FATE-SOMETIMES TIMING IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH-A TRAGIC THANKSGIVING THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET

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I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.  IT IS A TIME TO MEET WITH FRIENDS AND RELATIVES AND APPRECIATE OUR FRIENDSHIPS AND GOOD FORTUNE THAT WE HAVE ENJOYED FOR THE YEAR.  I FEEL THAT I WAS GIVEN A SPECIAL GIFT THIS YEAR ON THANKSGIVING.
I WAS SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH RELATIVES THIS THANKSGIVING.  AS USUAL, I WAS RUNNING LATE AND HAD TO MAKE A LAST MINUTE, UNSCHEDULED STOP AT MY OFFICE TO PICK UP THE CHARGER FOR MY PHONE.  DURING THE TIME I TOOK TO DO THAT A FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT A SPOT ON THE ROAD THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON AT ABOUT THE I WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE IF I HAD NOT MADE MY UNSCHEDULED STOP.  THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT 2:23 PM AND I ARRIVED ON THE SPOT AT 2.27 PM AFTER MAKING MY UNSCHEDULED STOP AT MY OFFICE TO RETRIEVE THE PHONE CHARGER.  THIS STOP TOOK ME 3-4 MINUTES.  I AM GRATEFUL THAT I WAS NOT AT THIS INTERSECTION AT THE TIME AND I PRAY FOR THE POOR FAMILY OF THREE THAT WAS KILLED IN THIS TRAGIC ACCIDENT ALONG WITH THE THREE INJURED IN THE MERCEDES SUV.   IT WAS A TERRIBLE SCENE AND I COUNT MY BLESSINGS THAT THE GUY UPSTAIRS HAS OTHER PLANS FOR ME-THE TIME SEARCHER

WORLD WAR TWO JAPANESE SOLDIER'S HELMET-ITS A RELIC

HERE'S A JAPANESE SOLDIER'S HELMET IN RELIC CONDITION THAT I FOUND YEARS AGO.  ITS MISSING ITS ARMY STAR ON THE FRONT AND THE LINER IS GONE.  BUT, IT WAS A THRILL RECOVERING IT.  I USED TO TRAVEL MORE AND PLAN TO GO ON SOME TRIPS LIKE WE DID YEARS AGO SEEKING OUT RELICS LIKE THIS HELMET. I CAUTION ANYONE IN THE PACIFIC OR EUROPE TO BE CAREFUL. THERE IS ALOT OF LIVE SHELLS STILL ON THE GROUNDS OF WHAT WAS ONCE BATTLEFIELDS.  LEAVE THEIR DISARMING TO THE EXPERTS.-THE TIME SEARCHER

RMS TITANIC MAIDEN VOYAGE APRIL 10, 1912 PHOTO AUTOGRAPHED BY ROBERT BALLARD-DISCOVERER OF THE TITANIC WRECK SITE

HERE'S A PHOTO THAT I RAN ACROSS IN SOME ITEMS THAT I ADDED TO THE TIME SEARCHER ARCHIVE.  ITS A PHOTO THAT THE FAMED UNDERSEA EXPLORER, ROBERT BALLARD SIGNED IN 2010.  I ALWAYS ADMIRED BOB BALLARD'S WORK.  I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE WORLD WAS AMAZED WHEN HE FOUND THE LEGENDARY TITANIC.  PRIOR TO THIS FIND IN 1985, THERE WAS OTHER EXPEDITIONS TO FIND THE TITANIC.  BUT LIKE  "THE RAISE THE TITANIC" MOVIE FROM 1979, BALLARD'S EXPEDITION HAD THE COOPERATION AND HELP OF THE U.S. NAVY WHO TASKED BALLARD IN A COVERT OPERATION TO FIND TWO SUNKEN SUBMARINES IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR HELP IN FINDING THE TITANIC.
I HAVE DISAGREED WITH BALLARD'S POSITION THAT NO RELICS SHOULD BE SALVAGED FROM THE TITANIC OR THE DEBRIS FIELD AROUND THE SHIP.  ITS MY BELIEF THAT THESE RELICS SHOULD BE RECOVERED TO TELL STORY OF THE TITANIC AND THE PEOPLE ON BOARD THE SHIP.  OTHERWISE, THESE RELICS WILL ROT AWAY TO NOTHING AND BE LOST TO THE WORLD.  RELICS TELL A STORY THAT JUST READING THE TEXT IN A BOOK CANNOT CONVEY.  SEEING AND HOLDING A RELIC FROM THE TIME AND EVENT YOU ARE STUDYING GIVES YOU A CONNECTION WITH THE PEOPLE AND EVENTS OF THAT TIME.  I BELIEVE THAT IS TRUE FOR THE TITANIC AND OTHER EVENTS OF HISTORY TOO. THAT IS WHY WE ARE ALWAYS OUT THERE LOOKING FOR RELICS AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE GET.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

