IndianRiverSonrise
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- Jun 16, 2007
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I found the following on a Treasure Coast shipwreck beach where I've found cobs from a 1715 wreck. I found this object at the water line at low tide. It is not metal. It appears to be like pottery or charcoal. It has a granular consistency that will crumble with pressure. There is some thin concretion remaining.
I know it is not easy to see but that is the way it was. In fact I didn't see the bird wing until after a lot of cleaning and I can not clean it any further due to the fragile nature of the object.
It is just a slight bit smaller than a half dollar and about the same thickness. The edges though are not round but rather have, or should I say, had, four pairs of lobes, each lobe having impressed rays that direct outward as if coming from the center of the object. You can see the best remaining pair of lobes by looking at about the 4 and 5 o'clock position. Notice again the rays. As for the bird, all I can see clearly is the wing and breast, and perhaps the head. Oh, you may be able to see, but probably not, that there was a circle of raised dots around the bird. And perhaps four or more larger bumps. I think you might be able to see the remains of one of those bumps at about the 10 o'clock postition.
The back is flat, perhaps the slightest bit concave, and there is the slightest suggestion that there at one time was four small bumps, as if at four corners of a one inch square on the back. Here is the photo. Thanks for any ideas.
I know it is not easy to see but that is the way it was. In fact I didn't see the bird wing until after a lot of cleaning and I can not clean it any further due to the fragile nature of the object.
It is just a slight bit smaller than a half dollar and about the same thickness. The edges though are not round but rather have, or should I say, had, four pairs of lobes, each lobe having impressed rays that direct outward as if coming from the center of the object. You can see the best remaining pair of lobes by looking at about the 4 and 5 o'clock position. Notice again the rays. As for the bird, all I can see clearly is the wing and breast, and perhaps the head. Oh, you may be able to see, but probably not, that there was a circle of raised dots around the bird. And perhaps four or more larger bumps. I think you might be able to see the remains of one of those bumps at about the 10 o'clock postition.
The back is flat, perhaps the slightest bit concave, and there is the slightest suggestion that there at one time was four small bumps, as if at four corners of a one inch square on the back. Here is the photo. Thanks for any ideas.
