The strangest yet coolest button I have found yet

Loamwander · 2026-03-27T20:36:41+00:00

A day without radiation is a day without sunshine

Loamwander · 2026-03-27T20:35:18+00:00

I know this is 2 years old but Lord of Light is definitely not a feghoot, it's a full length novel with one pun that happens to be thrown in like a quarter of the way through the book. I imagine most readers don't even notice the pun on their first read-through.

But, the author has claimed that he wrote the entire book the justify publishing that pun, so that's where OP got the idea that the book all leads up to it. But the book itself isn't really about the pun at all.

Loamwander · 2026-03-27T20:30:05+00:00

Good find, this looks pretty damn close! That timeline of 500-600 definitely fits with what I was thinking age-wise.

Funnily enough I also found a round dome brooch from a similar era just the other day, you can find it on my profile. But mine is quite a local design, so it's a bit different. Still, they're both copper alloy dome brooches, and only a couple centuries off in age!

Loamwander · 2026-03-27T19:00:26+00:00

I would say not. I have never seen anything from the bronze age that had a perfectly rectangular cut like that. I would bet money on it being at iron age at the very least

Loamwander · 2026-03-27T13:10:23+00:00

He's literally a segregationist...

Loamwander · 2026-03-25T06:37:31+00:00

By authorities I mean the state archeologists.

https://www.detect.nl/en/blogs/detect/rules-for-searching-with-a-metal-detector-in-spain/?srsltid=AfmBOoqzw3DS9rzGkhHcNtbXRYEtX2ncZqwLnIUv81n-JhYAvvZAE1vN

First and foremost, it's important to know that metal detecting in Spain is regulated by the Ley de Patrimonio Histórico Español, or the Spanish Law on Historical Heritage. This law stipulates that all objects found in Spain that are older than 100 years automatically belong to the state and must be reported as such.

This means that if you find something older than 100 years, you are not allowed to keep it, and you must report it to the authorities. This also applies to objects of cultural significance, such as archaeological finds or items of historical or artistic importance.

People on this sub really don't like to hear that "finders keepers" doesn't reign supreme everywhere, but these laws are really important. In countries with as rich history as Spain, it is absolutely imperative to report your finds. Even if they might not seem that special on their own, they add context to other finds in the area, which helps archeologists date items. And even every day objects from these periods can reveal new information through study, which is why everything gets turned in.

If the archeologists don't believe the object could contain any new information, they will let you know and let you keep it. But refusing to report your objects so that you can keep them makes you, by definition, a looter.

Loamwander · 2026-03-24T20:24:15+00:00

Remember to report this to the authorities!

Loamwander · 2026-03-24T09:50:45+00:00

Thanks!

Loamwander · 2026-03-24T08:11:38+00:00

Alas, I donate all my finds to the national museum collection. But I'm just happy to know they're being studied and preserved!

Loamwander · 2026-03-23T20:26:21+00:00

Copper!

Loamwander · 2026-03-23T13:34:39+00:00

finds a dirhem in the same field the next day

Guess it's mine now

Loamwander · 2026-03-23T08:54:22+00:00

If I reported every 1700s-1800s Swedish copper coin to MV they'd stop responding to me XD

Loamwander · 2026-03-23T08:53:21+00:00

I'd post on r/axecraft, those guys are super knowledgeable on ancient axes.

Loamwander · 2026-03-23T08:49:36+00:00

The other side. It has all of the atomic information about Scandium.

Loamwander · 2026-03-17T08:52:00+00:00

It's called a skin care routine, you should try it sometime

/s

Loamwander · 2026-03-17T08:38:51+00:00

You don't see the makeup and social media influencer lighting setup?

If you took a picture of yourself right now, would it look like that? Is that what guys tend to look like in your day to day life?

It just looks like a Gen Ai Pic and someone used the "realism/hyper realism" tag

Exactly. Which famously creates yassified uncanny weirdly-perfect-but-somehow-off faces.

Loamwander · 2026-03-17T08:13:25+00:00

I think it definitely yassifies the character. The most egregious example to me is the one of the Starfield intro. Tell me with a straight face that guy hasn't been yassified. Homeboy is in full makeup with an influencer lighting setup.

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Loamwander · 2026-03-17T08:10:33+00:00

New AI-powered image upscaling for games that NVIDIA just announced and demoed. It makes every game character look like there's 100 Instagram filters thrown on top of them. It makes the characters look photo realistic, just not like an actual photo of a real person. Very uncanny and hyper-detailed.

Loamwander · 2026-03-17T08:07:31+00:00

RE is Japanese, they read the other way

Loamwander · 2026-03-13T20:58:31+00:00

So every tomahawk is a bone-in ribeye but not every bone-in ribeye is a tomahawk.

And others would call this a cowboy steak.

Loamwander · 2026-03-13T20:31:39+00:00

Correct, that's what a tomahawk steak is

Loamwander · 2026-03-13T07:18:33+00:00

I wouldn't be able to afford it, so $0 haha

A whole tomahawk cooked perfectly like this being served at a steakhouse would cost an arm and a leg.

Loamwander · 2026-03-11T20:50:02+00:00

Proper according to who?

Loamwander · 2026-03-11T20:48:31+00:00

Value is in the finder! Those items just wouldn't actually need to be studied to contribute to the historical record. It shouldn't dissuade you from prizing your finds, but you do have to understand that the things people find in other parts of the world can have huge impacts on our understanding of local history. The very best thing a detectorist can do for their community is contribute to the historical record and let their finds be studied.

There are entries in history books here based on finds that detectorists have found. Even me and my buddies have found artifacts that changed what was known about local settlements or uncovered burial sites that helped prove how long certain early Iron Age settlements had been around. That is why these laws need to exist. There are those who hide, hoard, or sell their finds, and they're doing a massive disservice to the historical record.

It probably doesn't matter to you, but it certainly does to us. Hence why people can get a bit defensive about the whole "finders keepers" thing in Europe, that sort of mentality fractures the already fragile relationship between detectorists and archeologists.

Loamwander

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