Tuesday, October 23, 2018

10/23/18 Report - Oldest Intact Shipwreck Found. 1715 Fleet Olive Blossom Chain and Other Artifacts. Florida Panhandle Still Recovering.


Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.

World's Oldest Intact Shipwreck.
Source: See MSN link below.
Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the world’s oldest intact shipwreck at the bottom of the Black Sea where it appears to have lain undisturbed for more than 2,400 years.

Here is the link for more about that.



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1715 Fleet Gold "Olive Blossom" Chain in the Current Sedwick Auction.
Lot 1658.

Here is the lot description.

Gold "olive blossom" chain, intact, from the 1715 Fleet. 43.91 grams, 32-1/2" long. A very desirable type of gold chain from the 1715 Fleet, consisting of small, tight links with six-petal flowers on two sides (each one a little bit different) in high-grade gold, famous as the same design as the eleven-foot chain found with the "dragon whistle" (Captain-General's badge of office) by Rex Stocker in 1962, this example intact and uncut (rare thus) and a great length for wearing as a necklace today. From the 1715 Fleet, pedigreed to our Auction #16, with original lot-tag #1041 and our photo-certificate.


https://auction.sedwickcoins.com/Treasure-World-U-S-Coin-Paper-Money-Auction-24_as55485



The chain has a current bid of $6000 and an auction estimate of 6 - 9 thousand.


Here are some other featured items.



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Don't forget about the hurricane victims.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. — A family can begin to grieve after officials confirmed Friday the death of a 79-year-old Florida woman who had been missing since Hurricane Michael left her Mexico Beach home in rubble.

Here is the link for more about that.


You don't know what you are going to face or what your situation is going to be.  I never guessed that I would be caring for an aging parent - especially not for so many years - and I could not have imagined how emotionally difficult and consuming it could be.  Caring for a parent is not a bad thing.  The thing that is difficult is trying to do things to help when there are no solutions.  I can provide necessities.  I can try to entertain and make things comfortable, but I can not improve their state of mind.  I hate to see it but can do nothing about it.  I try my best, but things are headed in the same direction and at the same speed.  I can't do a thing about it, no matter how hard I try.  As much as they try to cover it up and deny it, even with their failing abilities on some deeper level they realize it too.  You want to be able to have reasonable conversations and discuss things, but that is futile and only leads to frustration.  As much as I want to provide some level of contentment, everything fails. I never guessed that I would be in that spot.  I had no idea.  

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There is nothing new on the hurricane map.  At least it is not so hot.

The surf will be only two or three feet for a few days.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net