The Czickness LIII….CZing into the summer with friends near and far.

[TJ Kackowski]

Checking in from Phoenix. Visiting son and his family ... granddaughter no. 4 will turn 1 year old on Sunday. Overnight temps high 80's. Daytime temps 105 - 110 (and sometimes a bit higher). But it's a dry heat ... yeah, that makes it all better!

Praying for all the CZickos in need. Keep fighting!

 

[DadSmith]

Good late morning INGO.

 

[llh1956]

Good afternoon, all! Kathy and I are going to an information session on her upcoming knee revision coming up on the 15th and a second info session this coming Monday.

 

[patience0830]

Good afternoon, all! Kathy and I are going to an information session on her upcoming knee revision coming up on the 15th and a second info session this coming Monday.

Best of luck on the joints stuff, Wizard . Her joints in our prayers.

 

[MindfulMan]

I picked-up a new item .... this one to wear, because what real man wouldn't want to hang a Roman Arrowhead around their neck ?!?

(Credit: below text is from the MiniMuseum website)

These particular arrowheads are made from bronze and feature a trilobate design. The long, three-bladed heads were made to make short work of armor, puncturing deep into their targets and penetrating any protections they wore. They come from numerous sites across Europe and date to the 1st Century.

It's not in bad shape for being 2,000 years old. Caesar was self-promoted to emperor in the year 33 .... from then on, these Roman yutes went on to conquer the known world. They weren't nice people !

(my photos, of course --- click to make BIG)

I tried to photograph from the top, but it's hard to focus on the point .... it's as sharp as a needle.
BUT .... can you see the torn bronze on the bottom edge ? They look almost like serrations. It appears to me that this point drove through some armor !
That's going to be my story !

 

[patience0830]

I picked-up a new item .... this one to wear, because what real man wouldn't want to hang a Roman Arrowhead around their neck ?!?

(Credit: below text is from the MiniMuseum website)


It's not in bad shape for being 2,000 years old. Caesar was self-promoted to emperor in the year 33 .... from then on, these Roman yutes went on to conquer the known world. They weren't nice people !

(my photos, of course --- click to make BIG)

I tried to photograph from the top, but it's hard to focus on the point .... it's as sharp as a needle.
BUT .... can you see the torn bronze on the bottom edge ? They look almost like serrations. It appears to me that this point drove through some armor !
That's going to be my story !

Tiny aperture, lots of light, depth of field should go up enough to see the point.

 

[MindfulMan]

Tiny aperture, lots of light, depth of field should go up enough to see the point.

I'm going to re-do it, but I was excited !

 

[mcapo]

I picked-up a new item .... this one to wear, because what real man wouldn't want to hang a Roman Arrowhead around their neck ?!?

(Credit: below text is from the MiniMuseum website)


It's not in bad shape for being 2,000 years old. Caesar was self-promoted to emperor in the year 33 .... from then on, these Roman yutes went on to conquer the known world. They weren't nice people !

(my photos, of course --- click to make BIG)

I tried to photograph from the top, but it's hard to focus on the point .... it's as sharp as a needle.
BUT .... can you see the torn bronze on the bottom edge ? They look almost like serrations. It appears to me that this point drove through some armor !
That's going to be my story !

That is cool...I wonder if I could put that on my motorcycle instead of a bell? Oh wait....I don't have a motorcycle....

 

[MindfulMan]

That is cool...I wonder if I could put that on my motorcycle instead of a bell? Oh wait....I don't have a motorcycle....

When you get that motomachine, we'll hang it around your neck, and you'll have to shoo the women away !

 

[Bennettjh]

Good evening CZ fans. Continued prayers for everyone.

 

[ditcherman]

I try to keep my eyes to the ground for arrowheads, but have only found three around here. I always think digging half a million feet a year might turn something up.
Never thought about Roman or other culture arrowheads.

 

[Leadeye]

Power out again, I think the company is simply going to have to clean up the loggers mess that they left down the road. They are going to be out here a lot otherwise.

 

[gmcttr]

I tried to photograph from the top, but it's hard to focus on the point .... it's as sharp as a needle.

Ummmm...manual focus?

 

[Leadeye]

I try to keep my eyes to the ground for arrowheads, but have only found three around here. I always think digging half a million feet a year might turn something up.
Never thought about Roman or other culture arrowheads.

For a long time no one really knew where the Battle of Teutoburg Forest took place. Big concentrations of arrow heads like MM's finally helped locate other artifacts and the battle could be reconstructed.

 

[MindfulMan]

I'll finish up this page about something I learned.
It was remarkable to me that bronze (copper + tin) would hold-up so well.

It turns out that (in most conditons) bronze forms an outer coating of copper oxide /copper carbonate, which keeps it from additional oxidation, and protects it.

I wish that the dinosaurs had been made of bronze !!!

 

[MindfulMan]

Ummmm...manual focus?

I know how to do it, but I didn't do it ! The lazies got me.

 

[Firehawk]

I try to keep my eyes to the ground for arrowheads, but have only found three around here. I always think digging half a million feet a year might turn something up.
Never thought about Roman or other culture arrowheads.

Who knows, there could be a mammoth in that dirt! One was found outside of Greenfield!

 

[MindfulMan]

For a long time no one really knew where the Battle of Teutoburg Forest took place. Big concentrations of arrow heads like MM's finally helped locate other artifacts and the battle could be reconstructed.

The way that I understand it, these bronze trilobate arrowheads were affixed to
"fall-away" shafts.
The Romans liked to add insult to injury: after the arrow kills you, they scoop up the shafts, push on new heads, and kill more of their enemy !
RUTHLESS !
(those sneaky Germans used a Roman trained general, who knew just how to beat them, because he knew their tactics)

 

[Leadeye]

The way that I understand it, these bronze trilobate arrowheads were affixed to
"fall-away" shafts.
The Romans liked to add insult to injury: after the arrow kills you, they scoop up the shafts, push on new heads, and kill more of their enemy !
RUTHLESS !
(those sneaky Germans used a Roman trained general, who knew just how to beat them, because he knew their tactics)

An amateur archeologist doing some random coin hunting found the site in 1988. Before that there had been much speculation about it's location but nothing solid for 2000 years. A German university team started digging where the amateur had made his find and slowly unearthed the evidence of the long battle.

 

[MindfulMan]

An amateur archeologist doing some random coin hunting found the site in 1988. Before that there had been much speculation about it's location but nothing solid for 2000 years. A German university team started digging where the amateur had made his find and slowly unearthed the evidence of the long battle.

Wow .... very cool. I wonder if the amateur was able to keep any of his finds.
European governments are evidently famous for sweeping-in, and scooping the good stuff.