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I was researching a token and ran into a forum where a lady from Florida posted these photos and said her grand daughter found the coin on her way to school and wondered what it was.
To the right you can see the word "COPY" on the coin (upside down).
Many reproductions or fakes will be marked like that, but many will not. Sometimes the mark is small, inconspicuous or worn off. I've shown examples of that in the past.
On the same topic, the coin that I originally showed on 8/21/18 and again yesterday, the person who found it took it to a pawn or jewelry shop as I suggested and had it tested. It was found, as we suspected, that it did not test to be either silver or gold.
Concerning the cannon ball that was recently found by Fred B., it should be properly conserved. Iron that has been in salt water will need to be soaked in pure water until the salts leach out. I neglected to tell Fred that. Thanks to Scott C. for reminding me. I sent Fred an email right after I got Scott's email. Hopefully Fred knew to do that, but for all of you, if you don't properly conserve iron objects, they will fall apart.
The best resource on how to conserve objects is the TAMU Conservation Manual. Here is the link.
http://nautarch.tamu.edu/CRL/conservationmanual/ConservationManual.pdf
I know it is long and detailed, but it has all the information you will need to conserve almost any type of object. No body wants to see a favorite find fall apart. It is worth doing it right.
You saw the cannon ball, but Fred has another conglomerate that shows parts of a lead sheet and a spike. Would anyone be able to do an x-ray to see what else might be in there. Fred is considering not opening this one, but doesn't know what else might be in it.
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Just yesterday I posted about an old path that was revealed by a severe drought. Here is something even more interesting that was revealed by a drought.
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| Hunger Stones Revealed by Drought. Source: See Apnews.com link below. |
Due to this summer’s drought in Central Europe, boulders known as “hunger stones” are reappearing in the Elbe River.
The low water levels in the river that begins in the Czech Republic then crosses Germany into the North Sea has exposed stones on the river bed whose appearances in history used to warn people that hard times were coming.
Over a dozen of the hunger stones, chosen to record low water levels, can now be seen in and near the northern Czech town of Decin near the German border.
The oldest water mark visible dates to 1616. That stone, is considered the oldest hydrological landmark in Central Europe, bears a chiseled inscription in German that says: “When you see me, cry.”
Here is the link.
https://apnews.com/9512be71cc8f40a7b6e22bc991ef2c6c
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No storm or big changes in beach conditions yet.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
