8/31/12 Report - Recent Treasure Coast Metal Detector Finds - Old Buttons

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There were some nice finds on the Treasure Coast this past week.   I've received photos of a few.





Front of Button Found by William M.




Back of Button Found by William M.




































A couple of nice old buttons were found on the Treasure Coast this week.  The photos

8/30/12 Report - Still a Lot to Be Found - Space Age to Ice Age

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Ice Age to Space Age Finds From the T. C. Yesterday


The other day I said that the improvements in beach conditions were short lived.  It turns out that I was a little premature with that.  I went to check one of the secondary beaches yesterday afternoon and found that there is still a lot out there. 

8/29/12 Report - Improved Conditions Short Lived

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I'll undoubtedly be issuing a beach conditions downgrade before long.  We're back to one and two foot seas already.  And it looks like it will stay that way for a while again.



There is a new storm in the Atlantic named Kirk.  It will remain out in the middle of the Atlantic.  Another storm may be

8/27/12 Report - Beach Conditions Upgrade on Treasure Coast



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Eroded Treasure Coast Beach Monday Morning



Yesterday, none of the beaches on the Treasure Coast looked good.  In addition to the beaches I looked at and posted, Bernie C. sent in a report from some of the beaches that I didn't

8/26/12 Report - Around the Treasure Coast This Morning

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I'm just going to do a quick post right now to show you what is going on around the Treasure Coast this morning.  Later today I'll add more details to this post, but just wanted to give you a quick overview of what I saw this morning first.






Between Sebastian Inlet and McClarty.  Cut in dredged

8/25/12 Report - Just a Little Erosion Beginning on Treasure Coast Beaches So Far.

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You are probably aware that Isaac is expected to go into the Gulf but give us some more windy rainy day.  The West Coast of Florida and the Panhandle will get a lot more of Isaac than us.


Erosion just beginning on one Treasure Coast beach.

I went out to see what was going on this afternoon around the

8/24/12 Report - Storms, Detecting Conditions, and Beach Rating Scale

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Friday 8 AM NHC Upate.


The predicted path of Isaac has drifted a little to the West again.   It looks to me like the West coast of Florida will get some good onshore winds and waves next week, and the Panhandle and around the Big Bend and the Apalachicola area will get a lot of waves and high water

8/23/12 Report - Isaac Heads Towards Keys and West Coast & Club News

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Thursday Morning National Hurricane Center Map


Isaac now looks like he will be crossing the Keys and skirting the West Coast of Florida, and then maybe heading towards the Panhandle.  It is looking like the West Coast will be getting more of Isaac than the Treasure Coast.



Joyce, on the other hand,

8/22/12 Report - Isaac Update

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Wednesday Morning NOAA Update



Isaac seems to be coming our way.  The track projected by NOAA has Isaac hitting Florida a little after 2 AM Monday near the northern end of the Keys.  However both the East and West Coast of Florida are within the cone and could be where the center lands.   At this

8/21/12 Report - Hurricane Maybe Heading Our Way & More On Anchors

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Calm Seas on Treasure Coast This Morning.


The big news for me today is tropical depression number 9.  It could become a hurricane by Thursday when it will be south of Peurto Rico.  After that, it is expected to work its way West, passing below Haiti and then over Cuba.  It could also turn north towards

8/20/12 Report - Spanish Coin, Lead Seals, and Foreign Laws

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Here is a Spanish silver coin.  See if you can identify it.

If you want to cheat, the coin is found pictured in Monedas Espanolas  Desde Juan y Carlos a Isabel II 1504 a 1868, by Calico, Calico and Trigo, 1985.

You can see the king in the first picture - Phillip III.  That gives you something of an

8/19/12 Report - Atocha Emerald Ring, More Anchors, and Storm to Watch

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Photo Received Via Email From Mel Fisher Organization.


Here is another view of the recent Atocha emerald ring find.  I like to study examples like this so I can more easily identify  finds.



One feature on this ring that I haven't seen before is the raised point of gold at the corners of the stone.

8/18/12 Report - Comments on Anchor Find

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Salvage Boats on Nieves Site Thursday



It has been in the papers and it has been on the news.  It seems like it has been everywhere and is the most talked about treasure story of the Treasure Coast this week.  You've probably already heard about it - the anchor found in the ocean near

8/17/12 Report - Investigating Shell Piles & Freeze Dried La Belle

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Shell piles on Treasure Coast Beach Yesterday


I mentioned yesterday that I saw some big shell piles on Treasure Coast beaches.  Shell piles can be both fun and productive.

If you are targeting old shipwreck coins or gold jewelry, shell piles are not a good place to spend your time.  If you are

8/16/12 Report - La Galga, Steamboat Arabia & Clams

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Find and photo by Ken A.  See below.


