JoanInCreek
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I went to a small field today, expecting to find remenants of a bulldozed building. With rocks scattered all over, I assume it was going to be walking on broken concrete and cement- a prime area to dig in. 
But there was not a shred of modern trash or construction material. Amazing actually. The rocky areas turned out to be shells and lots of them. There is water body nearby-grabbed a nice complete shell from its edges. I assume years ago they drained the land and formed the nice neat little lake (South Florida loves to move water bodies and reduce their sizes, make them square or rectangle), then cleared the rest for the home depot, pet store, etc... This land filled with streaks of old shells, bleached from the sun or green with algae and have been sitting in all sand. I estimate 85% shells, 15% stones,small rocks (the kind that make the detector chirp and beep like crazy). The dark areas I assumed was asphalt, maybe a driveway or a pad that a mobile home sat on or a fruit stand-but that tirned out to be sediment. I did not detect once I discovered it was everglades water sediment, simply walked it looking for shells.
I am going back there tomorrow, snap a picture of this now very uncommon sight. Very West Coral Springs was built on these- I used to walk the lots about ten years ago before the homes were built and gather shells right off the sandy land.
The shells still need to be cleaned thoroughly. I only rinsed them and got all the loose sand out. Wanted to share this, becuase it is very uncommon to find shells on land 8 miles from the coean. This what the area used to be, many moons ago!
But there was not a shred of modern trash or construction material. Amazing actually. The rocky areas turned out to be shells and lots of them. There is water body nearby-grabbed a nice complete shell from its edges. I assume years ago they drained the land and formed the nice neat little lake (South Florida loves to move water bodies and reduce their sizes, make them square or rectangle), then cleared the rest for the home depot, pet store, etc... This land filled with streaks of old shells, bleached from the sun or green with algae and have been sitting in all sand. I estimate 85% shells, 15% stones,small rocks (the kind that make the detector chirp and beep like crazy). The dark areas I assumed was asphalt, maybe a driveway or a pad that a mobile home sat on or a fruit stand-but that tirned out to be sediment. I did not detect once I discovered it was everglades water sediment, simply walked it looking for shells.
I am going back there tomorrow, snap a picture of this now very uncommon sight. Very West Coral Springs was built on these- I used to walk the lots about ten years ago before the homes were built and gather shells right off the sandy land.
The shells still need to be cleaned thoroughly. I only rinsed them and got all the loose sand out. Wanted to share this, becuase it is very uncommon to find shells on land 8 miles from the coean. This what the area used to be, many moons ago!