4/8/12 Report - Happy Easter - Beach Conditions Upgrade

I didn't plan to post today, but I do have an upgrade worth mentioning. It probably won't last long, so I thought I better get it posted.I'm upgrading my Treasure Coast Beach Detecting Conditions Rating from a 1(poor) to a 2.Many parts of the beach have not eroded at all, but there are a few spots such as the one shown below that have eroded some.Unfortunately there isn't a lot of erosion. The

4/5/12 Report - Possible Beacch Conditions Improvement Coming Soon & More

Written by the treasureguide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Recently Found Pot Shard.Seems like a good time to remind you that when conditions are poor for one thing, they'll be good for finding something else.The southeast winds have been piling shells up on some beaches. When that happens, cob hunting is generally poor, but lighter materials such as pot shards can

3/9/12 Report - Info on Religious Medallion, Detecting Self-Test & Blockade Runners

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.A Treasure Coast Beach This Morning.After two days of southeast winds, this isn't surprising. A lot of seaweed was washing up on our beaches.Sea weed is a bad sign that indicates that a beach is filling.The cut beach that i showed a day or two ago deteriorated. It still had some cliffs, but also had sea weed

3/2/12 - Owner of Found Ring Wanted & Don't Lose Anything Old Even If You Are

1946 Class Ring.This ring is the typical style for a class ring from the forties. People lose things. That's obvious. I'd be surprised if you haven't lost something of sentimental value. Most people do at one time or another. And it can be heart-breaking. It is especially nice to celebrate with people when the lost is found.Someone lost this class ring. It was found along a wooded path in West

2/21/12 Report - Conditions Report & Video

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.One Old Cut On the Treasure Coast This Morning.This is the remains of a cut that was made a week or so ago. Since then it has filled in some.There is a bunch of mushy sand at the bottom of the cut. The recent high tide was doing nothing other than wetting the front of the old deteriorated cut this morning.The

2/12/12 Report - Huge Sotheby's Spanish Coin Auction & A Little Beach Experiment

Written by the TreasureGuide of the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Only two more detecting days left before Valentines Day!Photo Received by Email From Sotheby's.The Archer M. Huntington Collection of 37,895 coins relating to the history of Spain will be sold as a single lot at auction by Sotheby's ending on 8 March 2012. You can pick up this nice collection if you have

1/28/12 Report - Woodlawn Park & Using Old Postcards for Research

Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.St. Pete Pier Postcard.A couple of days ago I mentioned Tarzan Park, a tourist attraction in Vero back around 1900, and yesterday I suggested maybe trying to find some of the old tourist spots to detect while the local beaches are sanded in.James F. sent me a link to a 1997 article about Woodland Park, which

1/26/12 Report - Tarzan Park, Cob ID & Making Important Detector Rod Adjustments

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Detectorist on Treasure Coast Treasure Beach Yesterday Morning.As you undoubtedly know, local beach conditions have not been good lately. Today seas are running about three feet and will continue at about that level or less until Monday when the we are expecting an increase to up around five feet. Hopefully

12/30/11 Report - A Big Clump, Sunken Plane, Ships Under Sand & Pigs Teeth

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.14K Band Beach Find.This is the type of thing that is being reported these days from the Treasure Coast. More modern jewelry than older stuff.I guess we are in the tourist season. And the beaches have been too sandy to find very many old items.The wrecks of two 19th Century American whaling ships have been

10/31/11 Report - A Few Cut Beaches - Continued Level 2 Beach Conditions Rating

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Ye Olde Pirate Dog.On stormy moon lit nights you can hear him howl when someone draws near his master's treasure.Happy Halloween! Today I found a couple of beaches that were cut. Below is one of those. One Treasure Coast Beach This Morning.Both beaches were cut about the same. Three foot and sometimes four

9/12/11 Report - Eight-Reale Found

Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.8 Reale Found by Dean C.Here is a great recent find. I told you before last weekend, I think it was, that there would be some cobs found. This is one photo of a find that was submitted to me a day or two ago.It is reported to have been found "north of Jupiter inlet."I don't know if the photo shows all of the

10/11/11 Report - Sedwick Coins 10th Treasure Auction

I'm going to have to sum up what happened this past weekend and today some other time. I got busy with other things and will have to catch up some other time.I have some finds to clean and photo for a later date.I received a press release from Sedwick Coins so I'll just post it as I received it today.Here goes.SEDWICK ANNOUNCES TENTH AUCTIONWinter Park, FL--Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC has just

9/27/11 Report - Beach Front Cobs - How They Get There

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Raft Recently Found on Treasure Coast Beach.I don't know if this is from immigrants floating in or something else. It reminds me of other rafts that I've seen on the beach, although most of them were much more substantial and used by Cubans arriving at South Florida.Thanks to Bob H. for the photo. He said

9/23/11 Report - Gold Mickey Mouse Ring Find & Mucking the River Banks

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Gold and Diamond Mickey Ring Find.Bill P. sent in the photo of this ring. It is 14kt gold with diamond (tested) eyes.Bill has been trying to get information on this ring. After a lot of research, he hasn't found out much. My feeling is that it is vintage.If any of you has any knowledge or ideas about this

8/24/11 Report - Irene Moves East & Not Much Action Yet

One Treasure Coast Beach This Morning.


I often remind you to keep any valuable finds in a bank safe deposit box. Evidently one St Lucie County person didn't do that.

Earlier this year a Spanish Colonial coin collection was stolen in Port St. Lucie. The collection included 136 Spanish coins, many of which were minted in Potosi in the late 1700s. There were also some Pillar dollars, Portraits

12/13/11 Report - Finding & Returning Lost Items

New Named Tropical Storm Franklin.

He's is going out to sea and won't affect us.

One of the neat things about detecting is when you return a lost item to someone who really treasures it. It happens relatively often. And sometimes when at the beach someone will ask you to find something that they just lost. Sometimes the lost item is a valuable piece of jewelry, but sometimes it is something

9/5/11 Report - Emily, Henry Morgan, and Blackbeard

Latest Press Release from Sedwick Coins.You can still consign items to the upcoming auction but not for long. See the press release at the right or the Sedwick Coins web site for more details.Five of Henry Morgan's ships have been located near the mouth of the Chagres River near the coast of Panama where they were lost in 1671. One clue is the six iron cannons that appear to be 17th Century.The

7/28/11 Report - Digging Up Friends

Not Just Toys.To me these aren't just toys. They are some of the toys that I played with a few decades ago back where I grew up in Pennsylvania. I once had the opportunity to return to where I was raised and detect the yard where I and my friends played. I dug up these old friends.If you ever have a chance to detect the places you played as a child, I'd highly recommend doing it. Memories

7/23/11 Report - Vintage Watches, Gold Coins, Live Beach Cams

Interesting Band on Found Watch. I always like to browse sites showing 17th an 18th century items. If there is one thing I regret, it is the times that I failed to recognize the approximate date of an item when I dug it up only to learn later that I should have paid more attention to the item.I've mentioned before the time I dug a musket part and the musket flint and didn't recognize what it was

7/21/11 Report - Storing Finds, St. Lucie Club, Conditions Downgrade

Lazy Sea This Morning Just After Low Tide.I was looking at some finds the other day and was reminded once again how what you do after the find is important.I was looking at one small charm that was hard to tell how old it was. One little mark on the back caught my attention. It was too small to read, so I got it in good light and pulled out my jewelers loop. Only then could I see 925 stamped on