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| Source: See Daily Mail link below. |
A German artist has created a cube supposedly made from pure gold and plopped it in the middle of Manhattan's largest greenspace - in a wild publicity stunt to draw attention to a new cryptocoin that was launched at the same time.
Reportedly made from pure, 24-carat, 999.9 fine gold and weighing 410 pounds, Niclas Castello took more than 4,500 hours to create it. The cube has a hollow core.
The Gold was purchased at $1,788 per ounce - the entire artwork is valued at $11.7m.
A security team is now on site the entire time guarding the work.
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My post yesterday had a very personal meaning for one reader. Here is what Steve of Iowa said concerning that.
Thanks Steve.
I hope my posts are helpful to detectorists, but I hope my readers get something deeper and more personal than just information about metal detecting. I'm sure there are those that would prefer that I never talk about anything but metal detecting, but for me it isn't the most important thing. Even when I do not stray off target at all, there is often a deeper and more significant message. When I to off topic, it is because I think there is something that will help people in some way. And even when I do not stray off topic, there is another deeper message that you might get from the post.
For example, when I posted the electromagnetic spectrum, part of the spectrum involved radio waves. It is how metal detectors work. But when you notice that only a small portion of the spectrum is visible and how much there is that is invisible to a human, there is another message - especially for those who only believe in things they can see. There is a much bigger world out there, and that message was there in that post even though I didn't bring it out directly. I did make a side reference to UFOs and real-life cloaking technologies, but I left it up to the reader to think about that. To me it is very interesting to think about those kinds of things, but even staying close to the topic of metal detecting, might it be possible to make use of other ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum for detecting objects. We know that it is. There is a lot of technology yet to be developed.
Years ago, when I was teaching computer science, a colleague modified a fish finder for me that could see through mud to a certain extent. There is a lot that could be done.
Sometimes when I go off-topic, I get the distinct feeling that the message is for someone or mayb a group of people. I value those feelings, because there are times when people tell me that messages like that were meaningful for them.
I value creativity, as a type of entertainment, but also as an aid to any type of serious endeavor - especially treasure hunting and metal detecting. There is always a better way.
When talking about the process of metal detecting or finds, I hope that you occasionally get something that touches you in a deeper and more personal way. I know there are some who metal detect just for the finds, but both the process and the finds can have a deeper personal significance. Think about where the object came from, what it meant to the owner, why it was created, how it was lost, and how you were the one to be in the right place and right time - or not.
Different people will respond in different ways to the lump of gold in Central Park. It is considered a work of art. You might question that, but it can be an object for meditation. Why is gold so valued? Why does it have so much appeal? And why do you like so much to see the glint of gold in your scoop? There might be more to it than you think.
Of course, there are the practical uses. It is shiny and attractive. It is malleable, doesn't corrode much, conducts electricity, etc. But it also has a near universal symbolic significance. Many religions regard it highly, use it for the construction of sacred objects, and employ it metaphorically.
It doesn't take long for the Bible to mention it. It appears in the book of Genises, which of course is the first book of the Bible, in the second chapter. Why is it so important?
The Pishon is the first of four rivers in Eden, which reportedly flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold (Genesis 2:11).The Haddakel and Paratare known today as the Tigris and Euphrates, but the Pishon and Gihon seem to have no alter egos in observable reality.
King David amassed great wealth, and it is said, treasure was buried with him. His tomb was sought and treasure taken.
Here is how one source describes that.
John [Hyrcanus, High Priest], aware of the suffering from the siege, negotiated a truce with Antiochus (1906 Jewish Encyclopedia article on John Hyrcanus). Along with other concessions, he agreed to pay, immediately, 3,000 talents of silver (the Jewish Encyclopedia states 300). Hyrcanus was able to quickly lay his hands on the cash needed to buy peace by raiding David's tomb!"And now Antiochus was so angry at what he had suffered from Simon, that he made an expedition into Judea . . . but Hyrcanus opened the sepulcher of David . . . and took thence about three thousand talents in money, and induced Antiochus . . . to raise the siege" (Wars of the Jews, Book 1, Chapter 2, Section 5).
"He (Hyrcanus) is said to have taken this sum from the treasure in David's sepulcher." \
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| Source: MagicSeaWeed.com. |