Here is a great article.  It was published in an antique bottle magazine.  You can find good clues and information in a lot of different types of places.



The article is about the excavation of the steamboat Arabia.  It was found under tons of earth in a

8/15/12 Report - $200 Million Treasure, Big Fin & Good Book

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Photo and Find by William M.


I was standing in a little less than waist deep in the water in the Indian River Lagoon Tuesday evening  as the sun was going down and spotted a fin at some distance.  I didn't know how much distance for a while.  I continued to watch, and the fin came closer, and closer,

8/14/12 Report - Finding Your Own Good New Sites To Detect

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Low tide Line On a Typical Treasure Coast Beach


Are you tired of hunting the same old worked-out sites?  Would you like to find a new site that few others know about?  It's possible.  It takes some work though, and a different approach.  If you do what I'm about to tell you, you might be the next

8/13/12 Report - 1715 Fleet Salvage Vessels at Work & More

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Salvage Vessel At Nieves Site Sunday


The salvage vessels were busy at work on the Nieves site yesterday.   Here is a photo showing the largest of the vessels at work near low tide.  This vessel was near the main ballast pile about a hundred yards off shore right in front of the entrance road at the

8/12/12 Report - Crusty Coins and Black Sand

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Surface Find Indicating Possible Presence of Other Targets


I often remind detectorists to keep their eyes open.  A surface coin might be the first indication you get of the possible presence of a nearby coin line or coin hole.  As I've mentioned before, I've known people who do not own a detector but 

8/10/12 Report - Another Lead Seal Found & More Weather to Watch.

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Find and Photo by William M.


Here is what appears to be another lead seal found by William M.  Another very nice find.  If anyone recognizes the mark, let me know. 

We might be able to see more of the mark if William does a little more cleaning.

Where is the last place you would find a 1909 Lincoln

8/9/12 Report - Older Modern Gold

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Older Shallow Water Gold Find


Here is a photo of  a recent ring find.  It is 10K, but what I want to show is the break and the condition of the find. It looks like it was lost a while before being recovered.  You'll find a good number of broken rings, especially if you are finding items that have been

8/8/12 Report - Alvaro Mexia, Club News & Resources

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22K Ring Beach Find.

I've been talking about determining the melt value of finds.  I mentioned that you will find some 22K items, often from India or Oriental countries.   Here is one such example.  It is not marked but tests at 22K and looks Oriental.



Alvaro Mexia is probably the first European to

8/7/12 Report - Atocha Emerald Ring Found

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Photo by Mel Fisher Organization


 A 3-carat emerald ring (shown at right) was recently found by the Magruder on the trail of the Atocha.  A pot shard and musket ball were found in an adjacent hole in this virgin area about six miles north of the main pile of the Atocha trail..



According to an

8/6/12 Report - Figuring Gold Values & Conditions

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Here is a nice 14K ladies bracelet found on a Treasure Coast beach.  It weighs less than the ring I showed yesterday. 


Yesterday I discussed how gold is measured in Troy ounces rather than the Avoirdupois ounces that we use most of the time.  Also, a lot of people use grams when talking about gold.

8/5/12 Report - Determining the Value of Gold Finds & Detecting Conditions

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Gold Beach Find.  Wt. Given in Avoirdupois Ounces.


Here is a trick question that you might have heard.  
Which is heaviest, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold? 

I think most people would quickly say, a pound is a pound, so they are the same weight no matter what they are.


There is an

8/4/12 Report - Another Tropical Storm to Watch Now

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Small cut found at one Treasure Coast beach this morning.


Yesterday we got some wind and waves.  I took a look this morning to see what if anything happened at the beach.  Here it is.



As you can see there was some movement of sand, and some small cuts.  The cuts however were out on the front

8/3/12 Report - Search for the Lost Merchant & Tropical Storm Ernesto

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National Hurricane Center Map


I'll start with the weather today since the Atlantic is starting to get so active.  The biggest news is that Tropical Depression Five has become Tropical Storm Ernesto.  And Ernesto is predicted to become a hurricane.



If you look at the map below, you'll see that

8/2/12 Report - Tropical Depression and Changing Coast Lines

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Tropical Depression 5 (NOAA, NHC)

We now have a tropical depression in the Atlantic.  The disturbance that I've been talking about has formed, however according to present predictions, it is expected to go south of Cuba, so won't be a threat to us on the Treasure Coast.

We've had a full moon lately,

8/1/12 Report - Tropical Storm Forming & Book Treasures

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The tropics are heating up.   There is now a 60% chance that this disturbance in the Atlantic will turn into a cyclone in the next 48 hours.   It is now well east of the southern windward islands, so it will be a while before we feel the effects, if we ever do.  It is something to watch though.