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Detectorist finds Roman lead pig ingot in Wales
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| June 23, 2020
| Dominic Robertson | Source: Shropshire Star
Posted on 06/28/2020 3:51:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/28/2020 3:51:42 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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posted on
06/28/2020 3:52:03 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
Was probably destined to carry drinking water.
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posted on
06/28/2020 3:53:00 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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posted on
06/28/2020 3:54:57 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
A great book by Lindsey Davis about the lead and silver mines in England during the Vespasian-era Roman Empire, and smuggling stolen mined silver by disguising it as lead pigs ...
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06/28/2020 4:21:50 PM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
To: SunkenCiv
Re; Oak Island, they traced the lead cross lead back to France (1200 to 1600 AD)
To: Cold Heart
Is it even possible? Yes, it is.
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06/28/2020 4:34:22 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: BlueLancer
Thanks, looks like something I'd got on audiobook.
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posted on
06/28/2020 4:34:58 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: BenLurkin
Smacked that horse on the ass with his last dying gasp. That’s how the ingot got inlost lost.
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posted on
06/28/2020 4:42:38 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
I’m rather curious how the bar didn’t oxidize and maintained the outer markings. That’s rather remarkable, like that other bar that was found which had perfect markings on it too, oddly enough.
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posted on
06/28/2020 4:43:16 PM PDT
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: kingu
Agree
I’ve seen a few lead bars, relatively young, gray and oxidized.
Tin in the alloy will help, though.
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posted on
06/28/2020 4:47:49 PM PDT
by
Scrambler Bob
(This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM 'information', maybe more so!)
To: SunkenCiv
This pig was so heavy, it didnt fly.
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posted on
06/28/2020 4:47:59 PM PDT
by
Redcitizen
(Nobody needs a 10 round magazine. You need a 30 round magazine.)
To: kingu
“Im rather curious how the bar didnt oxidize and maintained the outer markings. Thats rather remarkable, like that other bar that was found which had perfect markings on it too, oddly enough.”
I was wondering that too. Especially in Wales. Kind of wet there.
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06/28/2020 5:07:29 PM PDT
by
dljordan
To: Scrambler Bob
If I understand the theory right, silver in the bars would supposedly act like tin, but even that will oxidize quickly in terms of being underground for 2,000 years. Found in farmland too; I’ve pulled up a lot of minie balls and round ball from farmland, ain’t never came across an example that’d hold such a pattern.
Lead hardened with Linotype also oxidizes over time.
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06/28/2020 5:12:38 PM PDT
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: SunkenCiv
Please remove me from this list
To: kingu
I will guess lead glaze. The Romans lead glazed their pottery.
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/28/2020 8:14:04 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Follow your Inner Trump)
To: kingu; Scrambler Bob
Maybe the silver content, plus the moisture.
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06/28/2020 8:15:44 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Redcitizen
Historically, that also happened in the medieval Scandinavian city of Dah. That's why there was always a Hog in Dah.
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posted on
06/28/2020 8:17:56 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Kirkwood
I love that one guy's hat.
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06/28/2020 8:18:35 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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