4/8/20 Report - Hoard Found in Farm Field. Wile E. Coyote. Reader Comments. Prayer and Meditation. Statistics. Big Tides.

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Roman Hoard Discovered by Farmer.

Source: See ScienceInPoland link below.

A farmer has discovered one of the largest hauls of Roman coins to ever be found in Poland.

Mariusz Dyl had been looking for abandoned antlers in a field near Cichobórz, south of Hrubieszów, Lublin, when he stumbled upon the 2,000-year-old coins scattered across 100 metres of the field.

After calling in experts, the 1,753 coins weighing 5.5kg and which were found in 2019, were taken to the Hrubieszów Museum where they have now been analysed and their authenticity confirmed.

Director of the Museum Bartłomiej Bartecki said: “This is undoubtedly the largest treasure from the Roman period in the Lublin region and one of the largest found in Poland so far...

According to Bartecki, all the coins, had been originally placed in a wooden box or leather pouch. While the remains of the container have not survived, it is known that it was decorated with silver-plated bronze rivets...

Notice the metal detectors being used in the photo below.

Source: ScienceInPoland link below.

Here is the link for the rest of the article.

http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/node/81525

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Here is a humorous find.  It is small - only as wide as a US quarter.   I didn't realize what it was before I took a really good look at it.

Wile E. Coyote Charm Find?

Proves that the Knights Templar liked Road Runner cartoons.  I've seen too much baloney on TV.

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JamminJack said, It seems the courts dismiss the law suit against Governor Desantis in regards to closed beaches. The news did not say anything about the law suit. I had seen where some resorts, homes, etc., wanted their beaches open. 

Maybe you can get some readers give more info. 

Anybody know anything about that?

Jack was also wondering about open and closed beaches and what was going on.

A few days ago I read that Fort Pierce or St. Lucie County was going to keep the boat ramps open if people acted responsibly.

Monday the pier and walkway along the Fort Pierce inlet was open even though the beach was closed.  Also along A1A people were parking and putting kayaks in as normal along one popular stretch where people often fish in the river.  A sheriff's car was parked just a short distance from there and appeared to have no problem with that.

If you think about it fishing and boating is a grocery store for some people, not to mention the relaxation and stress relief.

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Got a message from Dan B. as follows.


Now is a time to come together when we cannot physically hug or touch or shake hands. In moments when our friends or family are hurting or in need. This becomes especially difficult.

Adapting and figuring out ways to do this can seem frustrating, but that is what comes before change.

Keeping ourselves at home and fighting for everyone we care for is crucial, yet we lose our social interactions and abilities to be free....and most of all breathe.

I truly hope that everyone can stay as positive as possible and remember we can help many from a distance.

I am just venting and hope this rubs off. Some people really need encouragement, hope, love, and especially treasure. 

Always appreciating treasure coast beach blog. 

Thanks for sharing Dan.

Although I hate to see government forcing churches to close for Easter or anytime, it won't stop prayer and meditation.  This Easter can be an especially powerful and meaningful time of spiritual growth for those who devote themselves to prayer and meditation during the crisis.  

People tend to think of prayer as picking up the phone and calling God.  I look at it the other way around.  Your phone is ringing.  It is time for you to answer.  

You might be interested in the book, Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and The Practice of Medicine, by Larry Dossey, MD.

He actually presents some randomized double-blind experiments as well as the more anecdotal.

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You can find a lot of quotations about statistics.  Here are a couple I liked.

Torture statistics and they'll confess to anything.

98% of all statistics are made up.

Here are some misleading things we've been hearing from the experts lately.  If I acted like the press and didn't like the source, I'd call them lies, otherwise I might describe them as misleading errors.

1st.  They say that the numbers show that our mitigation efforts are working.  That is based upon a comparison of the numbers collected (which are very misleading) with the model predictions (which have no proven validity at all.  Dr, Birx said when this is all over we can gather the data and see if  how correct they were).  It appears that the predictions given by the particular model they most often cite could have been off by as much as a factor of thrity.  A wild guess, at best.  

2nd.  If what Dr. Brix says is right, the death rates we are seeing presented as a COVID-19 deaths include anybody that dies and is found to have COVID antibodies.  That is a little like saying that everybody that has flat feet and dies, died from flat feet.  At best those numbers are very misleading.  Unknown numbers of those same people would have likely died if they never got the virus.

