, fecal odor. It acquires a sweet, earthy scent as it ages, commonly likened to the fragrance of isopropyl alcohol without the vaporous chemical astringency. (wikipeidia)

Some of the articles call it "whale poop."  I don't think that is totally accurate.  

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Volunteers are a key part of the archaeological labour force and, with the growth of digital datasets, these citizen scientists represent a vast pool of interpretive potential; yet, concerns remain about the quality and reliability of crowd-sourced data. This article evaluates the classification of prehistoric barrows on lidar images of the central Netherlands by thousands of volunteers on the Heritage Quest project. In analysing inter-user agreement and assessing results against fieldwork at 380 locations, the authors show that the probability of an accurate barrow identification is related to volunteer consensus in image classifications. Even messy data can lead to the discovery of many previously undetected prehistoric burial mounds.

Here is the link for more about that.

Assessing the quality of citizen science in archaeological remote sensing: results from the Heritage Quest project in the Netherlands | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

Long ago I posted about the need for involving he public in archaeology.  Instead of protecting archaeology from the public, it would be better to involve the public in archaeology.  There will be more discoveries and people who are interested and involved will protect archaeological sites.

I've been watching how in many varied fields performance is being elevated by greater involvement by the public. Mass involvement leads to shared knowledge and improved techniques.  I've said this before, but I learned more from watching a single football game on TV with the analysis that is provided than I learned in both high school and college football.  And then the internet provides much more analysis and information on top of that.  The amount of information that is available in all kinds of fields increases skill and performance for those who are interested and pay attention.

In sports today, training and coaching begins much earlier, as does diet, exercise.  It is hard to imagine, but back in the early 1970s, some college teams did not even have strength training rooms, and the Steelers were among the first to get heavily into strength training, as well as strength enhancing supplements.  

The same kind of thing happens in metal detecting.  A lot has been learned through all the sharing of information, much of which comes over the internet.

On the same topic, I just found a site where the online community shares their fossil finds.  Here is that link.

Collections - The Fossil Forum

And of course, you know about things like the PAS Database and the Mel Fisher Artifact database for detectorists.  

Even the online auctions provide a lot of information, as I've been pointing out lately.  Of course, those who seek more information will be more informed.  Reading broadly helps.  If you are only interested in one type of treasure, you will miss many others.

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Source: SurfGuru.com.

That looks good.  I'm liking the size of the surf, but not seeing any good angles.  Still, with the high tides and the high surf, if it actually happens as predicted, the amount of water on the beaches should produce some good spots even if the angles aren't real good.  And the coastline with all its curves, will have some angles that are better.

Keep watching this.  

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

10/25/24 Report - S. S. Republic Bottle Auctioned for Benefit. Symbols on Pharmacy Bottles Etc. Pull Tab Rival. Higher Surf.

 

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

Marsden's Carminative Syrup Bottle
in Current Sedwick Auction.

The past couple of days I showed 1715 Fleet ingots that are listed in the current Sedwick treasure auction.  I thought I'd show another type of treasure today.  This one is not unlike some of the bottles I've found and show in TGBottleBarn.blogspot.com, but it already has a bid of $160.   You might ask why.  There are a few reasons.  First it is a nice bottle, but that by itself wouldn't make it that valuable.  What makes it more valuable is the origin, which is the S. S. Republic, and the fact that it is being sold for the benefit of the 1715 Fleet Society.  

Below is the lot description.

Marsden's Carminative Syrup (New York) glass bottle, ex-S.S. Republic (1865). 310 grams. 7¼" x 2¼" x 1¾". Light green glass bottle with "Marsden's," "Carminative Syrup," and "New York" embossed vertically on three sides, original cork punched into the bottle, displayed on an attractive wooden stand with plaque. The former contents were touted as an herbal remedy for intestinal gas and flatulence. From the S.S. Republic (1865), with original certificate from the salvors and small wooden stand with plaque. SOLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE 1715 FLEET SOCIETY.

