11/22/12 Report - Happy Thanksgiving!

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Just a short post today.

We have swells reaching six feet today and expecting seven foot swells Friday.  The weekend should be a good time to check around the Treasure Coast for areas where the water has either been hitting the dunes or causing some erosion.

As I mentioned yesterday, there are some

11/21/12 Report - Beach Conditions Improving Slowly. Friday Should Tell the Story.

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Erosion on Treasure Coast.   Photo by Guy F.
Submitted by Bernie C.

We have four to six foot swells today.  A peak of 6 to eight foot swells are still expected Friday.  That should be the peak. 

Some places have a little erosion in front of the dunes.  And in some places the water is hitting the

11/20/12 Report - Detecting Conditions & Detecting Regrets to Avoid.

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There is a stationary storm offshore of the southeastern Atlantic seaboard that is funneling wind down the east coast into Florida.  Winds will be brisk out of the north through Thursday. when they will peak at 15-20 miles per hour with gusts to 25 mph. The weather service says Treasure Coast beaches may

11/19/12 Report - Get Your Equipment Ready, Detecting Conditions May Improve Soon

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Water Coming Over Newly Formed Berm
Yesterday Near High Tide

Years ago we had a storm known as the Thanksgiving storm that produced a lot of treasure.  Right off I don't remember the year.  If the surf web site predictions are correct, it could happen again.




As I mentioned yesterday and previous

11/18/12 Report - Sherds or Shards & Water Getting High on the Beach

 

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Six Different Treasure Coast Beach Shards

I looked it up.  My dictionary says that sherd is a variation of shard.  Some people say one and some the other, but there appears to be no difference.

As I said a few days ago, someone asked how to identify a shipwreck shard on the beach.  I wish I knew. 

11/17/12 Report - New Gold & Did You Ever Find a Cremation Tags

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New 14K Ring Find.

Old items brought to the surface by Sandy are becoming more scarce and detectorists along the Treasure Coast are having to make do with modern finds.  Here is a 14K gold find with some type of pinkish stone. Although it is undoubtedly worth more than a lot of the old junk that

11/16/12 Report - Special Returned Ring & Miscellaneous Finds

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It is always good to hear about one of the many rings or other items that are returned.   We hear about some of those, but not the vast majority.

I was glad to receive an email from Chris B. providing a link to an article about a Vietnam vet who lost a special ring 41 years ago while swimming in a lake.