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Tomorrow I'll show you an interesting project you can do while waiting for an opportunity to go out metal detecting.  I just received it in an email.  Very nice.

We are getting some very big high tides now even thought the surf is down around 2 - 4 feet.

Have a blessed Holy Week.
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

1/2/20 Report - Gold Coins Found in A Broken Piggy Bank. Mystery Ring. Passing It On

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Source: TimesofIsrael link below.

A hoard of seven ancient gold coins was found hidden inside a small clay juglet during a dig in the area of Yavne, in the central region of the country, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Sunday.

The coins date back to the Earlier Islamic period of the seventh-ninth centuries CE. They were found last week at the entrance to a kiln at the site.

“This may be a potter’s personal savings,” the IAA said in a statement. The jug, which was partially broken, “may have been a piggy bank,” it said...

Here is that link.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-piggy-bank-of-gold-coins-uncovered-in-yavne-dig/

 

Jerry P. sent this link to the same story.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7840507/Hoard-1-200-year-old-Arabian-Nights-gold-coins-discovered-Israel.html

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Iowa Steve sent the following message and photo.


Got a nice 1917 Walking Liberty half dollar last Sunday in a soybean field
where there used to be a train station. Silver ring last Friday in another
bean field where there used to be a one room schoolhouse. Attached is the
picture of the ring which has some strange writing on it that I can't
figure out. Any idea what language it is?

Ring Found by Iowa Steve.

Photo by Steve.

Can anyone tell the language or significance of the marks on this ring?   Let me know.  It would be interesting to find out something about whoever might have been in the field.

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A few relatives were visiting with my wife's family on Christmas Eve.   One of the young children was excited with a coin from Aruba that he found in change.  That was the sign I had been waiting for.  I didn't say anything yet, even though I knew what I would do.

I've asked in this blog for ideas about what to do with the miscellaneous foreign coins before.  I received a few ideas, but so far had just kept the coins in waiting.  Now I knew where at least some of them would go.

I'll select a few to send to the boy that showed interest.  We'll see how it goes from there.  Time will tell.

I was surprised that my wife, who has never shown any interest in those foreign coins, started looking at them and got interested too.  I'm sure she was looking at them with a view of sending them to her young relative, but she was amazed by how many different countries there were.  She occasionally asked questions, like which country minted a particular coin, and about the denominations etc., and she was even making a list.  While answering her questions, I realized how much I had learned from those coins.   I had never really thought much about that before.

People miss opportunities simply because they do not share their enthusiasm and interests.  This little boy will be receiving an unexpected gift simply because he openly shared his excitement.  

The Bible tells us to offer hospitality to strangers because we might "entertain angels unaware."  The Anglicized Aramaic word "malachi" refers to messengers, both human and supernatural, as does the Greek word "angelous" of the Septuagint and New Testament.

Art McKee was known for his generosity and willingness to take time to give personalized tours of his museum.  He told about how one day a car of tourists stopped in the museum parking lot when the museum was closed.  Art happened to be there, and asked the visitors if they knew what this (referring to the museum) was.  The driver of the car, not knowing who Art was or what offer was about to be made, gave a quick unfriendly answer.  Art turned and walked away, and the visitors missed an opportunity to receive a personalized tour of Art's museum.  If they had only been a little more open and friendly, they would have received the gift.  Many a helping hand or offer of assistance is unwittingly turned away by a cold or unfriendly shoulder.

It goes both ways.  You can unwittingly miss an opportunity to receive by being unreceptive, and you can miss an opportunity to be a blessing.

The past few days I've described how people have generously helped others with objects or information.  It has been said that we do not own the treasures we find, we are only care-takers.   

I believe that an escudo I found was probably lost and found three times.  It was lost, salvaged, put on another ship that sank, salvaged again many years later, sold by one of the treasure companies and lost and found again.  

All of the items being salvaged from the shipwrecks today were lost at least once, and a few of them will be sold and lost again.  We don't know how many times a particular item might be lost and found.

When you get older you might think more about what to do with things you can' keep forever.   Some of those items will be passed down through the generations.  Maybe you shouldn't wait.  When you find the right owner, it might be time to do something about it.