It is lot 1638, if you want to bid.

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There are a variety of bottles in the auction and other artifacts in the auction.  There are more bottles and some porcelain and other things.

On the topic of bottles, many bottles from this general age period have been found on the Treasure Coast.  I've shown a number of those.  Among those are numerous pharmacy and medicine bottles.

Pharmacy bottles often show symbols that you might not understand at first glance.  Below is one of those sumbols..

℥

Do you know what it means?  It is an ounce symbol.

Here is a photo of one on a graduated pharmacy bottle that I found.

Symbols Below the Shoulder of a Graduated Pharmacy Bottle.

The first symbol indicates ounces.  So the symbols indicates that the contents of this bottle should be 2 ounces.

But that is just the beginning.  Here is a link to a site that gives numerous additional apothecary symbols.

Apothecaries' symbols commonly found in medical recipes

Some of those symbols derive from as early as the Middle Ages.  Besides being used by pharmacists, these symbols are used in other contexts, such as alchemy and metallurgy.

 In the 17th century, alchemists devised symbols to identify various materials. These symbols had to be secret because alchemists were persecuted. So, there are multiple symbols for each “element.” Most of the symbols in use today are those devised by prominent alchemists of the time.  

Here is a link to a site presenting the various symbols of alchemy.

Alchemy Symbols and Their Meanings

Here are some of th symbols for metals.  

Notice the symbols for gold and silver, for example.  You might on rare occasion see those on treasure maps.  

The gold symbol is sometimes just a circle with a center dot.

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I received the following from Mark G., who talks of a metal detecting scourge that is now competing with those pesky pull tabs.

A Varied Collecton Of Dug Targets From a Recent Hunt
By Mark G.

I took a week off to burn time and get some metal detecting in but the weather has been against me and I failed to be out early in the cuts. None-the-less I have been working my favorite intracoastal beaches hit hard by wind waves and what’s left of the coastal beaches. The only place I have been able to find targets is above the cut where sand got washed away but the tides never brought new sand up and over the cut. No gold but I have been able to fill all the jars every hunt. Reason I’m writing is to bring attention to a new phenomenon brought on by the tornadoes (like we have never seen before) in my true story below that will affect us all.  

 

There is a new nemesis on the beach that will soon rival the failed human experiment I call “the pull tab”. We didn’t stop the pull tabs from polluting the beach we just changed the shape of them. The pull tab stays attached to the can people!

That’s not what I’m writing about, in the early days after Milton the beaches were littered with Styrofoam pieces large and small and all the commentators had no clue where it came from. I just recently built a new house and I can tell you there is a large amount of Styrofoam that goes into construction of new homes and buildings. There is blown in Styrofoam on the inside of the roof, there is double foil back 1” Styrofoam insulation that insulates all the exterior walls. What do you think happens when a tornado pulls the roof off a building and sucks up all the light weight material (Styrofoam) and carries it thousands of feet into the air for miles? By the track of Milton I would say it drops it in the ocean off the east coast.

The nemesis is that Styrofoam with aluminum foil on it. I came across several pieces today and they all sounded like small gold, the same single as those one gallon jug foil seals. They are getting buried even though they float and you can’t not dig them. They are going to be around for years unfortunately until we clean them all out like the pull tabs, but the pull tabs just keep coming separated from the can free to… sorry I digress.

 

Thank You

Mark G.

Source: SurfGuru.com.

The high tides are down just a touchh.

The surf chart shown above suggests the possibility of a higher surf coming later next week.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

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10/24/24 Report - 1715 Fleet Silver Wedges. Metal Detectorist Finds Large Coin Hoard. One Blog Reader Receives Minelab Excalibur Detector Free.

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

Silver Wedge from 1715 Fleet in
 Current Sedwick Auction No. 36 as Lot 86.

Below is the lot description.

