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Here is one more thing to unwrap this morning - the identification of this mystery find.
It is one piece and the base has a diameter of 9/32 inches. I was surprised to find that it is gold, but should have known from how well it cleaned up. It came from an area where I have found hints of an unidentified shipwreck, but don't know that it has anything to do with that. Is the front design familiar? Could just be a generic eagle design, but I don't know.
Let me know if you have any ideas on this one.
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Thought to be 600 - 1700 years old, here is an ancient Good Shepherd's ring found by the Israel Antiquities Authority.
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| Carved Gem On Ancient Good Shepherd Ring Source: BBC News. |
They found a Roman-era golden ring with an early Christian symbol for Jesus inscribed in its gemstone in one of the shipwrecks.
The green gemstone on the thick octagonal ring bears the figure of the “Good Shepherd” and shows a young shepherd boy in a tunic with a ram or sheep across his shoulders.
The image is supposed to represent Jesus as a caring shepherd, something archaeologists said was rare to have been inscribed on a ring as the image existed in early Christian symbolism...
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| Ancient Good Shepherd Ring. Source: See link below. |
Israeli archeologists find octagonal ‘Good Shepherd’ gold ring in Roman-era ship wreck (msn.com)
And here is another link with a video.
Ancient 'Good Shepherd' Gold Ring Found Off Israeli Coast (yahoo.com)
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Did all your Christmas cards get delivered. One with a check inside did not.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A local man says he has made what is an unusual discovery on the beach. A holiday card.
Chris Noack was walking with his dog along the intercoastal beach something he does from time-to-time, when he tells 3News he saw something in the sand that grabbed his attention.
"When I opened it up, it was a Christmas card,” Noack said. And it had a check in it from Florida to somebody here.
Here is the link.
Man wants to return lost card he found on beach | kiiitv.com
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Looks like there is going to be very little surf for a week or so. The tides are small now too.
Hope you are having a blessed Christmas,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net