11/24/12 Report - Big Erosion Photos & Nice Shipwreck Spike Find

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Nice Complete Spike.
 Find and Photo by Philip I.



I hope everybody had a happy and safe Thanksgiving and nobody got injured shopping.

The finds are starting to come in from November 2012.  




Bathtub Beach. 
Photo by Joan T.

Sandy hit the dunes washing stuff out and up.   Then we had a short

10/10/12 Report - Rare Treasure Coast Find & When Artifacts Blanketed One Beach

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Silver Spike From Most Recent Sedwick Coins Auction.



Here is an interesting and rare Treasure Coast find. It is up for auction in the most recent Sedwick Coins auction.

What is most interesting, is that the spike is not made of iron or one of the metals that spikes are usually made of, but

7/5/12 Report - Couple Recent Treasure Coast Beach Finds

Broken Iron Spike


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Despite the recent lack of erosion and sandy conditions around most of the Treasure Coast together with the smooth seas, you can still find an occasional shipwreck item.  Treasure coins are very scarce.


I'm showing a couple recent possible shipwreck finds today.



First is

9/10/12 Report - Alvaro Mexia, Florida History Resources & More

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Very Recent Find.Submitted by Bernie C.This spike was found by some newly exposed rocks and required a lot of hard work to get it out. I've talked about how things get trapped by rocks. Rocks, like other obstructions, also affect the flow of sand. Obstructions can result in sand loss when the wind is coming

5/27/11 Report - Shipwreck Spike & Mass Spectrometry on Silver Reals

Shipwreck Spike Dug Today. As you can see this spike hasn't been cleaned yet. It was dug this morning. I like the bend. It's iron and about eight inches long. It was down about a foot and a half in hard packed shells in the low tide zone. I went out to see the beach this morning with the intention of taking it easy to avoid aggravating my injuries. I didn't bother the injuries, but I got into

4/2/11 Report - Shipwreck Wood and Spike & $290 Million Treasure

Recently Found Wood Showing Spike Hole.Here is a piece of wood that I picked up in a shell pile the other day. As you can see it has a nice square hole through it. The wood is very hard almost like it is fossilized. It appears that the rust leached onto or into the surrounding wood, which seems to make the wood harder and more resistant to deterioration. I've noticed that before on shipwreck wood

2/16/11 Report - Spikes Recently Found on Treasure Coast Beaches

Dug Encrusted Object Recently Found by Metal Detector on a Treasure Coast Shipwreck BeachThis was found two or three days ago. I didn't know what it was so I started cleaning it. The small part that wasn't crusted over (middle of the object in the photo) led me to believe that it was probably something other than a spike.I wasn't really expecting to find anything identifiable under all of that

12/11 Report - Neat Spike and Old Rusty Stuff

Really Neat Spike Found by Diver Off of North Carolina.I saw this spike offered on eBay and thought it was really interesting. The seller inherited the item. He didn't know if it was a spike that was modified to be used as a knife or what. I just thought it was unusual and very nice.Below is one of those things that looks like nothing more than a rusty lump. I think most beginners

12/9 Report - A Found Shipwreck Spike, Rust Eating Bacteria, & TV Show Being Made

Photo of a Nice Spike Found Near the Boca Inlet.I like the detail shown of the head of this spike. Thanks to Andrew G. for submitting the photo of his find.A new species of rust eating bacteria has been discovered that speeds the deterioration of shipwrecks. Shipwrecks are not underwater museums frozen in time but may deteriorate faster and in ways other than previously thought.Here is a link

11/24 Report - Wood Plank, Trailboard & Beachcombing

Another Piece of an Old Plank Found on a Treasure Coast Beach.This one has what appears to be the rusted head of an iron spike to the right of the penny. The same spike seems to be broken off but visible on the other side.You can also see a hole where a pin or something once was to the northwest of the penny in the middle of the dark brown area. There is some iron residue in that hole.Emails that