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Metal Detecting cuts right through the technical jargon and spells everything out with full-color illustrations and easy to understand terms, making this book easy to follow, regardless of your prior treasure hunting experience. Novices and seasoned veterans will both find plenty of helpful information buried in the pages of this bookfrom choosing your first metal detector to finding locations loaded with unlimited treasure possibilities, and everything...
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Extremely pliable yet amazingly durable, metal offers infinite decorative options. Here are 1,000 prime examples of French metal masterworks, painstakingly reproduced from an extremely rare and valuable edition. From the everyday to the ornate, items include: Weather vanes Tiles Waterspouts Trims Basins Pike heads You'll also find hundreds of other images, offering a wealth of inspiration and useful historical designs.
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Magnificent study by expert on age-old craft provides a spirited overview. 140 illustrations include grilles, doors, and gates; stair railings and balustrades; small handles, hinges, door-knockers, and keyhole plates; Elizabethan-era firedogs; weather vanes; much more, many never catalogued before. Rich source of inspiration, royalty-free graphics, information.
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For serious connoisseurs of American gold and silver ware, this rich and definitive directory lists over 3,000 early American silversmiths, 1650-1850, and their identifying marks. It includes biographical details and shop locations whenever possible, plus maps of the great smithing centers (Boston, New York, and Philadelphia) and 226 photographs.
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Over 1,500 handsome black-and-white illustrations, taken from authentic examples of ornamental ironwork in the architecture of Bordeaux. Drawn from balconies, gates, grilles, stair railings, and elsewhere, this affordable treasury features lovely images incorporating floral and foliate designs, human and animal figures, musical motifs, heraldic crests, mythological figures, geometrics, and much more.
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Fearing discovery by others of his extraordinary find, Earl Dorr set off an explosion in 1927 that sealed a cave entrance in Kokoweef Peak in the Ivanpah Mountain Range. He had followed a treasure map given to him by two Indians and rediscovered within the mountain a river with black sand rich with fine gold, allegedly the richest gold deposit in the US. Dorr died without revealing the location of this entrance, giving birth to the legend of the Underground...
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Aprenda a reconocer y valorar una gema, a distinguir sus características generales y las modalidades de medición; por ejemplo, la dureza (muy importante y decisiva para reconocer un diamante auténtico), la densidad, el color, el índice de refracción, el brillo y sus efectos ópticos particulares. Además, esta obra le mostrará el modo de cortar las piedras preciosas, cómo pueden hacerse más sofisticadas mejorando su color y brillo, y cómo...
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Over 1,000 designs in rare 19th-century catalog of impressive architectural ornaments and statuary - rendered in zinc, brass, and copper - includes rosettes, historical figures, angels, gargoyles, knights, eagles, griffins, cornices, friezes, much more. Captions supply measurements and prices. Great browsing for antique and nostalgia buffs; excellent source of royalty-free illustrations.
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Over 300 outstanding illustrations - thoughtfully selected and excellently reproduced - depict ornate altar screens, doors, chandeliers, balcony railings, candelabra, tombstone crosses, pulpits, gates, window screens, and more. Brief captions identify the types, origins, and dates of pieces in this excellent collection for artists, interior designers, craftspeople, and lovers of antiques.
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The aim of this book is to provide detailed information, practical help, handy hints and tips in regards to all aspects of Metal Detecting. By offering advice and guidance this book aims to make the hobby of using a metal detector fun, interesting and interactive to anyone who wishes to have a go! It will give the reader an insight into following best practice and how to enjoy the hobby in a responsible way, everything will be covered from choosing...
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This magnificent display of all 166 plates from an extremely rare set of portfolios depicts scores of examples of the ironworker's art, among them beautiful gates, balustrades, balcony railings, window grilles, church screens, and lantern holders. A superb collection of royalty-free images for use by designers, architecture enthusiasts, and lovers of antiques.
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"Coin Collecting for Wealth: Maximizing Returns with Rare Gold Coins" is a definitive e-book that unveils the strategic world of coin collecting as a lucrative investment avenue. Tailored for both seasoned numismatists and those new to the field, this guide explores the art of accumulating wealth through rare gold coins. Readers will delve into the historical significance of gold coins, learn how to identify valuable specimens, and gain insights into...
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This magnificently illustrated volume showcases elegant examples of ironwork designs by five centuries of Italian masters. Spanning the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries, the collection encompasses both simple and elaborate ornaments for doors, windows, gates, balcony and staircase railings, and other architectural features. A remarkable variety of motifs are depicted--from gracefully executed florals and foliated elements, to exquisite...
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This is a complete guide to collecting copper and brass, beginning with the composition and properties and how it is treated for manufacture. It includes descriptions of brass, bronze, ormulu, pinchbeck, Muntz's metal, gunmetal and bell metal, and how these are made into useful articles or ornaments. Copper and brass have been used during many centuries all over the world, and this book includes products in the metals from Europe, India and the Orient...
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Objects of adornment have been a subject of archaeological, historical, and ethnographic study for well over a century. Within archaeology, personal ornaments have traditionally been viewed as decorative embellishments associated with status and wealth, materializations of power relations and social strategies, or markers of underlying social categories such as those related to gender, class, and ethnic affiliation. Personal Adornment and the Construction...
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Welcome to the fascinating world of coin collecting! In this book, "Coin Collecting: Grow Your Wealth, Increase Value, and Sell Coins," we will embark on a journey through the centuries-old practice of collecting coins, exploring not only the historical significance and cultural richness of these tiny treasures but also their potential to grow your wealth and financial stability.
Coins have held a special place in human history for millennia. From...
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Originally published in 1898. This comprehensive and well illustrated book will enable the explorer of churches to more fully appreciate the true value of those ancient brazen memorials which adorn many pavements, walls and interiors. Contents Include: Origin and History of the Manufacture of Brasses Making a Collection Classes of Effigies Brasses of Knights Ladies Civilians Shroud Brasses Accessories Additional Classes A Literary Guide List of Counties...
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For centuries, gold has been a staple of the human race.
It's remained valuable and will continue to be a great form of wealth in the future. Gold is one of the oldest assets used by man; it has kept its place as a safe haven during times of economic uncertainty and volatile markets.
Gold can be privately accumulated while being easily converted, liquidated, and virtually untraceable - something you can have that others do not know about or understand!
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Discover the invaluable secrets of gold prospecting and equip yourself for uncertain times when currencies and economies fail. What do people do then? What do you think will happen to people that understand where they can get Gold compared to those that just hold fiat currency? Who is safer and better positioned? Gold prospecting is not just a hobby. This comprehensive and captivating guide is tailor-made for honest miners, passionate enthusiasts,...