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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov |
The system that was over Florida is now moving away, but Dorian is headed in our direction.
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| Source: nhc,noaa.gov |
I think Dorian will fizzle out before getting to us, but that remains to be seen. Keep watching.
In the mean time it looks like we'll have a two to three foot surf.
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Finds As An Extension Of A Person And A Reflection Of A Time.
I learn a lot from dreams. Last night was an excellent example. I awoke from a dream in which I was in the basement of the home where I grew up. In the dream the house was mostly empty, but a few things remained. I was inspecting my fathers tools in the basement where he had his workbench and always kept his tools. They were the same tools he used to build that house.
The tools were large and heavy - more than needed to just do a job. Unlike today's tools, they were made to last, and they are just as strong and usable today as they were seventy years ago.
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| Cast Iron Tools. |
So what is the relevance? Finds - artifacts - are an extension of a person. My father's tools were an extension of his hands and forearms, and even his personality. They fit the picture. More than that, they complete the picture.
There was an anvil and an iron sledge hammer that I could barely lift, let alone use.
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| Heavy (feels like near 50 pounds) Hammer With Iron Handle. |
Everything my father built was overbuilt. He used what he had. The car port behind our house was constructed of telephone poles and cross arms. He worked for the electric utility company. The car port was way heavier and stronger than necessary.
If you look at the tools in my garage today, you'll see an expression of me. My tools are wimpy in comparison. They didn't build my house. They are for repairing, touching up or tinkering - not the same kind of work. Most people today don't build their own house with their own hands from the ground up.
My tools are an expression of the times, and sadly, perhaps also a reflection of me as shaped by the times. Things just aren't made like they once were. And they aren't used the same.
This isn't about my father and I. It is just the example that was no my mind and shows how objects can tell something about the person that owned them and the times when they were used.
Objects were made for a purpose, and how they were made and used tell us about the people and times. When an object is revealed to you from the sands of time imagine the hands that formed it, held it or used it. Maybe meditate on it a little, and see if you can get an image of the person who was connected to it.
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Here is a great web site for identifying Craftsman and related tools.
http://alloy-artifacts.org/craftsman-early-tools-p4.html
The pipe wrench shown above is a fourteen inch Dunlap. The Dunlap brand is listed on the above web site and was used from 1938 into the 50s.
The wrench in the same photo was made by Fairmount Tool Manufacturing that began in Cleveland in 1917 and made a lot of tools for autos.
I think the sledge hammer was military. It has the number 7157.
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Detecting tools like the pipe wrench will normally produce conductivity readings form minuses through the teens - very similar to an old anchor except for the amount of area.
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First criminal act alleged to have been committed in outer space?
Here is that link.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/nasa-astronaut-identity-theft-bank-account-divorce-wife
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Summer on the Swollen Great Lakes
The lakes rose this year to levels not seen in decades. A 1,234-mile drive around one of them revealed what all that water has left behind — vanishing beaches, closed roads, new islands...
And here is that link.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/24/us/great-lakes-water-levels.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage
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Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
