9/4/25 Report - Gold Sapphire Lion Ring Found. Gold Going Higher? Indiana Jones and Pirates Start Some Detectorists. Storm in Atlantic.

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

Credit: Noemi Bejak Palinova: Daily Galaxy - Great Discoveries Channel

An analysis of a 700-year-old ring reveals a unique reddish-purple sapphire set in 18-karat gold with a lion decoration.

A stunning gold ring lost at a medieval castle in Slovakia over 700 years ago has been rediscovered. The jewelry was likely worn by a bishop and includes an unusual Sri Lankan reddish-purple sapphire set in a band flanked by lions.

"Such a ring embodied deep spiritual meanings, protective powers, and societal status, allowing the wearer to display wealth while also seeking the divine protection associated with the symbols they bore,"..

A treasure hunter found the ring in 2001, but archaeologists didn't receive it until March 2023...

To analyze the ring, the researchers used nondestructive techniques, including Raman spectroscopy, which analyzes scattered light to figure out the chemical composition of a material, and micro-X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, which uses X-rays to determine the elements in a material. They determined that the band was made from 18-karat gold and that the gem is a 2-carat corundum, a hard mineral that forms both rubies and sapphires...

Here is the link for more of the article.

Medieval gold ring found in castle in Slovakia has rare purple sapphire imported from Sri Lanka | Live Science

I didn't yet find any more detail on how the ring was found.

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Gold has been setting new record price highs lately. Technical analysis suggests the price could go to $3930 per oz. in the near future.

Here is a technical chart.

I suspect that some of that will be money coming from stock sales as the market resets before the more positive last three months of the year.

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I noticed this old cover or a metal detector catalog. It is only a few years old, but it has a definite Indiana Jones vibe. I've been told by detectorists in the past that it was Indiana Jones that inspired them to start metal detecting. Others of us started long before Indiana Jones, but for many there was something that inspired the imagination.

Metal Detector Dealer Catalog.

Pirates are a common reference among treasure hunters and books like Treasure Island inspired some of the older treasure hunters. Treasure Island, as originally published in 1883 was titled The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys. That fictional story involved a treasure map and buried gold and inspired the play of many boys of my day.

There are many informative nonfiction books now available for the adult researcher.  Here are just a couple listed on Amazon.  There are many more.

The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down.

Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates.

These days there are many pirate books.

My introduction to pirates was undoubtedly Captain Hook, that was on TV every year of my youth after age six or so. The story of Peter Pan provides a great psychological study.  For example, the crocodile that swallowed a clock and the ticking that Hook and Smee feared so much was an indicator of time, which Pan, on the other hand, defied.  Speaking of hands, Hook had lost a part of himself to time.  (I should play a little Pink Floyd here.  Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day...)

Those old classic stories are psychologically deep.  

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

This one looks like it is headed in the direction of Florida, but it is way too far out to say where it will go.  A look at Windy.com using the ECMWF model shows the following for September 18.

Sept. 18 plot for ECMWF model.  Source: Windy.com.

We'll see how that turns out.

For next week I'm not seeing anything bigger than a two foot surf on the SurfGuru chart.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net