The cross was discovered by a man in Yanworth near Cirencester last June
1 posted on
03/19/2010 8:04:49 AM PDT by
NYer
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2 posted on
03/19/2010 8:05:12 AM PDT by
NYer
("Where Peter is, there is the Church." - St. Ambrose of Milan)
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3 posted on
03/19/2010 8:05:47 AM PDT by
NYer
("Where Peter is, there is the Church." - St. Ambrose of Milan)
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They will be for sale on eBay from China on Monday.
4 posted on
03/19/2010 8:07:48 AM PDT by
edcoil
(If I had 1 cent for every dollar the government saved, Bill Gates and I would be friends.)
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Eligible for a reward. I wonder if that reward comes anywhere close to its true market value?
There’s something to be said for keeping one’s mouth shut when lady luck deals you a high card.
7 posted on
03/19/2010 8:11:40 AM PDT by
Fresh Wind
("...a whip of political correctness strangles their voice"-Vaclav Klaus on GW skeptics)
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They think it's rare now, wait until they're all confiscated, melted down and used to build Obama’s library.
9 posted on
03/19/2010 8:20:51 AM PDT by
ryan71
(Let's Roll!)
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That is a really cool find. I wish I had a chance to find more than arrowheads around here.
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...in this country there have been similar controversies over prehistoric items of antiquity....a while back a woman in Kentucky leased the archaeological rights to her farm to arrowhead hunters....they promptly went in with bull dozers...this really upsets archaeologists who like to measure soil depth of the finds...there’s always a fight between professionals and pot hunters who they regard as looters.
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16 posted on
03/19/2010 8:57:12 AM PDT by
painter
(No wonder democrats don't mind taxes.THEY DON'T PAY THEM !)
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17 posted on
03/19/2010 9:00:14 AM PDT by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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That object is not very big. Assuming the scale is metric, the cross is a little over 2" tall and 1-3/8" wide. No doubt, its historic, artistic and religious artifact value would outweigh the worth of the mere metal many, many times.
OTOH, the mold detail is rather poor; aside from traditional Catholic interpretation, it beats me how they can claim to know who is represented by the side and reverse figures.
Nonetheless, If I were the finder, I would have a RTV or other mold made from it for lost wax casting, so I, at least, could have myself a replica cast -- even though I were forced to hand the original over to the government.
18 posted on
03/19/2010 10:33:44 AM PDT by
TXnMA
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A late-Medieval crucifix found in Gloucestershire has been declared treasure by a coroner. Searched on "crucifix Gloucestershire" to find a better photograph of the treasure and found this:
Helen Slatter, a Phlebotomist at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, with the crucifix that her employers at the hospital have asked her to remove whilst working
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Jesus died alone for us on the cross. He alone paid the price for our sins. Jesus is no longer dead. He is risen!!! This cross is a mess.
25 posted on
03/19/2010 7:25:04 PM PDT by
Bellflower
(If you are left DO NOT take the mark of the beast and be damned forever.)
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27 posted on
03/20/2010 3:43:19 PM PDT by
Beowulf9
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