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Saturday, April 13, 2024

4/14/24 Report - Treasure Auction Begins Online. T. C. Metal Detectors. Preserved Shipwreck. Spanish Colonial Culture.

 

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



Here is the big news for today. Sedwick Coin and Treasure Auction no. 35 is now online and available for viewing. Some lots already have nice bids.

Not only is this an opportunity to buy treasure, but if you prefer finding your own, it is still a good opportunity to study a wide variety of treasure items. You can learn by studying the auction lots. Not only will you become informed on different types of treasure, but the lot descriptionsw also tell you where things have been found.

Here is the link where you can find all of that.


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If you are thinking of buying a new metal detector or scoop, you should check out Treasure Coast Metal Detectors in Jensen Beach.  Having a local shop gives you a chance to get your hands on the choices you are considering rather than buying a pig in a poke.  You'll get personal service to help you make your decision and answer your questions.   

I generally don't do advertisements, but I've been hearing good things from my readers.  Not only is this NOT a paid advertisement, but Gary doesn't even know I am doing this. 

Here is his link.

Buy Metal Detectors Online for Hobby & Security (treasurecoastmetaldetectors.com)

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Maritime archaeologists in northern Germany have discovered the wreckage of a 400-year-old cargo ship that "sank almost standing," escaped decay from ravenous shipworms and still has the barrels of lime it was carrying for the stone-building industry centuries ago.

Here is that link.

Rare 400-year-old ship found in German river is a stunningly preserved 'time capsule' | Live Science

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Margaret Boyle describes a new book by her and Sarah Owens by saying the book "focuses on how health and medical practices in early modern Latin America and Spain are represented through cultural artifacts, including literature, recipe books, the Inquisition and convent records. In our book, my colleague Sarah Owens and I explore how gender norms affected medicine and health care. We also consider how popular representations of health and medicine in culture inform widely held beliefs and biases about these experiences."

While they accept too much of the 21st century mindlessness for my taste, if you are interested in early Spanish colonial period culture in the Americas, you'll might find some interesting content.

Did you know, for example, that Spanish wasn’t standardized as a language until the publication of Antonio de Nebrija’s "Grammar of the Castilion Language” in 1492, inscribed to Queen Isabel with the reminder that “language has always been the companion to empire.”  That is something Margaret tells us in an article about her book.

Here is the link for more about that.

 Hispanic health disparities in the US trace back to the Spanish Inquisition (msn.com)

The push for equity of all types drives me batty.  If two things were the same they wouldn't be two things.  And that holds whether you are talking about people, places or things.  The only way to achieve equity is to destroy everything that exists because existing things are somehow separate and distinct.  Glory in your individuality.   

Yes, some people have advantages, but they also have disadvantages.  People are different, incomparable, unique individuals.  

The disadvantage of only having advantages would be that you never have an excuse for your faults, failures or shortcomings.  That is a heavy burden to bear.  Those perceived and portrayed as advantaged carry the weight of all the sins of the world squarely on their shoulders while others always have an excuse and can blame others rather than take responsibility.

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2 'This is a decree of the Law which Yahweh has prescribed. Tell the Israelites, they are to bring you a red heifer without fault or blemish that has never borne the yoke.

3 You will give it to the priest Eleazar. It will then be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.

4 The priest Eliazar will then take some of the victim's blood on his finger and sprinkle this blood seven times towards the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

5 The heifer will then be burnt while he looks on; its hide, flesh, blood and offal will be burnt.

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We are supposed to have a two or three foot surf tomorrow.

Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net