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| Vintage Metal Mesh Change Purse. |
A day or two ago I posted a link to an article about a solidified pile of two almost-complete chainmail suits. I wondered how a detector would respond to chainmail, but I never found any to test. I did however have something that I thought might be somewhat similar - a metal mesh change purse (shown above).
I decided to see how the metal detector responded to the purse. I was surprised. The Equinox gave me a 13 - 15 conductivity reading all over the purse. That, of course, is very much like the reading you would get for a nickel. I moved the coil around, and to my surprise, the readout remained very consistent. The readout showed no evidence of iron anywhere. I should get the purse XFR tested. My research shows that some are made of silver. This one looks silver, but I don't know how much, if any of it, really is.
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I was getting my Christmas decorations out and in an old box found a string of Christmas lights with pinecone dwarfs holding little candle lights (shown below). I just put them out on the mantel.
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| String of Pinecone Dwarf Christmas Lights on the Mantel |
I really like the dwarfs and remember them from my childhood probably sometime in the 1950s. It was a real treasure find for me. Unfortunately, a couple of the dwarfs are missing. I did a little research and found an entire string with an asking price of $170.00 on eBay.
They were made in Italy. Othe similar ones were made in other countries.
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| Closeup of One of the Dwarfs from the Christmas Light String. |
Two of the original dwarfs are missing and I hope to find identical replacements for the two missing ones.
Different people like different things. Some people like to find old coins, while other people like valuable or fancy jewelry, and others like old rusty historic artifacts.
Over the years my preferences have changed. At first, I just wanted to see how much money I could find. Then after I learned, I focused on gold jewelry. And then I got into hunting shipwreck coins and artifacts. Now I like some strange things, some of which have little value or no value, but I find interesting or just like for some reason, such as the pinecone dwarfs. There are various reasons I like them. There is the personal nostalgia. There is the Christmas and Disney connection. There are a lot of people that collect vintage Christmas items and Disney items. And, to me, they just seem nice somehow. I can't explain all of that. But as they say, one man's trash is another man's treasure.
You might like things more when you learn more about them. Manny of my bottle and other finds aren't worth much, but I enjoy learning from them, and what I learn makes them more interesting to me. Some finds might not appear interesting at all until you do the research and learn more about them. There are even times when valuable items are thrown away because the value wasn't recognized, then when you learn more you might regret throwing it away.
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| Reconstructed Image of the Real Saint Nicholas. |
(ZENIT News / Rome, 12.19.2024).- For centuries, Saint Nicholas of Myra, a fourth-century bishop from Asia Minor, has been cloaked in myth and legend. Widely recognized as the inspiration behind Santa Claus, his historical reality has often been overshadowed by his modern counterpart’s cheerful, red-suited image. But now, thanks to groundbreaking work by Brazilian designer Cícero Moraes and his team, the man behind the legend has been given a face—literally...
Here is the link for more about that.
Any similarity between the St. Nicholas image as reconstructed and the dwarf image is purely coincidental - or is it?
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| Source: SurfGuru.com. |
Not much to see here. The tides have decreased as has the surf.
Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net