4/18/24 Report - Dug Encrusted Object In Process of Cleaning. Remington Closes. Creativity and Problem Solving.

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

EO Found by Mark G.

Mark G. is still working on this EO he detected some time ago.  Here is what he said.

If you recall I was asking about shipwreck iron and I had a few conglomerates to work on, 2 were modern, the 3^rd was that huge chunk of conglomerate and I’m still working on it. The thing about electrolysis is you need a good connection with the base iron to let the current do it’s work. I tried Muriatic acid to break down the conglomerate, that was messy but got a good start. I then tried CLR which was good for removing the shells and lime deposits in the conglomerate which worked well with a wire brush but to get to the object itself I had to resort to chisel and hammer. I have put it through electrolysis 3 times so far and have some of the object exposed it is going in again. I think I know what it is, it will have to be fully cleaned to suggest it might be from a shipwreck but possible it looks like a part of ships rigging and looks twisted and strained. I will include some pictures but it is not time to play guess what this is yet I don’t think.

 

The parts I have exposed are very fragile it will not be whole when it gets totally cleaned, if I get there, and very puzzling for what I think it is. The metal I’ll call it metal for now probably iron or both. A piece chipped off and it exposed what looks like metal clad in iron or something? The metal center is very strong and what looks like iron clad is very brittle. I’m perplexed could be an modern application, I don’t know?

Same EO After Some Cleaning.

Thanks for the note on your progress. You are to be commended on your patience.

One more note on cleaning EOs.  It is a risky, but you can sometimes remove some of the crust physically.  I like carefully using pliers or a vice instead of striking, which can break the item.

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The Remington gun factory, the nation’s oldest gun manufacturer, is closing its doors in New York after over 200 years and moving to Georgia.

Here is the link for more about that.

America’s oldest gun maker closes after 200 years (msn.com)

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I've talked about this a little before, but it is an important and interesting topic.  Being an old psychology professor, I studied and taught the subjects of perception and cognition and am interested in how those areas of study apply to metal detecting and treasure hunting.  It is good to understand your metal detector, but it is also good to understand the operator.  

As detectorists and treasure hunters we are often faced with the difficult task of identifying unidentified objects.  We also look for clues and try to determine the possible significance. Mystery objects are something like ink blot tests.  Different people will see the ambiguous forms differently.  A persons past experiences, hopes and fears affect their interpretations. 

You often see it on TV programs.  People interpret things in a way that is supported by very little or no evidence.  They see a key or a hinge, and automatically think it must be from a treasure chest, or they find a spike and immediately determine, again with very little or no evidence, determine that it is from a Spanish galleon.

What if you notice some rocks organized as shown below.  What is it?  Well, the first impulse might be to call it a cross, even though there are six points that may or not be related.  

They points can be connected by straight lines in quite a variety of ways to form figures other than a cross.

Below are just a few of the many alternative ways to connect the dots.

The dots could be seen as forming a diamond, arrow, upside down Christmas tree, unraveling bow tie, or any of quite a variety of other shapes.  And all of those takes the view of a vertical orientation with a cross bar near the top of the vertical bar.  The figure could just as easily be oriented horizontally or at a 45-degree angle.  

Changing the orientation presents the following possibility.

And we haven't yet considered many other possibilities.

Why is it assumed that the dots are end points rather than midpoints, for example?  The below figure takes the points as being midpoints rather than end points.

I've only addressed a few alternatives so far.   There are many more possibilities.  It could be a dot code or something else.   And there is no reason to believe that all or any of the connecting lines would be straight.  Or that they form one single figure.

I'm not saying that the figure does not represent a cross, but it can be looked at in a variety of other ways.  Do not jump to conclusions.  Creative problem-solving means opening up your mind, not jumping to conclusions.  

We do a lot of processing automatically, which generally works well, but when you are trying to solve a problem, the best solution might not be what seems like the obvious conclusion.

 

Your world is bigger when you open your mind to more possibilities rather that reducing your world to fit your preconceptions.

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We are still having a small surf and moderate tides.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

See a Restored Ancient Roman Helmet—and Two Shiny New Replicas (msn.com)

The progressives are anything but.

Trash. 

Once your parents are gone, you can only go home in your mind.  

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The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 4/28/19 Report - Melted Beer Can or Space Debris? Some Answers and Tests You Can Perform.

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/400-year-old-battle-gear-discovered-metal-detectorist-poland-unique-find   from William K.  400-year-old battle gear.

See a Restored Ancient Roman Helmet—and Two Shiny New Replicas (msn.com)

The progressives are anything but.

Trash. 

Once your parents are gone, you can only go home in your mind.  

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Boswell Embalming Bottle House – Sanca, British Columbia - Atlas Obscura

As far back as 9,400 years ago, hunter-gatherers in what is now Brazil created dozens of stunning rock art designs next to the fossilized footprints of dinosaurs, a new study finds.

Researchers described the petroglyphs and dinosaur tracks, which date to the Cretaceous period (145 million to 66 million years ago), in a study published March 19 in the journal Scientific Reports. They think ancient humans purposefully put the rock art next to the dinosaurs' prints, as many of the petroglyphs are a mere 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) from the fossilized marks and some of the glyphs appear to be illustrations of the prints.