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SAN ANTONIO - Archaeologists working at the The Alamo uncovered a second intact cannonball tied to the Battle of the Alamo era, a discovery that came just months after the first find and deepened what researchers describe as an unusually rare excavation streak at the site.
The latest cannonball was unearthed on June 2 during ongoing digs near the northeast corner of the Alamo Church, in nearly the same area where a previous artifact surfaced on March 5, just ahead of the 190th anniversary of the battle.
Both objects were found at roughly the same depth, preserved in what archaeologists call undisturbed soil layers...
Here is the link for the rest of the article.
News - Second Cannonball Unearthed at The Alamo - Archaeology Magazine
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I like thinking and talking about metal detecting. Metal detecting is just like life in general. It is a subset. The big principles are the same.
Your views create a lot of your reality. In many cases your views end up being self-fulfilling prophecies.
To give an example, if you don't think you will find anything, you won't go out, and as a result you won't likely find anything. If you think you will find something nice, there is a much better chance that you will make it happen. You will make a good effort. The more you believe, the more likely you will be to stick at it until you succeed.
Many people believe that they are lucky or unlucky. That view will affect what choices you make and your actions and that will to some extent determine what happens.
The view itself can be part of the punishment or reward. The effect of viewing yourself as unlucky or incapable is destructive in itself. It puts you in a bad place and colors your world.
A particular view or expectation might not be correct, but some views are overall more productive and rewarding (in multiple ways) than others. Some can be very destructive. They are bad bets in the cosmic gambling casino.
Our expectations determine what we will do. When we put our foot on the brake pedal we expect the car to stop. When our expectations are off, we can have a problem. When our expectations are consistently off, a adjustment of views is needed. Failing to make adjustments can be disastrous, yet there is often a stubborn commitment to ineffective views and actions. Change is often needed.
Change can be interesting and fun. It can be a temporary experiment or become a long-term thing. I suggest doing a lot of experimenting with your metal detecting. It can pay off in the long run.
There is a lot of information out there these days, but I recommend proving it out for yourself. It means more that way. You understand it better, and it will be specific to you and your equipment and situation.
People assume that the detector they got is exactly like every other detector of the same type, but there are differences. I once got a second coil of the same type, but there were differences between the two. Quality control is not always 100% not to mention updates, change in part sourcing, differences in your ground conditions etc., etc. It is personal.
There was a time when my metal detecting was more about the objects. The objects were the catalyst and objectification or test of the ideas. The thought process is the most important part of metal detecting.
If you watch the Skinwalker Ranch program (assuming it isn't all fraud) they are forming an object by conducting tests. One object is known as the blob. It is not directly observed with the natural senses but indirectly observed through test results. You might say that metal detector finds are observed indirectly through the metal detector until they are dug. The metal detector technology extends our senses.
I would have liked to have had their EEG equipment back in the 1970s. The one I used had to be connected by wires and electrodes pasted to the subject. Much less portable and convenient.
What I like about the Skinwalker program, is that instead of jumping to one conclusion, they offered four possible interpretations of the unexpected EEG results unlike the Oak Island program where they get stuck going down one path even when it requires an absolutely ridiculous interpretation.
But what I was going to say is that the bubble and blob are being defined by the measurements or observations being made. I better quit there. I'm tempted to get into Operationism and Quantum physics, but that isn't where I intended to go when I started this post. When I started this post I was going to talk about remote viewing, but now that will have wait for some other time. I danced all around it but never got to it.
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Some have already decided unidentified aerial phenomena prove extraterrestrial visitation. Others insist every report is nonsense or simple misidentification. Neither position reflects disciplined analysis. Good intelligence work begins neither with belief nor disbelief. It begins with evidence...A question bigger than science
That is why today's debate is not fundamentally about unidentified flying objects. It is about how we determine what is true. Science explains observable phenomena remarkably well, but it cannot answer questions of ultimate meaning. Those questions lead us into philosophy, and ultimately, theology.
Former Pentagon strategist says America is asking the wrong question about UAPs | Fox News
I highly recommend reading this article.
Start with the right question if you want a good answer. Too often the question all but eliminates many good possibilities.
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Nothing new with either the National Hurricane Atlantic map or the surf charts for the Treasure Coast.
There will be a slightly negative morning low tide.
The wind is from the west and keeping the surf flat. It should be a good year for salvage diving as well as shallow water metal detecting.
The Sahara dust is evidently suppressing tropical development. I think I posted an article on that.
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“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” — Marcel Proust
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Good hunting,
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