Family of shipwreck hunting scavengers find the missing piece of a 300-year-old sacred necklace
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2710789/Family-shipwreck-hunting-scavengers-missing-piece-300-year-old-sacred-necklace.htmlA Florida family scavenging for sunken treasure on a shipwreck has found the missing piece of a 300-year-old gold filigree necklace sacred to Spanish priests, officials said on Tuesday.
Eric Schmitt, a professional salvager, was scavenging with his parents when he found the crumpled, square-shaped ornament on a leisure trip to hunt for artifacts in the wreckage of a convoy of 11 ships that sank in 1715 during a hurricane off central Florida's east coast.
After the discovery last month, a team of Spanish historians realized the piece fit together with another artifact recovered 25 years ago.
The square-shaped ornament is believed to be from 1715, when a fleet of Spanish ships were hit by a hurricane
Ownership will be split between the state of Florida, the owner of the wreck site and the Schmitt family
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)That is some amazingly intricate filigree.
flamingdem
(39,316 posts)Probably done by Peruvians in less than perfect employment situations. Not sure.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)And probably correct.
littlemissmartypants
(22,725 posts)pansypoo53219
(20,987 posts)TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)The Host would be in the center. But what I want to know is what is a "high priest" in the Catholic faith other than Jesus?
From the Daily Mail piece: "It formed an accessory called a pyx, worn on a chain around a high priests neck to carry the communion host."
I wish the picture or the article gave the dimensions of this thing. I'm thinking it must be at least 4" X 6" when closed.
Edit to add-Here's a better article from the Orlando Sentinel giving the size like an iPhone in a case:
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2014-07-29/news/os-sanford-family-finds-sunken-treasure-20140729_1_lisa-schmitt-queens-jewels-llc-brent-brisben