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| 336.3 Gram Maravillas Gold Bar Lot 60 in Current Sedwock Treasure Auction No. 23. |
The 23rd Sedwick auction is now online, and the 336.3 gram Maravillas gold bar, shown above, has a current bid of $100,000 and will undoubtedly go higher. The auction goes live May 3.
Nere is part of the lot description.
Complete Colombian gold bar, 336.3 grams, marked with fineness XIX-dot (19-1/4K), foundry/assayer RIBERA / ZARAGOZA, and partial circular tax stamps, NGC Genuine / Maravillas, ex-Christie's (1992), ex-Elsen (2008). About 6-3/4" x 1" x 1/4", the slab itself 10-1/2" x 8-1/4" x 1-1/4" and 1532 grams total. The ultimate shipwreck bar: An extremely well-marked complete gold ingot from a highly desirable and well-known shipwreck, fittingly honored to be the first and only such item to be certified and encapsulated by NGC in what they call a "mega holder"! The top of the bar shows three clear fineness markings consisting of XIX inside a box next to a dot (the symbol for a quarter karat) inside a separate box, the fineness also lightly incised into the surface prior to stamping (an aspect we have seen on other gold bars); parts of four circular tax stamps showing different parts of a typical Philip IV legend (as on the coins); and--best of all--a complete foundry/assayer cartouche with RIBERA / ZARAGOZA inside one box, clearly referring to the Zaragoza municipality and gold-producing region in Colombia; with small piece broken off one end where the assay was done in the 1650s...
And here is the link for the rest of the first session.
Session one includes a variety of escudos and reales. There are several clumps of reales, mostly small clumps of only a few coins, but one much larger clump.
There are some other ingots in the first session, including both silver and gold.
There are also some US gold coins.
You might want to browse the online auction catalog.
Here is the link.
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| Silver Roman Ring With Carved Apollo Gemstone. Source: See BBC News link below. |
A silver ring unearthed in an Essex field may be connected to a famous Roman jewelers hoard found in Norfolk in 1985, a historian has said.
The ring is inset with a carnelian carving of the god Apollo. It was found by a metal detectorist near Chelmsford.
Its 2nd Century wearer would have hoped for the god's protection, Essex finds liaison officer Lori Rogerson said.
The ring seemed to be from the same workshop as the Snettisham hoard of carved gemstones, she added.
The large hoard was found buried in a pot during building work and included 110 unmounted gemstone intaglios - carved gemstones used as seals - silver jewellery and ingots, 110 coins and tools, Its contents are now at the British Museum...
Here is the link for more about that.
Chelmsford: Roman Apollo ring with links to Snettisham hoard found - BBC News
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After lightning struck a tree in a New Port Richey neighborhood, a University of South Florida professor discovered the strike led to the formation of a new phosphorus material. It was found in a rock—the first time in solid form on Earth—and could represent a member of a new mineral group.
"We have never seen this material occur naturally on Earth—minerals similar to it can be found in meteorites and space, but we've never seen this exact material anywhere," said geoscientist Matthew Pasek...
And here is the link for more about that.
Geoscientist discovers new phosphorus material after lightning strike (phys.org)
If you ever saw the Sweet Home Alabama movie, the lead character was putting rods in the field to collect sand sculptures created by lightning strikes. Doesn't seem like it was totally realistic from what I've read.
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In the Fort Pierce area yesterday we had some of the largest hailstones I've seen.
I saw bananas listed at over 90 cents per pound at Winn-Dixie yesterday. Don't know how regular working people are going to survive this inflaction.
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| Source: MagicSeaWeed.com. |
Looks like there will be a little bump in the surf next week. I'm waiting for a good low tide.
Good hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net