Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclcusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
After a storm blew through, a pair of metal detectorists visited a beach in northern Poland. They hoped to unearth something interesting, but the 2,500-year-old weapon they uncovered left them stunned.
Jacek Ukowski and Katarzyna Herdzik took metal detectors to the coast of the Baltic Sea on March 30 and scoured the eroded cliffside. One recently collapsed lump of clay set off the device, the Museum of the History of the Kamień Region said in a Facebook post. The pair dug into the damp clay and unearthed a highly decorated knife.
Photos show the long, thin blade and its intricate design....
Museum officials don’t know what the 2,500-year-old dagger was used for but offered two possibilities: it could have been linked to a solar cult and had ritual significance, or it could have belonged to a wealthy warrior.
The dagger will undergo further analysis to determine its composition and identify signs of usage, the museum said...
Here is a link for the article.
Metal detectorists find 2,500-year-old dagger in Poland | Miami Herald
And here is another link on the same find.
Metal Detectorists Unearth Ancient Dagger Decorated With Tiny Stars, Crescent Moons and Geometric Patterns
So we have some common themes here. A storm comes through and erodes dunes, exposing new material along with an object that has been hidden for ages within.
There are still tons of treasure out there waiting to be discovered. They don't surface every day. If they did, they wouldn't be as exciting. You have to pay your dues.
The part of it you can't control makes it seem like you need the cooperation of fate, nature or karma, depending upon how you look at it.
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DJ offered the following comments on my recent post concerning the apparently slow rate of advances in metal detector technology over the past few decades.
I feel the same way. It reminds me of the so called learning curve and I can relate it to someone makes the biggest gains in understanding early but as knowledge increases, the big “aha” moments become farther apart. Sports is another good example where a new player gets better quickly then gets frustrated as their progress stalls.
Maybe the next big thing in detectors will be incorporating AI? It is already used in the medical field - which you know already.
Just some random thoughts. Good thought provoking posts!
Thanks DJ.
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I often said the most important things you learn are the things that change how you look at the world and yourself. And like revolutionary innovations, it doesn't happe very often. Its been said that when confronted with new and potentially transforming information, instead of taking it in and adapting, there tendency to resist and reject it. Rather than maximizing what we can learn, we interpret the new information to conform to our prior beliefs. Our worldview is formed over a time becomes more resistant to change. When people are confronted with challenging information, a dissonance or tension is created, which explains a lot of the hate and violence we see these days.
With the vast amount of today's media, people see and hear a lot that doesn't fit into their worldview. It is easier to censor or distort that information rather than evaluating, adapting and making sense of it, but still there can be a tension, and the creation of something or someone to blame. The discomfort is directed towards a villain that also provides a handy excuse. Great investment in beliefs and conclusions strongly resists learning.
I'll try to get back to the plodding rate of knowledge acquisition and advancement some other time.
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In my 3/15 post I talked about "perspective." In that post I mentioned the recent all-time highs in gold prices and the DOW. I used those as examples. I said, "You don't expect to see new highs and new records continue forever without some downward moves, and some day there is likely to be a big downward move. That is just how things go."
I was expecting a big stock market downturn and told you so It would have been unusual for things to keep going up for so long without a break. And the drop is not really that big if you look at how long and high the increase was. I wouldn't be surprised if there were more next week.
I was just talking about looking at history for whatever you might be able to learn. It doesn't matter if you are talking about hurricanes, beaches, prices or finds, it can help to keep records and learn what you can from the past. That was all I was saying, but don't get carried away with the media that is acting like this is the end of the world. Even for someone like me, who knows nothing about anything, paying attention to the trends and common threads you can find in history sometimes pays off.
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Fort Pierce South Jetty Beach Cam.
From Surfguru.com. |
Looks like a nice day at the beach, and there are a good number of people out there. Looks like the beach renourishment is done at that location.
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| Surf Chart from SurfGuru.com. |
Looks like a small surf for the next few days.
Good hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
