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| Predicted Path of Tropical Storm Don. Source: nhc.noaa.gov |
While it looks like Don will stay south, it could turn north, or maybe go through the Gulf and come back at us.
There is also another tropical disturbance behind (East of) Don. That one now has a thirty percent chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours.
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| Hoard of Coins Found in Spain. Source: See thelocal link below. |
A treasure of gold and silver ancient Roman coins has been found at a mining site in Huelva, southern Spain.
The discovery is of "incalculable value and a milestone in the archeology of this mining area," according to the archeologists from Atalaya Mining, the company running the mine who found it. The discovery was reported by local newspaper Huelava Spain.
The 40 or 50 coins found, which date from the 2nd century AD, according to a report in La Informacion, are said to be from the era of Nero and Trajan.
"It is a discovery of great beauty that comes to contribute data to our knowledge of RioTinto, that was the great mine of the Roman Empire," Luis Iglesias, director of archeology at Atalaya Mining, told El Pais....
Here is the link.
https://www.thelocal.es/20170706/milestone-treasure-of-ancient-roman-coins-found-at-mining-site
Unless Don or the other system heads our way, it looks like we'll have a one to two foot surf on the Treasure Coast for a week or two. We have some good tidal variation though.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/cannon-ball-quebec-city-1.4202559
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I recorded some detector signals and was going to insert them in a post. I couldn't figure out how to do that on blogspot. Maybe I'll get it figured out some day.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
https://www.thelocal.es/20170706/milestone-treasure-of-ancient-roman-coins-found-at-mining-site
Unless Don or the other system heads our way, it looks like we'll have a one to two foot surf on the Treasure Coast for a week or two. We have some good tidal variation though.
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| Explosive Cannon Ball Found Source: See CBC link below. |
A cannonball fired by the British during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 has been unearthed at a building site in Old Quebec.
The rusted, 90-kilogram projectile was unearthed during excavation work last week at the corner of Hamel and Couillard streets and still contained a charge and gunpowder.
The work crew that found the ball picked it up and gathered around it for photographs, unaware that it was still potentially explosive.
Municipal authorities were contacted, and archeologist Serge Rouleau was called in.
Rouleau brought the cannonball back to his home, and noticed it still contained a charge...
Here is the link for more on that story.http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/cannon-ball-quebec-city-1.4202559
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I recorded some detector signals and was going to insert them in a post. I couldn't figure out how to do that on blogspot. Maybe I'll get it figured out some day.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
