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Bones Uncovered In Dunes
Source: See VeroNews link below.
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A skeleton was uncovered in the dunes by a construction company and gold was found under water nearby
The bones are thought to be old, but there were no buttons or any associated artifacts. The skeleton will be studied before the age is determined.
You might recall we had some discussion in this blog about the relative absence of known 1715 Fleet burials. This one might or might not be. Perhaps that will be determined.
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| Source: Same VeroNews link below. |
The 2019 Treasure Coast salvage season is off to a great start. Back a week or so ago I posted pictures of salvage boats working near Turtle Trail, and some great finds were made.
Most interesting is an encrusted gold object, thought to be a reliquary, found at the Corrigan's site by Maritime Research Recovery's vessel, Capitana, on June 4th, 2019.
Here is the link for those two stories.
http://veronews.com/2019/06/13/a-week-of-discoveries-sunken-treasures-and-human-remains/
MRR is working under contract with Queen's Jewels LLC. The Capitana is one of three vessels operated by Maritime Research Recovery, LLC.
Other reliquaries have been found on Treasure Coast wreck sites, including one found some years ago near Douglass Beach. Here are links for more information on that one, including research by author and researcher, Laura Strolia.
https://treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com/2014/08/83114-report-more-on-1715-fleet.html
https://treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com/2014/08/81414-report-treasure-coast-gold.html
The Sea Reaper and Seatrepid, also operated by MRR, are also making good finds, including a nice piece of Kang Hsi porcelain and musket balls.
Here is the link to the MRR web site that shows the finds.
https://www.mrronline.com/single-post/GoldReligiousArtifact
Thanks to DJ for pointing that out to me.
The MRRonline web site mentions that the reliquary bears the symbol "IHS." You will find the same letters on many religious pendants that you will find.
Here is an explanation from the Catholic Herald.
Early scribes would abbreviate the sacred names of Jesus by using the first two letters of the name, or the first and last letters, with a line over the letters. For example, the Greek letters Chi-Rho (which looks like our English X and P) was an abbreviation for the name "Christ." Likewise, I (iota) and H (eta) are the first two Greek letters for "Jesus." Sometime in the second century, the third letter, S (sigma), was added, thereby rendering IHS. These Christograms, such as XP or IHS, served as secret codes, whereby inscribed on a tomb, they indicated a deceased Christian, or on a doorpost, a Christian home.
If you ever saw Christmas written as Xmas, you might have wondered about that. Some people object to that abbreviation saying that "Xmas" takes Christ out of Christmas, however the X represents the Greek letter Chi, also being the first letter of the name of Christ and having that significance.
Similarly, you might know of the Christian fish symbol that you'll see on the back of some cars.
Ichthus, or in koine Greek, ἰχθύς which means "fish," is an acrostic from “ Ίησοῦς Χριστός, Θεοῦ Υἱός, Σωτήρ “, (Iēsous Christos, Theou Yios, Sōtēr), which translates into English as “Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour”.
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Mel Fisher Days will be July 11 - 13 this year in Key West.
Events will include tours of the Fisher private conservation laboratory.
For more information see
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The weather has been good for salvage work but not so good for beach hunting. I have plans to metal detect an inland site when I get a chance.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