Silver "wedge" ingot marked with V or monogram thereof, 1160 grams, ex-1715 Fleet. 1154 grams. Roughly 4" x 3½" x 2". Wedge-shaped ingots like this are known from the 1715 Fleet and other wrecks as contraband, supposedly placed together like slices of a pie in false bottoms of barrels to avoid tax. This example is somewhat crude, with curious pits and encrustation (as uncleaned, still dark) but atypically marked on top with a V (or monogram including a V) to indicate its secret owner, the bottom bearing two small holes where we believe this ingot rested on small posts for display in some bygone museum. From the 1715 Fleet, with 1990s-era generic certificate.

And here is the link to the auction listing.

Silver "wedge" ingot marked with V or monogram thereof, 1160 grams, ex-1715 Fleet. - Sedwick & Associates, LLC

You've probably heard of the "Wedge Wreck" off Pepper Park.  This is the kind of like the wedges that gave the wreck its name. although  The location is not specified in the lot description though, and may not be that wreck.

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Some time ago I posted about a free Excalibur metal detector.  John H. is lucky reader who responded to my notice and now has the detector.  

Here is what he said.

Thanks for your help getting an idle detector put in the hands of a person who can put it to good use.

Keep up the good work, we ( your readers) look forward to reading your blog.

Thanks

John H.

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A metal detectorist in Germany has discovered a rare hoard of almost 3,000 Roman-era coins outside of the Roman Empire's ancient borders and far from any known Germanic tribe settlements of the time. Experts don't know how or why the huge hoard ended up there.

The licensed metal detectorist immediately reported the findings to government archaeologists in Koblenz, a city on the Rhine River. The subsequent excavation uncovered about 2,940 coins as well as more than 200 thin silver fragments decorated with geometric designs buried in a now-broken ceramic pot hidden between two rocks...

Here is the link for more of that article.

Rare hoard of Roman-era coins discovered in German mountains — miles from the empire's frontlines | Live Science

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Recently the current administration advanced a directive that for the first time in US history makes it legal for the US military to kill US citizens on American soil.   Although it is supposed to be only for purposes of emergency, such as domestic terrorism, we have seen how definitions such as "domestic terrorism" can easily be expanded to include questionable situations.    You can see where this is going.  Below is a brief excerpt from one article.

Imagine waking up to discover that the U.S. military has quietly been granted the authority to assist in domestic law enforcement activities—including the use of lethal force against U.S. citizens in certain circumstances. Now consider that this change was enacted just weeks before an election, already surrounded by concerns about unrest, civil liberties, and potential government overreach. This is the reality of DoD Directive 5240.01, reissued on September 27, 2024.

And here is the link for more about that.

DoD Directive 5240.01: The Stealth Expansion of Military Intelligence Powers in Life-or-Death Domestic Scenarios

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There will be continuing high tides this week but a more calm surf.

Good  hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

 

10/23/24 Report - Pirate William Dampier's Book: Part I and Part II. One of Five Corrigan's 1715 Fleet Gold Bars Up For Auction Now. High Tides.

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

I hope you looked at the free ebook I recommended to you yesterday.  It is pirate William Dampier's A Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699.

If you want a more complete understanding of the times immediately preceding the sinking of the 1715 Fleet as well as maybe some of your beach finds, I think this book will help.

The above is map that shows the Canary Islands, one of Dampier's first stops on the voyage to New Holland (Brazil) that he describes in his book.   

In the days before all of our modern technologies and many sources of information, you can see how a drawing of the profile of the land and the major landmarks would help someone on a voyage.

Besides the social life, customs and products, the book also provides clues to the location of five sunk ships loaded with plate.

It is a very good read that I highly recommend to anyone interested in finding Spanish Colonial treasure.

I gave you the link to Part I yesterday.  Here is the link to part II.  

A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699 by William Dampier | Project Gutenberg

I enjoyed reading about the many dangers Dampier faced, from constant threat of possible mutiny to thieves and other dangers.

