4/6/13 Report - Sudden Erosion Appears on the Treasure Coast & More on Swash Clusters.

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Rio Mar Today.
Submitted by Dan B.

The wind shifted this morning.  It was coming out of the north/northeast and we had some erosion.

To the right you can see some cuts at Rio Mar.  Thanks Dan!

And below is Normandy Beach and the new sand at Jensen Beach leaving already.

Joan T. sent those photos. 

12/25/12 Report - A Pre Christmas Walk

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I hope you are enjoying your Christmas.  I am.

I didn't expect to even do a post today but had a little time while nibbling on some fresh out of the oven chocolate chip cookies and waiting for some other stuff to cook.  So if the post comes together quickly without much fuss, I'll publish it.

The other

6/25/12 Report - Debby Heads For Florida Panhandle and How People Shop for a Detector

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Projected Path of Debby.  From NOAA.


As you know, the weather has a huge impact on treasure hunting on the beach and in the shallow water, especially when you are hunting old shipwreck items.   We depend upon the movement of sand to expose old accumulated items, and the weather sometimes does

4/11/12 Report - $42,000 Gold Escudo, Local Man's Miraculous Medallion & Spanish Missions

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.1714 Mexican 8-Escudo Sold in the Sedwick Coins Auction Yesterday.This was the star of the gold coins sold in the first session of the auction yesterday. It was struck with Royal dies and brought a bid of $42,500.When I was watching the live bidding, I noticed that the undated Bogata 2-escudos were going for

3/24/12 - Excalibur Discrimination Experiment

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.A Treasure Coast Beach Yesterday Morning.I think that shows the way it is. Conditions are not good. The seas have decreased a bit. You might look near the water line.One of my best finds came when conditions were poor. It wasn't what I was hunting, or what I expected to find, but nonetheless, it was a good

3/21/12 Report - Miniature Detector Finds, & Other News

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Small Religious Medallion.Just a couple of small curiosities today. This religious medallion is one of the smaller ones that I've found. It is heavily corroded and I don't know how old it is. The back is too encrusted to see if there is any information there. I might clean it someday to find out if it says

7/11/11 Report - Ice Age Treasure Coast Finds & Blaming Detectors

Fossilized Ice Age Antlers (Tine & Base in Matrix)I recently found the tine on the beach. I found the base sometime ago. I like the matrix.I am thinking of making the tine into a pendant.A lot of people think that if they aren't finding anything, or not what they want to find, that the reason is their detector. That is usually not the case. Most detectorists (those that I see anyway) have a

6/10/11 Report - Your Best Detector Settings & Erosion on Treasure Coast

One Nice Size Cut on One Treasure Coast Beach This Morning.This cut was about six foot high, which was as high as any I saw this morning.See video of this beach below.Yesterday my post was about being up to my arm pit in muck. I understand that a lot of you would like to see that. I should have taken a video, but I don't have enough hands. Usually I'm holding a scoop and detector or I am up to my

4/15/11 Report - Estimating Size, Shape and Depth of Targets Using Pinpoint Mode

One Treasure Coast Beach This Morning.Notice the sea weed on the beach and rain showers in the distance. There was rain along much of the Treasure Coast this morning. Sometimes clearing and sometimes really pouring. No thunder or lightening.I've mentioned before that you can learn to tell the approximate size and shape of detected objects with many detectors using pin-point or all-metals mode.

11/7 Report - Mystery Small Silver Rectangle Metal Detector Find

Small Rectangular Piece of Silver Found on a Treasure Coast Shipwreck Beach Yesterday.This is one of those types of finds that will probably never give up its secrets. It is definitely silver. I could tell that when I inspected it with a high power loop and when I did an acid test on it.And it has definitely been exposed to salt water for some time. Close inspection of the considerable surface

9/30 Report - Hope on the Horizon

Photo Showing Small Cut Found This Morning on a Treasure Coast Beach.First, I have a couple interesting news items from Kovels Komments today. First, a single copper Lincoln Penny was sold for nearly 2 million dollars.Here is what Kovel's says."A 1943 zinc-coated steel Lincoln penny is worth less than 10 cents today. But a 1943 one-of-a-kind copper alloy Lincoln penny struck at the Denver Mint