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The trouble with treasure is not the treasure - it is the people. When huge finds are made, things often get tricky. Everybody wants a piece of the pie, or in some cases, the whole pie.  |
| Source: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/11/29/viking-treasure/ |
I told you a day or two ago about George Powell and Layton Davies, a couple detectorists who failed to report a Viking Hoard they found.
… The total value of the viking treasure hoard Powell and Davies discovered is estimated to be in the neighborhood of three million pounds. Had the two men simply declared it as they should have, they could have received as much as half of that value as a reward. Now, as a result of their greed, they won’t see a penny, and will be facing years in prison.
Others who conspired with the detectorists to sell the items will also be facing serious penalities.
Here is the link for all of the details.
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/11/29/viking-treasure/
Thanks to SuperRick for that link.
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Part of Viking Hoard Known as the Galloway Hoard.
Source: See TheVintageNews.com link below.
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… In 2014, a hoard of Viking treasure was discovered in a churchyard in Galloway, Scotland. It had lain in the ground for over one thousand years until unearthed by Derek McLennan, from Ayrshire, with his metal detector. At the time McLennan promised to share the proceeds from the sale of the items, about two million pounds, with the church but has since reportedly gone back on his word.
The Reverend David Bartholomew, a friend who is a pastor of the church, the church elders, and the trustees of the Church of Scotland have not been able to reach McLennan causing them to finally file suit against the detectorist. Reverend Bartholomew was with McLennan when the treasure was found and has expressed surprise that his friend would disregard his given word. According to the Daily Mail, the Reverend commented, “Derek was my friend and it is sad that it has come to this.”...
Here is the link for the details of that one.
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/09/20/viking-treasure-hoard/
I wonder if anyone finds Matthew 6:19-21 relevant.
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
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Sand Enlarged Three Hundred Times.
Source: See GeologyIn.com link below.
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You know that stuff you walk on at the beach? It might not be as boring as you think. In fact it can be very attractive if you look at it close enough.
Exactly what it looks like depends upon where your are, but if you magnify it three hundred times, you might see that it is composed of some very attractive bits of multicolored unique and irregularly shaped and possibly bright bits of many different things including rock, coral, shell, animal parts and even sea glass. Above is one example you'll find at Geologyin.com (link below).
Here is a link where you can see more photos showing a variety of types of sand.
http://www.geologyin.com/2018/01/this-is-how-sand-looks-magnified-up-to.html
The particular nature of the sand at a location will determine how it packs or washes away.
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The high tides are not as high as they were the past few days.
The surf is supposed to be up to three to five feet today.
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| Source: MagicdSeaWeed.com |
Happy hunting,
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