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Source: nhc.noaa.gov. |
This wave has been hanging around out there for quite a while. It hasn't developed, but it hasn't disappeared either.
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| Source: MagicSeaWeed.com. |
MagicSeaWeed was predicting a bigger surf for the Treasure Coast this weekend, but now that prediction isn't as big. Doesn't look like we can expect much now.
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It seems you always learn something when you try to identify a mystery item. You might not solve the mystery you started with, but you'll almost always learn something, and sometimes you'll learn a lot.
I've been thinking about the mystery item I posted yesterday and the day before, and I recieved some good thoughts on the subject, but I decided to wait another dayor so before posting those because I'll probably get some more emails, and so I might as well wait a little while.
One of the articles I found while researching the mystery item is an older article about a detectorist who was killed when one of his connonballs exploded. That didn't help solve the mystery, but I thought I'd remind you of the danger by mentioning that article.
Here is an excerpt from that article.
Experts suspect White was killed while trying to disarm a 9-inch, 75-pound naval cannonball, a particularly potent explosive with a more complex fuse and many times the destructive power of those used by infantry artillery.
Biemeck and Peter George, co-author of a book on Civil War ordnance, believe White was using either a drill or a grinder attached to a drill to remove grit from the cannonball, causing a shower of sparks.
Because of the fuse design, it may have appeared as though the weapon's powder had already been removed, leading even a veteran like White to conclude mistakenly that the ball was inert.
The weapon also had to be waterproof because it was designed to skip over the water at 600 mph to strike at the waterline of an enemy ship. The protection against moisture meant the ball could have remained potent longer than an infantry shell.
Here is the link for the rest of the article.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/140-yr-old-cannonball-kills-civil-war-fan/
It is not unusual to find a lump or clump that might contain a cannonvall or shell of some sort. And you never know what you might be digging. Be careful.
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I also found an article by Richard Martens entitled Civil War Artifacts From the Battle of Pilot Knob, by Richard Martens. You might find that one interesting too.
Artifacts included the types of Civil War artifacts you might expect, including among other things, cannonball shrapnel.
https://www.missouriarchaeologicalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Civil_War.pdf
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Completely unrelated to the mystery item, here is another article I found. It reminded me of the beach renourishment project in the Vero area that dumped so much new sand that it buried walkovers and became a nuisance to local residents.
This one is about the discovery of old buildings in Scotland that are now buried under meters of sand.
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Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net