Pre columbian artifact Melbourne beach

Charlie P. (NY)

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Hmmm Most of that stuff was looted long before 1715, most but not all.

Marx puts a few shipwrecks in the area that were of a better time frame for Pre-Columbian.

Found on the beach? By them or someone else?

4 Billion ?

Best of luck to them in finding a wreck and also keeping said wreck!

Thanks for the post.
 

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Err already posted.

I posted this morn in other thread as well.
 

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Yeah, the Spanish stole everything they could!
 

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Measuring about 10 inches across, bordered with intricate patterns, the circular copper relic features an image of a bird-like figure.

Iridium ore is commercially mined in Brazil as a by-product from nickel and copper mining and processing.

(queue up, best Discovery channel voice)

Iridium..

Possibly dating from 5000 BC..

Found on a mask washed up on a beach in Florida?

Possibly from a Spanish shipwreck that looted Brazil...?

Could this be from a Death Mask from an ancient burial..?

an ancient burial with a death mask covering the face of an extraterrestrial being sent to give the Aztecs knowledge of metallurgy...?

Could this be evidence of extraterrestrial beings...?

Sent to seed the Earth...?

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Or just a piece of aluminum foil left over from the 10th Annual Treasure Hunters Cookout where AARC was cooking off some of his dredge spoils....??????

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smokey playing with AARC's foil afterwards, because, well, thats what cats do....

aquanaut bets foil mask will float, tosses it in the water and everyone toasts and cheers as it floats away.......

the rest is history...
 

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They found a really nice Egyptian burial knife hammered out of a meteorite.
 

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hahahaha...

I bet a PXRF almost any copper artefact from that region of S America, one would find a trace of Iridium! (a handheld pXRF can show 1 part per million! 0.000001)

Studies have shown that virtually ALL copper artefacts from North and South America contain traces of Iridium...
https://books.google.com/books?id=_...onepage&q=iridium in copper artefacts&f=false

I do agree, many cultures, Egyptian and Asian, made spectacular blades from hammered meteorites.

Mughal Emperor Jahangir dagger

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King Tuts Meteorite Blade "Meteoritic iron is clearly indicated by the presence of a high percentage of nickel," the study's main author, Daniela Comelli, said.

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That being said, those blades had the high nickel content from the meteorites...(not simply iridium in copper) This is why we use the pXRF to create databases of the content to compare with smelter or mine locations.
 

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ALL metal on Earth is "space metal". Fused in the heart of ancient suns that exploded eons ago before our solar system formed.
 

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