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I also told you yesterday about the No.36 Sedwick treasure auction which is now available for online bidding.  Below is one of the lots. It is a gold bar from the Corrigan's site.  It is one of five gold bars found in one day.  The lot description can be below.

 

Gold bar ingot from Colombia, 915 grams, marked with fineness XXII (22K), circular tax stamp, and foundry stamp (B)ARBACO(A)S, ex-1715 Fleet, ex-Anderson, Craig and Richards Plate. 5-1/4" x 1-1/2" x 1/2". A complete, wide, rectangular ingot with rounded bottom and relatively flat top with a wealth of markings interspersed with natural ripples from the metal-cooling process, including fineness XXII in a box at one end and a nearly full crowned-shield tax stamp in center, between which is a large and fairly clear rectangular assayer/foundry cartouche with dotted border containing the name (B)ARBACO(A)S, the same as seen on a very similar ingot we sold in 2015 but with a different part of the cartouche visible (which we mistakenly called BARBAROSA), both ingots in fact featured in the Craig and Richards book as being among five high-karat gold bars found "in one day by divers from John Brandon's M/V Endeavor working the 1715 site commonly called 'Corrigan's' at Vero Beach," the design of their markings leading us to conclude they were cast in Colombia, in which we note there is an important gold-mining town in Nariño Department called Barbacoas, no doubt where this bar was produced. Fine gold ingots like this one from the 1715 Fleet are rather rare (much rarer than 1622 Fleet, for example). From the 1715 Fleet, with original Cobb Coin Co. photo-certificate 255 from 1983 (748 points) and official re-issued photo-certificate (1000 points), plated on page 114 and back cover of Spanish Treasure Bars (2003), by Craig and Richards, a copy of which accompanies this lot, also pedigreed to the collection of Don Anderson (the investor originally responsible for computerization of the Treasure Salvors division records, mentioned several times in The Search for the Atocha [1979], by Eugene Lyon).

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I always recommend browsing the auctions for information on past finds.  You can learn a lot from the auctions even if you have no interest in bidding.

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The National Hurricane Center map is not showing anything in the Atlantic basin now.   Oscar has disappeared, as has Nadine.

We are still having some nice high tides (over three feet).

Source: SurfGuru.com.

Along with the high tides we are still having some decent waves.

Notice the north winds along with the more easterly swells.

When the swells come up while there is a north wind, and the water spreads over the beach front, if you watch, you will see where the water that slows on the front beach is pushed to the south by the north wind.  That creates a south flow over the front beach and is bound to move at least a little sand.

If you are focused on finding Spanish treasure, the conditions are not great, but they aren't real poor either.  In the terms of my old beach rating scale, I'd say we are in level 2 or "transitional" beach conditions.  Good finds are possible but not common.  They won't be widespread, but there will be spots that could produce, depending on the beach structure and recent history.  The weather is very nice for metal detecting, so make good use of the time to at least do some scouting.

If the beaches you often visit aren't looking good, it is a good time to go look around to investigate some new areas.  And who knows what you might find.

I have a ton of topics waiting for future posts.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

10/22/24Report - Sedwick Treasure Coin Auction No. 36. Third-Party Grading Issues. Pirate William Dampier Book Free. Oscar.

 

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

Internet bidding is in process.

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The scene where the seven dwarfs admire Snow White in her glass coffin is one of the fairy tale's most emotional and impressive moments. The dwarfs placed Snow White in a glass coffin on a hill in the forest because her body, even in death, remained so beautiful and unblemished. The coffin is intricately designed and made of clear glass, allowing Snow White to be visible from all sides and admired at any time – a worthy resting place for "the fairest of them all."

In European numismatics, however, a transparent coffin is still considered by many collectors to be a coin's worst fate. They refer to the rigid plastic holders in which certification providers like the Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) or the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) grade coins as "plastic coffins"—and some even break the coins out of the "slab."...

