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| Source: See News.err,ee link below |
Another archaeological find has been made on the island of Saaremaa, just weeks after a major haul including a 1,700-year-old gold bracelet came to light.
The recent find dates from a later era, the viking period, ERR's online news in Estonian reports, and includes a large number of silver coins, according to both the Heritage Protection Board (Muinsuskaitseamet) and Saaremaa Museum.
As with the earlier treasure trove, the latest find was the work of a metal detector hobbyist, who, in line with Estonian law, informed the authorities.
"We are grateful for the licensed hobby detector, who reported the findings to the Heritage Protection Board, which can now preserve some of the crucial history of Saaremaa," Saaremaa Museum stated on its social media page (see also gallery below)...
Two separate hoards were found. One of these dating to the second half of the 10th century, contained silver coins which came via the Viking trade route which crossed the Baltic from the present-day Swedish island of Gotland, to Saaremaa's southern coast, and then on to Lääne County and on to present-day Tallinn...
Two separate hoards were found. One of these dating to the second half of the 10th century, contained silver coins which came via the Viking trade route which crossed the Baltic from the present-day Swedish island of Gotland, to Saaremaa's southern coast, and then on to Lääne County and on to present-day Tallinn...
Here is the link for more about that.
https://news.err.ee/988737/another-saaremaa-archaeological-haul-includes-viking-era-silver-coins
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The bridge on A1A over the Sebastian Inlet is scheduled to be closed for 18 months beginning in 2020 or 2021. The closure for repairs to damage caused by Dorian will result in a 40 mile detour for some motorists.
Here is the link.
https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2019/10/07/bridge-over-sebastian-inlet-to-be-replaced
Thanks to Jerry P. for that link.
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I previously mentioned that the last time I was at Turtle Trail I found a number of greened clad coins. One (shown below) had a strange small hole in it.
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| Holed Quarter Dug at Turtle Trail. |
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| Closer View of Same Hole Shown From Other Side. |
Is that quarter familiar to anyone? I know that some have made holes in coins to attach a string for testing.
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Here is a closeup. Can you guess what it is?
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| Can You Guess What It Is? |
I would never get it, but it is a closeup of the surface of a blue glass insulator that has what looks to the naked eye to be just an imperfection in the glass. When I looked at it more closely though, the lines are not just excess glass, they are actually embossed into the glass. What it looks like to me is the imprint of a string or thin wire that was in the mold when the glass insulator was made. If it was a coin, it would be called a strike-through error.
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov |
It looks like none of those systems will affect us much.
The tides are pretty flat now. I'd like to see a good low tide. I've been waiting for that for a good while.
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| Source: MagicSeaWeed.com. |
It looks like we'll get some more surf on Friday and Saturday, however I'm not expecting any significant change in beach conditions. It looks like more of the same.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
