Costa Rica, One heck of a surprise . . . ~

It's very cool. But IMHO, it was likely cooler with a more natural appearance. Not trying to be a critical dick here. Just the archivist in me screaming out.
 
That's a very cool centerpiece. Next time, just use a brush to get anything nasty off it. Not that I think it is particularly valuable, but (to us history obsessed geeks) the funk n stuff (except the guano) is evidence of a human connection. When it gets totally cleaned it becomes more of just the object.

Don't mind me. I once smacked a kid at the British Museum once for touching artifacts. Just the way I roll.
 
Unclebaldrick said:
Ok. Fine. I'm jealous of it anyway. Does that stuff turn up often?
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In Guatemala yes, or at least it used to. Dig under your house, your yard, the street, pick a place. You're likely to find plates, vases, small things. Sometimes you can find a bigger piece, stelas and shit are rarely seen though. There are some Mayan quarries around the country, jade and obsidian, etc. It depends on the region though. It's kind of a felony to keep them, but nobody listens to that, not even the authorities :hump:
 
Unclebaldrick said:
That's a very cool centerpiece. Next time, just use a brush to get anything nasty off it. Not that I think it is particularly valuable, but (to us history obsessed geeks) the funk n stuff (except the guano) is evidence of a human connection. When it gets totally cleaned it becomes more of just the object.

Don't mind me. I once smacked a kid at the British Museum once for touching artifacts. Just the way I roll.
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Thanks for the advice. Sounds like i probably should have taken a little more care of it but i think the people that had it before me pressure washed it as well and then had it on a table in the backyard under a tree for 9 years so it just got shit on by pigeons all day. I just purchased 2 pre-Columbian spheres i'm having transported to my house. They have never been washed. Now i know to just brush them.

Unclebaldrick said:
Ok. Fine. I'm jealous of it anyway. Does that stuff turn up often?
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Not so much down here anymore. Pretty much everything has been dug up and they don't allow digging on a commercial level here. Especially in the virgin forest or national parks. Usually you find this stuff in someone's backyard or hidden in the bottom of the closet.
 
Wow...I almost never read an entire thread from the beginning if it's over 5 pages...Scoob, you make a big difference in the lives of a lot of the members here. Thank you, brother! :) Thank you for everything you do.
 
I've always enjoyed reading about such tales, gives one a sense that all is not lost and there is in deed hope for us.

Oh and the pics are amazing thanks for sharing.
 
Metasynth said:
Wow...I almost never read an entire thread from the beginning if it's over 5 pages...Scoob, you make a big difference in the lives of a lot of the members here. Thank you, brother! :) Thank you for everything you do.
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thanks brotha...that's a really nice thing to say. i'm just trying to be a better person man. and honestly GWN and his wife made it so easy. they really were great guests.
 
ScoobyDoobyDoo said:
found these little guys hanging out in the bushes at one of my houses.

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in the words of one of my former cellies " put them shits in a noodle jo!!!"
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