Experienced coin dealers and auctioneers, on the other hand, criticize hard plastic capsules because they hinder the detection of counterfeits. They argue that with coins in hard plastic holders, they cannot apply their skills and knowledge to detect counterfeits—such as examining the edge, sound, and weight. Indeed, there have been isolated cases where counterfeit coins have made their way into a grading holder...

Here is the link for more about the subject of third-party grading, and believe it or not, there are still some communities that do not like it.

Third-Party Grading: Is it a curse or a blessing for European numismatics? - Numismatic News

As you probably know, and will see in the Sedwick auctions, even what I call "treasure coins" are being graded and slabbed by the grading companies.

I am sympathetic to the need for and advantages of third-party grading, but am also sympathetic with the other side of the argument.  

I personally like coins that aren't perfect and that show wear and like to inspect them in ways that slabbing makes impossible.  And, of course, even graded and slabbed coins are being faked.

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Yesterday I mentioned pirate/scientist William Dampier and his books.  Below is a link to one of those, and here is a description.

A VOYAGE TO NEW HOLLAND ETC.

IN THE YEAR 1699.

Wherein are described, The Canary Islands, the Isles of Mayo and St. Jago. The Bay of All-Saints, with the forts and town of Bahia in Brazil. Cape Salvador. The winds on the Brazilian coast. Abrolho Shoals. A table of all the variations observed in this voyage. Occurrences near the Cape of Good Hope. The course to New Holland. Shark's Bay. The isles and coast, etc. of New Holland.

Their inhabitants, manners, customs, trade, etc. Their harbours, soil, beasts, birds, fish, etc. Trees, plants, fruits, etc.

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Illustrated with several maps and draughts: also divers birds, fishes and plants not found in this part of the world, curiously engraven on copper plates.

Here is the link.

A VOYAGE TO NEW HOLLAND ETC.

New Holland refers to the territory claimed by the Dutch in the 17th century, primarily in the region that is now Brazil.

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

As you can see above, Oscar is still supposed to go out into the Atlantic.

Clip of Oscar
Source: windyty.com.

As you can see in this one, Oscar's path and the counterclockwise flow will send northeast winds our way.

Source: SurfGuru.com.

And we will get a five-to-six-foot surf through Wednesday.  We are still having the King tides.

There will be a few better spots out there on the Treasure Coast beaches.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

10/21/24 Report - Some Last Week Finds From the Treasure Coast. 18th Century Pirate/Scientist William Dampier

 

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

Oriental Coin Find by John H.

John H. sent these find photos along with the following email.

I really dont have much to share after the North wind/ N swell event on wednesday night. I found two st st rings and one little piece of 14k. I expected to find more for the conditions but I guess it wasn't to be. I did find some odd things for S. Florida. A Chinese coin and a around 1986 NY subway token. Most of the people I encountered were not finding anything either. I saw at least six people metal detecting at around 10pm to 1 am. on various beaches in Jensen/ Stuart. Most of the beaches did not stay cut for even one high tide and it was over. I tried to find out some history on the coin but there is a lot of misinformation on Ebay and google lens was not much help as I don't read Chinese. My guess is that it is a very common coin, I found a lot of common zinc pennies to go along with it. Hope the rest of you did better than I, John

Token Find by John H.

Find by John H.

Thanks for sharing John.

I got word that a maravedi, reale and another 18th century item was found at Wabasso last week.

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I found a good article by Sam Kean of the Science History Institute, on a complex character that wore many hats.  William Dampier, Revered and Reviled, by Sam Kean, is the title, and the subheading is "The pirate-turned-naturalist-turned-pirate-again inspired generations of British writers and scientists."

Below are a few excerpts.

...His troubles started in June 1676, when a hurricane destroyed his logging camp and washed away his equipment—axes, saws, machetes. Loggers in that era had to provide their own tools, and Dampier had no money to buy more. So, as Dampier later wrote, “I was forced to range about to seek a subsistence.” This was a euphemism. “Ranging about” meant piracy. He joined a crew of ruffians and set sail...

