2/22/23 Report - Ancient Gold Necklace Found. Treasure Coast Bottle Find. Alligator Kills St. Lucie Resident.

Written by the  TreasireGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

The 1,300-year-old necklace was found in an early medieval burial site in Northamptonshire
Source: See BBC News link below.

Archaeologists have found a "once-in-a-lifetime" gold necklace dating back to 630-670 AD and described as the richest of its type ever uncovered in Britain.

The jewellery, found near Northampton, has at least 30 pendants and beads made of Roman coins, gold, garnets, glass and semi-precious stones...

Here is the link.

Medieval necklace found near Northampton 'internationally important' - BBC News

And here is a related article.

A large garnet has been found at the centre of a "unique" silver cross uncovered by archaeologists at an ancient burial site.

It is the latest discovery at Harpole, near Northampton, where a 1,300-year-old grave, thought to be of a woman of high status, has been uncovered...

Here is that link.

Harpole Treasure reveals medieval garnet on 'unique' cross - BBC News

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Alligators can be a real danger.  

FORT PIERCE — An 85-year-old woman was killed by an alligator while walking her dog in a senior living community on Florida’s Atlantic Coast, officials said.

The woman was walking her dog on Monday afternoon beside a canal in Spanish Lakes Fairway near Fort Pierce when the nearly 11-foot gator attacked the dog, St. Lucie Sheriff Ken Mascara said...

Here is the link.

Florida woman walking dog killed by alligator (tampabay.com)

I only had one close call with an alligator.  He was virtually invisible submerged in some muck.  Startled me pretty good.  I didn't see him until I was right upon him, and he suddenly thrashed.

We are pretty causal about some real dangers, but things can happen.  I told about one detectorist's life-threatening experience with a rattlesnake bite.

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Five-Inch Tall Embossed Bromo-Seltzer Bottle.  

Here is another Treasure Coast old bottle find.  It is a five-inch tall heavily embossed Bromo-Seltzer bottle.  

Bromo-Seltzer was invented in 1888 by Isaac E. Emerson and produced by the Emerson Drug Company of Baltimore Maryland.  It was sold in the United States in the form of effervescent granules that were mixed with water before ingestion. The product took its name from a component of the original formula,sodium bromide. Bromides are a class of tranquilizers that were withdrawn from the U.S. market in 1975 due to their toxicity. Their sedative effect probably accounted for Bromo-Seltzer's popularity as a hangover remedy...

Bromo-Seltzer's main offices and main factory were located in downtown Baltimore, Maryland, at the corner of West Lombard and South Eutaw Street...  Source: Wikipedia.

Bromo bottles are not uncommon.  I like the color and the embossing.

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Fort Pierce Tide Chart.
Source: MagicSeaWeed.com.

The Treasure Coast surf remains small, but the tides are big.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net
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