Looking for advice on the treasure coast........

muttandjeeps · Nov 2, 2016

My son and I are taking a trip in December to the area around Sebastian. Looking for any tips/advice/or wise counsel from those that know. We are willing to travel anywhere up or down the coast, as this has been a longtime dream of ours, and we carved out the time to do it. It's a 900 mile drive to get there, so hoping to find a "little" bit of history.....any direction appreciated!

Kevin

GatorBoy · Nov 2, 2016

Hey Kevin that's where I live..
We just had a heck of a lot of erosion in the area you're heading.. several Spanish cobs were found immediately after the hurricane went by.. I'd focus on the Wabasso area in the south side of the Sebastian Inlet just about anywhere there's a good amount of visible erosion... we should have some good periods of Northwind before you get here in December that usually sets the stage for a good detecting conditions .

CASPER-2 · Nov 4, 2016

SOUTHEAST FLORIDA SITES:

CASPER-2 · Nov 4, 2016

AN HONEST MAN :thumbsup:

... most others said there was no erosion at all and it was a waste of time for all to come down
on other sites guys told ones inquiring cause they wanted to travel down ...told them not to bother

GatorBoy said:
Hey Kevin that's where I live..
We just had a heck of a lot of erosion in the area you're heading.. several Spanish cobs were found immediately after the hurricane went by.. I'd focus on the Wabasso area in the south side of the Sebastian Inlet just about anywhere there's a good amount of visible erosion... we should have some good periods of Northwind before you get here in December that usually sets the stage for a good detecting conditions .

GatorBoy · Nov 4, 2016

This will help you keep up with current conditions on a daily basis. http://treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com/?m=1

GatorBoy · Nov 4, 2016

Good thing these folks didn't think it wasn't worth it

muttandjeeps · Nov 4, 2016

GB, thanks for the reply.....It's really nice to get an honest (and informative) answer. I promise we won't take all the treasure &#55357;&#56832;. As a matter of fact, just the road trip, and the time with my son will make the trip a success.
Thanks!

GatorBoy · Nov 4, 2016

My pleasure... hey... I know how much effort and timing comes into play...If someone completely unfamiliar with the area can show up and beat me to a silver cob or something... I say more power to you....and... I should step up my game.
Good luck

UnderMiner · Nov 4, 2016

I guessed as much, that place was just eroded from the hurricane - a great time to find treasure from the galleons that wrecked there 300 years ago. So wish I could go down there. Undoubtedly lots of Spanish treasure to be found. And you can bet that 90%+ of treasure found there will never be reported to any internet forum, so the fact that a lot of reports are coming in of treasure down there, there have to be ten times as much that we don't know of being found right now.
:tchest:

Minelab Matt · Nov 6, 2016

muttandjeeps said:
My son and I are taking a trip in December to the area around Sebastian. Looking for any tips/advice/or wise counsel from those that know. We are willing to travel anywhere up or down the coast, as this has been a longtime dream of ours, and we carved out the time to do it. It's a 900 mile drive to get there, so hoping to find a "little" bit of history.....any direction appreciated!

Kevin

2 words "Gary Drayton"

GatorBoy · Nov 6, 2016

Gary looks out for Numero Uno first I can tell you that

Hangingfor8 · Nov 8, 2016

I would contact Gary Drayton. You can say whatever you want about him but he's found by far the best 1715 ring ever found on the treasure coast. Back when I was a contracted 1715 salvage boat I often would see Gary on the beaches in some of my favorite areas. When it comes to the treasure coast there aren't many secret beaches. It's about the right place at the right time. Gary is a nice guy and he'll share some good tips on what to look for. I have sent more than one person who was visiting the area to him and all of them said he was very helpful.
Ok, enough on Gary.... if I were you I would research the conditions that are more conducive to metal detecting and what beaches on the treasure coast are effected under them. I read the treasure beach blog but often his reports are a few days behind. Some resources that you can use are the Sebastian inlet web cams for real time views of the beach and any of the live weather stations for wind and wave conditions.
Good luck, happy hunting, and most importantly have fun.

GatorBoy · Nov 8, 2016

Hangingfor8 said:
I would contact Gary Drayton. You can say whatever you want about him but he's found by far the best 1715 ring ever found on the treasure coast. Back when I was a contracted 1715 salvage boat I often would see Gary on the beaches in some of my favorite areas. When it comes to the treasure coast there aren't many secret beaches. It's about the right place at the right time. Gary is a nice guy and he'll share some good tips on what to look for. I have sent more than one person who was visiting the area to him and all of them said he was very helpful.
Ok, enough on Gary.... if I were you I would research the conditions that are more conducive to metal detecting and what beaches on the treasure coast are effected under them. I read the treasure beach blog but often his reports are a few days behind. Some resources that you can use are the Sebastian inlet web cams for real time views of the beach and any of the live weather stations for wind and wave conditions.
Good luck, happy hunting, and most importantly have fun.

Gary was at the beach with his wife and just took a little stroll with his detector when he found that ring... it wasn't brain surgery and it wasn't a secret spot.
A few of my friends Work Salvage right now... off season now but you know what I mean.. my friend that works on the Capitana did quite well this past season.

Hangingfor8 · Nov 9, 2016

It's doesn't matter if he found it on a little stroll with the family or after a storm... he found it. He was in the right place at the right time. That single find is still one of the best finds ever on the treasure coast. IMO, It ranks up there with the Bird Bonnie found.

GatorBoy · Nov 9, 2016

Can't argue that...that ring is amazing... gotta love the Treasure coast

GatorBoy · Nov 9, 2016

Hangingfor8 · Nov 9, 2016

Ah, some of Brent's booty. He had a great year last year. I talked to him the other day and he said "after finding all those coins it was going to be tough to ever top that" That truly was a once in a life time find for him and his crew.

GatorBoy · Nov 10, 2016

Hangingfor8 said:
Ah, some of Brent's booty. He had a great year last year. I talked to him the other day and he said "after finding all those coins it was going to be tough to ever top that" That truly was a once in a life time find for him and his crew.

Yes sir... he probably won't top it...*** ******** **** *** ** *** ********** so to speak... anyway...later days and better....waves