Dampier and his crew spent the next several years waylaying ships and raiding settlements along Latin American coastlines. It’s not always clear what role Dampier played during these attacks. He recorded priests being stabbed, prisoners being tossed overboard, and Indigenous people being picked off with rifles or tortured for intelligence. And there is indirect evidence that he partook in at least some atrocities: once, during a fierce storm when he feared dying, Dampier looked back with “Horrour and Detestation on Actions which before I disliked, but now I trembled at the remembrance of.” He hadn’t been to confession in years, and scores of unnamed sins apparently weighed on his soul...

Every so often, Dampier’s crew made a decent score: gems, bolts of silk, a stock of cinnamon or musk. One time they seized eight tons of marmalade. More often the pirates struck out and spent the night outdoors with nothing but “the cold ground for our bedding and the spangled firmament for our covering.”...

Throughout these journeys Dampier took copious notes on everything he saw, stuffing them into bamboo tubes for safekeeping. When he finally returned to England in 1691, he began preparing a travelogue. A New Voyage Round the World appeared in 1697 and was a smash hit. Some historians even credit it with launching the entire genre of travel writing. After its publication, Dampier received an invitation to lecture at the prestigious Royal Society in London, the world’s premier scientific club. He also dined with several eminent statesmen, including diarist Samuel Pepys. The bigwigs wanted to talk natural history, of course, but some of them no doubt felt a frisson of pleasure in knowing they had a real-life pirate at their table...

Here is the link for the article, which contains much more of interest.

William Dampier, Revered and Reviled | Science History Institute

William Dampier died in March of 1715.

You can find his book A New Voyage Round the World online if you want to read that.

You can also find out more about his academic work.

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Sourcea; nhac.noaa.gov.

As you can see Oscar is still headed the other way.

Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

We got some pretty good surf on Sunday.  The tides are still pretty high too.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

10/20/24 Report - Saturday's Treasure Coast Beaches Conditions and Photos. Oscar To Turn Back Out to Atlantic.

 

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

John Brooks Saturday Afternoon.

This was what often happens when a front comes through.  We get a north wind followed by a quick change in wind direction.  The result is that the beach cuts and then the wind and surf changes direction and the erosion is over.  

I took these photos Sturday afternoon.

John Brooks Beach Saturday Afternoon.

If you go back and compare these photos with those, I took a couple days ago, you'll see that the cuts have pretty much disappeared.  You can still see where the cuts were, but they have been smoothed out.

Surf at John Brooks.

The surf was hitting the beach straight on today, as it was yesterday, so the continuing high tides and high surf were no help.

Walton Rocks Beach Saturday Afternoon.

The same kind of thing happened at Walton Rocks.

Walto Rocks Beach Saturday Afternoon.

If you walked up around the bend you could see where there was a larger cut, most of which is still there.  Too bad there is still so much renourishment sand.

Six Foot Cut Saturday Afternoon.

As I said yesterday, the angles didn't look good.

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

So now there is Oscar, but Oscar is supposed to turn and go back into the Atlantic.

Source: surfguru.com.

We'll have continued rough surf and high tides but the angles aren't good.  That is one thing I put a lot of emphasis on over the years.  Before that most people talked about big waves and northeasters, which were known to produce some of the best hunting, but actually, as I think I mentioned the other day, northeasters aren't much good unless they are more northerly, because of the angle of the Treasure Coast coastline, which does not run strictly north/south.  So unless you have a more northerly flow, a northeastern will hit the beaches straight on.  A north wind is more effective in creating erosion on the Treasure Coast - even a north/northwest wind.

Our recent front had a very north wind/surf, but quickly changed to a more easterly (actually northeasterly) direction, and the erosion to most beaches was over.

Sunday morning we were having a more northerly wind for a little while.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net