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| Ornate Key Found by DB Photo submitted by Terry S |
Before I get into today's treasure talk, I want to bring your attention to something very serious.
The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges every member state to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides.
Here is the link about that.
My wife has become an excellent genealogy researcher and found the records of one of her ancestors who died in a concentration camp. Here is a brief summary.
Franc Skusek , a Catholic political prisoner from the former Yugoslavia (now Slovenia ) was arrested on April 26, 1944 in Rihpovec. On June 12, 1944 he was deported to Mauthausen (prisoner number 77108). On December 3, 1944 Franc arrived at Auschwitz (prisoner number 202214). In mid January, as the Soviet army approached Auschwitz, the SS troops began evacuating the prisoners to other German occupied camps in what is known as the "Death March." January 22, 1945 Franc was transported to Buchenwald (prisoner number 119245). Auschwitz was liberated January 27, 1945. Franc Skusek died in Buchenwald on March 7, 1945.
I recommend researching your ancestors. It makes history real and personal.
If you read about Franc, you might have noticed that he was moved from Auschwitz five days before it was liberated. He died in Buchenwald about a month before it was liberated by U. S. troops.
Humans are capable of unimaginable evil.
Never forget.
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Back to more cheerful matters.
Back to more cheerful matters.
At the top of this post is the same ornate key found by DB that I showed two days ago. It is thought to be from the 1715 Fleet, so I asked my friend, author and leading researcher on Spanish Colonial religious artifacts, Laura Strolia, what she thought of it.
Before you read her answer, take a good close look at the cross on the bow of the key and the cross on the bitting.
First Laura pointed out that the cross looked like the Lazarus Cross and that the artifact likely represents the "Key to Heaven."
She then added the following.
Since the key is so small and decorative, one must question if it was a piece of religious art. So many paintings from the Spanish Colonial Period show St. Peter holding one or two keys--the Key(s) to Heaven.
The budded ends of the cross are similar to designs found on other art that depicts the Keys of St. Peter.
She sent the following examples. I added the arrow to the first illustration.
I found the following illustration of a key that has a bow that folds down and wondered if DB's key was bent or folded. I assume that those who saw the key in real life are correct and that the key is bent.
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You can't see it well in this photo of John Brooks but the beach was scalloping at to the north was cutting some.
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| Illustration provided by Laura Strolia. |
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| Lazarus Cross Illustration sent by Laura Strolia. |
I found the following illustration of a key that has a bow that folds down and wondered if DB's key was bent or folded. I assume that those who saw the key in real life are correct and that the key is bent.
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| Old Key With Folding Bow. |
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| Cuts South of Fort Pierce Jetty Yesterday Just After High Tide. |
I went out to see what was happening yesterday (Thursday) just after high tide and saw some beach reshaping. Some cuts were starting.
As you can see in the photo above the new cut is well below the cut that occurred when the tides were high a week or two ago.
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| Walton Rocks Thursday After High Tide. |
You can also see in the photo abve that the recent high tide was not as high on the beach as it was in the recent past.
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| John Brooks Just After High Tide Thrusday. |
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The surf today (Friday) is supposed to be five to seven feet, changing to a more easterly direction.
The wind was thirty mph Thursday night.
I don't expect the water to get as high as it was earlier in the month, but I would expect some finds to be made on the Treasure Coast in the next few days.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
The wind was thirty mph Thursday night.
I don't expect the water to get as high as it was earlier in the month, but I would expect some finds to be made on the Treasure Coast in the next few days.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
