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| Ampulla and Spoon Used In Coronation of King Charles III. |
If you didn't watch the coronation yesterday you missed a lot of history and a some of the most amazing artifacts you will ever see. Above is a gold ampulla that was used and a spoon from the sixth century. You can clearly see once again, that old doesn't mean crude.
The consecrated oil is poured from the Ampulla into the double head of the spoon so the Archbishop can dip his fingers into it.
He will then anoint the King and Queen Camilla with the sign of the cross on his hand, his chest and his head.
The spoon only survived the civil war because a servant purchased it in a sale of the executed Charles I’s goods, then later returned it to Charles II.
The spoon was first recorded in 1349, and was already described as an antique even then – thought to date from the 1100s. This would make it the only piece of royal goldsmiths’ work to survive from that century...
Coronation treasures: Ampulla, Golden spurs, Sovereign’s Orb, and more | UK News | Metro News
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| John Brooks Beach Sunday Morning. |
I hadn't been able to get out much lately, but had a chance this morning even though I didn't expect the beaches to be very good. I was right about that. The beaches in my area were plain ugly.
At John Brooks I could see that there had been a little erosion that was mostly filled again. The slope was mushy.
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| John Brooks Beach Sunday Morning. |
The waves were hitting straight on, and they weren't that big anyway.
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| Blind Creek Beach Sunday Morning. |
Blind Creek was about the same. There were, however, some beach goers there if you are interested in detecting for modern items.
The slope there was mushy too.
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| Blind Creek Beach Sunday Morning. |
You can see from the footprints how muchy the slope was.
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| Fort Pierce South Jetty Beach Sunday Morning. |
Miles and miles of sand. That is what you see at Fort Pierce South Jetty Beach.
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| Fort Pierce South Jetty Beach Sunday Morning. |
If you choose to detect a beach like that, there is a huge area to cover and very few good targets.
There is some aluminum and some squashed cans and other junk in that new sand, but little else.
Overall, the beaches of South Hutchinson Island looked poor. You can however find some areas where it is a little better.
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Good hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net