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| 18K Ring Find. |
This find is an unusual ring. It is marked 18K and has three sets of blue stones and two sets of clear stones, which haven't been tested yet. Weighs 13.5 grams.
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Experts who unearthed a 200,000-year-old mammoth graveyard say it is "one of Britain's biggest Ice Age discoveries in recent years"...
Ms Hollingworth said: "We were originally hoping to find marine fossils, and finding something so significant instead has been a real thrill...
'Exceptional' mammoth graveyard discovered near Swindon - BBC News
You might not see thre relevance of this article, but mamoth bones and tusks have been found on the Treasure Coast beaches. I've personally seen two big pieces of tusk years apart. I showed one tusk section found on the Treasure Coast a few months ago.
The ones above are much older than some. Odd thinking of some mammoth bones as being much older and more rare than others, but some can be as recent as 10,000 years ago - still a good long time.
You might want to check out this post for more information on mammoth bones and a very important discovery made in the Vero area.
Also on mammoth discoveries, here is an excerpt from another article.
Scientists find a 25,000-year-old circular structure made of hundreds of mammoth bonesIn Russia, an unusually large structure from the last ice age has been uncovered, built from the bones of dozens of woolly mammoths. It’s the oldest known structure of its kind, dating back some 25,000 years, but its purpose is not entirely clear.
In the geological record, circular structures constructed from mammoth bones are remarkably common, dating to about 22,000 years ago and occurring during most of Eastern Europe’s ice age...
And here is the link for more of that article.
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The University of North Florida (I think it was) is experimenting with bacteria to make beach sand more cohesive and less subject to erosion. What could go wrong with that? Is harder beach sand really a good idea?
Here is the video on that.
Research helping to develop new types of sand that could fight erosion - YouTube
Thankis to DJ for the link.
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The surf will be small the next few days. That is like getting coal in your stocking.
Happy hunting,
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