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It is a beautiful warm day - the type I don't like. The water on the river was flat, so I took a little walk to see if there might be some bottles or something that got uncovered by the last several days of changing winds etc. I was happy to see the clear water, because I haven't been able to catch a low tide on the river for quite a while. As I said before, good visibility is almost as good as a low tide. It isn't quite as good for eye-balling, but you can at least see some things.
There wasn't much. Most of the shore only had sand, like in the video above. However, there were a few spots where other things were visible.
I mistakenly shot my walking videos in a fast rate and haven't learned how I can slow down the video yet, so I'll just post it, even though it is too fast. Maybe you can still see a couple items that I picked up. The last one is easy.
I'll try to get the videos slowed down and post pictures of a couple of things I picked up. There wasn't much.
You can probably see the last one at the end of the video even if it is still partly buried.
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I mentioned this event before, but am actually a few days late on posting the latest. You might have already seen this article.
FORT PIERCE — Loud cheers and applause erupted from the crowd as a cannon — one that's been sitting at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean for more than 300 years — was lifted out of the water Monday at Fisherman's Wharf Marina.
The cannon, recovered from the Sandy Point shipwreck just north of Fort Pierce, is part of the Spanish Fleet that sank off the coast during a violent hurricane in 1715. The ships, carrying significant amounts of gold and silver coins along with jewels, were destined for the king and queen of Spain.
"It's a very cool piece," said Capt. John Brandon, operations manager for 1715 Fleet-Queens Jewels LLC, a historic shipwreck salvage operation that owns the exclusive rights to the remains of the 1715 Fleet...
Spanish cannon from 1715 Fleet recovered off Fort Pierce coast (yahoo.com)
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The Ark of the Covenant is one of those iconic treasures that hear a lot about, but a lot of what you hear is fiction.
It is often said that the Ark is gold. That is not entirely true. Moses gave specific instructions for creating the Ark, and those instructions can be found in chapter 25 of the book of Exodus.
The instructions indicate that the Ark was to be made of shittim (acacia) wood, and was 2.5 cubits long, by 1.5 cubits wide and deep. It was, however, overlaid with gold, "within and without." The Ark did, however, have a top described as being of pure gold.
The Ark at one time contained the two tablets of the covenant (the second set), and, according to Hebrews 9:4, at some time contained the "pot of manna" and Aaron's rod. It appears that by Soloman's time the latter two relics were no longer there.
The Ark had a varied history. It was carried into battle at times and was taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar. It was not present in the second temple, according to Josephus, a historian contemporary with Christ.
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Looks like we still have a good chance for some bigger surf next week.
I'll be watching that closely.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net