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16th Century Gold Pendant Found by
4 Year-Old With A Metal Detector.
Source: See link below. |
Looking back over the years, some posts got more attention than others. I decided to see which posts were read by the most people, and decided to review some of those, not only because they were popular, but also because some did not stand alone. They were the subject of continuing posts as more was learned.
I can't tell for sure why a post gets a lot of attention, because most posts touch on a number os subjects. And links are sometimes posted on other sites, so they get more attention. Anyhow, a post can get attention for a variety of reasons. Nonetheless some get more attention than others, so today I picked out the all-time most read post of Treasure Beaches Report to review. As you might expect it was posted a long time ago. Old posts continue to get attention even after years have elapsed and there have been many new posts.
The main story of the most read post is about a four-year old boy who found a 16th century gold pendant while playing with a metal detector with his father. That story certainly has a lot to catch a person's interest. Not only is the find extremely nice, but the idea of playing around with a metal detector and stumbling onto such a nice find shows that it can happen to anyone.
Here is the original story as I found it in the source article.
James Hyatt, a four-year-old boy from Essex, found a 16th century old gold pendant, according to international news. Using a metal detector, Hyatt unearthed the treasure with his father in May last year in a field in Hockley from about six to eight inches deep in the ground. The 16th century old treasure has an image of the Virgin Mary engraved on it.
The money that will be generated when the pendant is sold that is reportedly worth £2.5m, will be divided between the Hyatt family and the landowner.
Examination by England‘s British Museum revealed that the pendant contains 73% gold and weighs one-third of an ounce (8.68g).
The pendant was first thought to show the Virgin Mary, but as is often the case, the first thought wasn't correct. People were soon wondering if the picture was St. Helena rather than Mary.
St Helena was the mother of Constantine I The Great who made her an empress. She visited the Holy Land in search of the missing Cross.
Here is the link that tells more about that.
But that wasn't the end of it either. The British Museum studied the pendant, and described it as a locket that was once enameled.
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Another View of the Pendant
Previously Not Posted In This Blog.
Source: See TheGuardian,com link below. |
Here is the story as it was presented in TheGuardian.com web site (link below) after being studied by the British Museum.
A 500-year-old gold reliquary, beautifully engraved with the names of the Magi and images of Christ and St Helena, which was found by a four-year-old playing with his father's metal detector, has gone on display for the first time at the British Museum.
It would once have been brilliantly coloured, with enamel work filling in the letters and decoration, and may once have contained a relic of the cross. It probably dropped from the neck of some wealthy and pious person, and lay undiscovered in the field for half a millennium.
James Hyatt, from Billericay, was four when he found the pendant two years ago one Sunday afternoon in Hockley, Essex, while he was out with his father Jason. He was fortunately probably too young to understand the excited speculation at the time that his discovery could be worth millions, but may get a superior Christmas stocking from the £70,000 paid with grants from the Art Fund charity and the Friends of the museum, shared between the Hyatts and the landowner.
The little locket was jammed shut when found. After conservation work by Marilyn Hockey at the museum, the back panel slid open again for the first time in centuries – but there was nothing inside except some fibres of flax, probably once grown locally.
James's find was genuine buried treasure though. It was officially declared treasure by a coroner's inquest, and has now become one of the permanent treasures of the British Museum's medieval gallery.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/dec/21/medieval-pendant-british-museum
So it is a great find and a great story that continued to develop beyond the original post. I'm not sure how many times I mentioned it, but I know it is three or more.
From time to time I will mention some of the top posts from the past along with additions or comments.
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I recently posted some fossil finds and had some readers comment thank me for that. JamminJack mentioned a couple areas where fossils have been found. Below is what he said.
Nice picture. I took some really nice photos of a sunset from McLarty Museum with a dock in the foreground, Indian River, and Sebastian in the background. I miss those sunsets!
Many years ago, some of my best fossils along the Treasure Coast were found north of Treasure Shore Park. Just past the house with the shoring was a very deep trench. When the surf was rough, I would find large shark teeth, native american artifacts, etc. Some of the few emeralds I found were at this location. Golden Sand also had some deep trenches, but were filled by the nourishment.
Your photo reminded me how I missed being down there.
Jammin Jack
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Yesterday I was watching TV when I saw one of those alerts come on the screen. It was a coastal hazard alert for the counties in the Treasure Coast area as well as maybe one or two more counties. I then found the alert online also, which mentioned rip currents and a south to north running longshore current. Too bad I didn't copy it at the time, but I hooked the link up to my blog (on the front page ) under the title Beach Hazard Alerts. It does not keep old alerts, but new alerts will show up from time to time. There is also a lot of other weather information you will find there if you explore the site.
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Gold continues to increase in price. It began the year around $1550 per ounce and is now around $1860.
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Source: nhc.noaa.gov
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Now we have tropical depression Eight and tropical storm Gonzalo.
Eight looks like it will be nothing other than a tropical storm hitting Texas.
Gonzalo still has a long way to go.
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Gonzalo
Source: nhc.noaa.gov |
It looks like Gonzalo will become a hurricane before long, but perhaps weaken after that.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
