Reading the beach and water, logical treasure hunting.

So many things about metal detecting on the beach and water have to do with understanding conditions and using logic. I wrote two books that...

What happened to all the profits?

In the six years ending June, 2014 (a period which encompasses the worst of the 2008 financial crisis and the entirety of the recovery to da...

Where to find lost jewelry and coins at the beach

The question of where the most jewelry is lost at the beach is a heated topic on the internet amongst beach and water hunters.  I class myse...

Single Book

The channel bottom Parmenter single fins featured in the previous post are also the design featured in Andrew Kidman's 'Single' ...

Durable goods orders blowout

Janet Yellen just took a roundhouse blow to the chin: July durable goods orders rose by an astounding 22.6%, and are up over 33% in the past...

The dollar is up but it's still weak

In the past three years, the dollar has risen over 10% against a basket of major currencies (see graph below). That's good on the margin...

The parachute effect on solitaire diamond rings

Saturday night and Sunday morning I tried to recover a very expensive diamond ring in the wet sand, the couple who lost the ring offered me ...

AAfCW 2014 Volunteer Update #21

This is the twenty-first weekly update by the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds (AAfCW) for the 2014 season. Today's update inclu...

Stocks still shy of a real high

In the span of just over 5 years and 5 months, the S&P 500 index of U.S. stocks has tripled from its March 9, 2009 closing low. Today it...

Centennial Beach

Technically, this post is slightly out of order, since I meant to post it after Beach Grove and they sort of go together. Centennial Beach i...

Causeway Beach

Causeway Beach is basically the southern edge of the causeway that serves the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal. I don't know how much intention...

Beach Grove

Every year, I end up in Richmond or Tsawwassen early on a Saturday morning in August, prior to catching the ferry over to Salt Spring Island...

Boulevard Park

This past year, a new beach took shape in Bellingham at Boulevard Park. The park inherited a large area of historic fill on which a log mill...

a peek at Lisa Vanderpump's "Pump"

  Real Housewife of Beverly Hills'  Lisa Vanderpump 's new restaurant Pump is stunning! And, surprise, surprise look who collaborat...