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| Ancient Silver Seal Found by Detectorist. Source: BBC News link below. |
... More than 50 seal matrixes have been found nationwide, 30 of them silver, with this the fourth to be found in Norfolk.
The Gayton find, measuring 29mm (1in) by 18.5mm (0.72in), is the only seal matrix that has been burned. It was discovered by a metal detectorist.
"It's very peculiar - was it just an accident, was it lost in the countryside and then got in a heath or forest fire?" said Ms Geake...
Here is the link for the rest of that article.
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| Source: National Hurricane Center (noaa.gov) |
The Atlantic is getting active already. The center to the east of us has a 90% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, but won't cause us any problems.
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| Source: MagicSeaWeed.com. |
We're going to get some more wind and waves, but the wind will be directly from the east almost all of that time, so I'm not expecting any significant improvement in beach conditions.
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Here is another mystery object from the Indian River Ridge site that has yielded a lot of railroad items.
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| Mystery Object. |
This item was found at the Indian River Ridge site. The middle stake is not a railroad spike. One end has four tapered sides to form a pyramic-like point, unlike the spikes that have two tapered sides.
It looks like the ring had two holes and two bolts or whatever through the holes to hold he spike in the middle. I would guess it was adjustable for precise centering. Even though one bolt is missing, the entire object is very stable with only the bolt on one side . That is probably partly because it is so rusted.
Any ideas on what it is or how it was used?
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Among the finds from the site have been a variety of shotgun shells and bullet casings. Here is a 38 casing.
I recently found a shotgun shell marked C-I-L and Canuck. A little research indicates that the company is Canadian Industries LImited, which operated under that name from 1927 to 2000. I have no evidence that the shell has anything to do with the railroad activities though.
Here is the link to more about CIL.
Shells and casings can provide useful information, but it isn't much help in this case.
Just last night I dug about 60 railroad spike from one hole. They were tightly packed together and definitely buried that way.
I am still in the early stages of examining this site and have found probably close to 300 spikes, not to mention the many other items, some of which I've posted.
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I received this email from Dan B.
Well, this is a definite Longshot but here it goes. I came across a wonderful lady today and upon talking treasure she told me about a story where she lost a gold charm bracelet just north of Wabasso Beach. The charms were all given to her by family members and spent many years building a very sentimental piece of jewelry. The problem is it was lost over ten years ago.
It is yellow gold with many ornate animal charms. The bracelet has large loops.
I can't imagine the possibility of someone still having this in their finds collection but I would have to assume that over the years someone may have found it. She can give a very detailed description of the items and the bracelet.
Just thought I would throw it out there. Can't imagine losing something so irreplaceable.
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Happy hunting,
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