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The tides are small now on the Treasure Coast, as is the surf.  That should open up some opportunities.

Happy Hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net

7/9/18 Report - Silver Coin Find. Storms Chris and Beryl. Treasures Found in Farm Fields.

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1964 Kennedy Half Dollar Find.

This Kennedy half dollar is 90% silver and has a melt value of almost $6.00.  Retail value would be from $10 to $90, depending upon condition.  This one is in unusually nice condition for a beach find.

Reverse of Same Half Dollar.

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Hurricane Chris and Remnants of Beryl

Beryl is now almost gone, and Chris is going to be heading north.  Seems pretty early for hurricanes, but they do seem to be forming. 

On the Treasure Coast we're supposed to get a three to four foot surf Tuesday, which is a little bigger than previously expected, falling off to two to three feet on Wednesday.

Chris is probably causing some erosion to North Carolina beaches.

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Some of the most amazing hoard finds have been made in farm fields, and you might remember my recent post mentioning the farmer that found gold while digging a drain.  I just found that ModernFarmer.com has some good treasure stories.

Here is one article from that site entitled 7 Insane Things Farmers Have Accidentally Found in Fields.  For example, there was the Kentucky farmer that in 1922 found $185,000 (in today's money) worth of early British gold coins.

Another farmer found a second of third century helmet in a field where detectorists had previously found some ancient coins.

Here is the link for the rest of that article.

https://modernfarmer.com/2015/10/things-found-in-famers-fields/

And here is another article on the same web site about a 3500 year old dagger being found in a farm field.

https://modernfarmer.com/2015/01/one-farmers-field-trash-another-mans-treasure/

I spent a lot of time in farm fields in my early years, but not metal detecting.

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Keep watching the Atlantic weather.  Eventually a storm will come along to stir up our beaches.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

6/20/18 Report - Three Amazing Finds Found in Different Ways and Different Places.

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James Madison Silver Indian Peace Medal Found in Farm Field.
Source: See PBS link below.

I saw this on the Antiques Roadshow recently.  The silver Indian Peace metal was found in a farm field during plowing.  It was appraised at $20,000 to $30,000.

Here is the link for more about that.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/season/20/omaha-ne/appraisals/1809-silver-james-madison-indian-peace-medal--201503A14/

A big find showed up in the garbage.  Garbage collectors found a relic of St. Clement in the trash.

Relic of Pope Clement Found in Trash.
Photo by Ruth Gledhill
Source: See TheTablet link below.

You never know what you might find or where it might pop up.

The relic of Pope Clement I which was found in a red and gold, wax-sealed case in waste collected from central London is being restored to Westminster Cathedral today.

The relic, a piece of bone, is the personal belonging of someone who wishes to remain anonymous. It was one of a number of items stolen from a car in Central London.

It was found by waste collectors from the Enviro Waste company when doing their rounds in central London earlier this year. Workers did not realise what they had until they appraised the waste a few days later...

Here is the link for more about that.

http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/9268/relic-of-pope-st-clement-restored-to-westminster-cathedral

Here is another great find.

Source: See DailyMail link below.

Divers exploring wreckage of the Pulaski which sank in 1838 find a gold watch stopped at 11.05pm - exactly 5 minutes after the ship's boilers exploded, sending it to a watery grave.

Exploration of the wreckage of the Steam Boat Pulaski has uncovered a pricey gold watch with hands appearing to validate the recorded timeline of its sinking.

The boilers on the ship were believed to have exploded at 11pm Eastern on June 14, 1838, and the hands on this ornate watch now read 11.05pm.

The Pulaski was ferrying wealthy Southerners from Savannah to Baltimore on the day that half of its 200 wealthy passengers died off the North Carolina coast.

It was first confirmed in May that the wreckage being explored by Blue Water Ventures International for the last seven months belonged to the Pulaski...

Here is the link for more about that.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5854239/Divers-exploring-Pulaski-wreckage-watch-stopped-exactly-5-minutes-ships-boilers-exploded.html

Thanks to Peter H. for that link.


That isn't what I planned to post today, but these three stories of great finds came along, so I decided to post them all at once.

I have plenty of other things to post but can't do all in one post.

I suspect it won't be long before we'll hear about some of this year's salvage finds along the Treasure Coast.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net