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In 2025, archaeologists... announced the discovery of not only the silver treasure, but also 34 buildings, a burial ground, and 1,450 total artifacts from the Late Iron Age about 500 to 1050 A.D., in Täby. But it’s the “unique buried silver treasure containing exclusive silver arm and neck rings, a silver amulet, pearls, and coin pendants”...
Located under a hollow block near an older home, the silver was found in a pot, with the stash containing silver necklaces and bracelets, a bag made of linen and silk, pearls, and a coin pendant. Hamilton said the fact that the fabric on the bag was preserved was unique and likely due to silver ions interacting with the textile...
The farm on a small hill close to a forest northeast of Stockholm featured about 1,300 farm-related artifacts and another 150 tied to the adjacent burial ground. The team discovered pottery made with domestic clay that resembled a style common on the other side of the Baltic Sea. Hamilton said this indicates the pieces were made by someone who came from outside the area...
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They found a 1,000-year-old treasure buried underground—then they realized why it was left there
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Getting back to some of my old find photos, here is one.
Can you recognize it?
I'm getting conflicting answers from AI. Obviously a 1941 quarter, but Canadian?
Maybe I'll have to go dig out the original coin so I can see the other side.
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I've found tons of the generic pharmacy bottles that were made for a pharmacy to affix their own paper labels. They've been one of my most common type of bottle finds. Of course, I'd much rather find a bottle with an embossed pharmacy name, but they aren't as common.
These generic bottles come in a variety of sizes, slightly different shapes or designs, and, of course, varying ages.
Although these bottles don't show the name of a particular pharmacy, they often have other marks that will help you narrow down the age. This example, has a maker's mark on the botton, that is a "J" in a Keystone. Here is the bottom.
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| Bottom of Same Pharmacy Bottle. |
That mark indicates the maker is the Knox Glass Bottle Company, and more specifically, the "J" is for the Jackson, Mississippi factory, which operated 1932-1953. Around 1952 all the Knox plants began using a "K" in a keystone.
Here is a mark embossed up around the shoulder of the bottle.
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| Mark on Bottle Indicating 6 Drams. |
The first mark, which looks something like a "3" is the symbol for dram, a measure of volume. A dram is 1/16 of an ounce (1.772 grams) for weight or 1/8 of a fluid ounce (≈3.70 ml) for liquid. And the following symbols give the number of drams, in this case vi, or six, which is the total volume of the bottle.
The marks on both sides tell how much fluid is left in the bottle in drams. I remember posting a small bottle with ii or two drams.
The dram was officially abandoned in the U.S. in 1971 when the country fully transitioned from the apothecaries’ system to the metric system for pharmaceutical measurements so they mark indicates a probable date for a bottle earlier than 1971.
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The surf is a little rough this morning as the surf is running two to three feet.
We've had a rip current watch that has been so frequent, I've quit mentioning it. It has been on for at least most of the past couple months.
Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net