1890'S ROARING LION ARCHITECTURAL RELIC OLD BUILDING ORNAMENT

HERE'S A ROARING LION HEAD THAT SOMEONE HAD TAKEN OFF A BUILDING YEARS AGO. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THIS BEAUTY IN THE TIME SEARCHERS ARCHIVE.  I LOVE THESE OLD ORNAMENTAL COMMERCIAL BUILDING PIECES.  YEARS AGO, BEFORE THE STERILE LOOK OF THE 1950'S AND LATER BUILDINGS, WE HAD ORNAMENTAL PIECES LIKE THIS ON THE SIDES AND EDGES OF BUILDINGS.-THE TIME SEARCHER

EARLY 1700'S FRENCH FLOWERLY BUTTON-LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE

HERE'S A PHOTO OF THE EARLY 1700'S FLOWERLY FRENCH BUTTON I FOUND AT THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE A FEW DAYS AGO.  THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER FOUND HIS (NO PUN INTENDED) FRENCH TRADE HOE.  THESE FINDS ARE EXCITING TO US SINCE THE SITE DATES FURTHER BACK THEN WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

TIME SEARCHERS RETURN TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE-OCTOBER, 2016-COLONIAL BUTTONS AND COLONIAL CAMP AXE HEAD FOUND

HERE'S A LINK TO OUR LATEST VIDEO.  THIS WAS OUR OCTOBER, 2016 TRIP TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE.  SOME GREAT FINDS INCLUDING A CAMP AXE HEAD. -THE TIME SEARCHER.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA CANNONBALL RESCUED FROM THE DEPTHS

HERE'S A PHOTO OF A REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA CANNONBALL RECOVERED FROM A RIVER NEAR A FORT SITE.  THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER AND MYSELF PLAN TO DO SOME WATER HUNTING NEXT YEAR AND THIS FIND CERTAINLY HAS INSPIRED US.  NOTE THE GROWTH ON THIS CANNONBALL FROM BEING IN THE WATER FOR OVER TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY YEARS.  I AM AMAZED AT THE GREAT CONDITION OF THE CANNONBALL ITSELF.  THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER PLANS TO REMOVE THE CANNONBALL FROM THE RIVER GROWTH WITHOUT DAMAGING ITS GROWTH SHELL.  THIS SHOULD MAKE A GREAT DISPLAY PIECE.  IT REMINDS ME OF SOME OF THE SPANISH FLEET ITEMS THAT I SAW MEL FISHER RECOVER IN THE 1980'S BACK IN THE DAY.-THE TIME SEARCHER

EARLY 1700'S FRENCH TRADE HOE FOUND-LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE

O.K. BACK TO THE RELICS.  AFTER ALL, THAT 'S WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR.  THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER AND MYSELF WENT BACK TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE A FEW DAYS AGO.  WE HUNTED SOME OTHER AREAS WHERE WE HAD NOT HUNTED MUCH BEFORE.  SOME GREAT FINDS WERE MADE INCLUDING THIS EARLY 1700'S FRENCH TRADE HOE FOUND BY THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER.  AN EXCITING FIND TO US SINCE FRENCH TRADE ITEMS ARE RARE IN OUR AREA.  MOST OF THESE FRENCH PIECES PREDATE THE BRITISH DOMINANCE AFTER THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.  WE SUSPECT THAT THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE MIGHT HAVE STARTED OUT AS A FRENCH OUTPOST SINCE I FOUND A FLOWERED FRENCH BUTTON THAT WILL BE A FUTURE BLOG ENTRY.  THE HAND WORK ON THIS HOE IS AMAZING AND THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER WILL POINT OUT ITS FRENCH CONSTRUCTION CLUES IN A FUTURE VIDEO.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

WAH! WAH! WAH! CRY BABY HILLARY CLINTON SUPPORTERS CRY AND CAN'T ACCEPT ELECTION RESULTS!

JUST A QUICK ENTRY TO SHOW HOW SOME PEOPLE ARE BIG CRY BABIES AND CAN'T ACCEPT NOT GETTING THEIR WAY ON EVERYTHING.-THE TIME SEARCHER

PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD J. TRUMP-THINK BIG AND KICK ASS

CONGRATS TO DONALD TRUMP FOR HIS WIN LAST NIGHT.  THE TIME SEARCHERS ENDORSED HIM FOR THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES IN THE SPRING.  I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A FAN SINCE HIS FIRST BOOK BACK IN THE 1980'S.  BACK THEN HE WAS A CELEBRITY AND HE PROVED HIS BUSINESS SKILL REFLECTED IN THE BUSINESS BOOKS HE WROTE OR CO-WROTE.
       HE IS PERFECT? NO.  BUT HE BELIEVES IN TRADITIONAL AMERICAN VALUES LIKE OUR FOREFATHERS DID IN COLONIAL TIMES.  I DON'T LIKE TO GET POLITICAL BUT HILLARY CLINTON IS AN OPPONENT OF THE 2ND AMENDMENT AND IS IN FAVOR OF CENSORSHIP ON THE INTERNET.  SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN NATIONS AND MADE ALOT OF MONEY PEDALING INFLUENCE IN OUR GOVERNMENT.  SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER AS PRESIDENT AND I AGREED WITH THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER THAT SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN BAD FOR THE COUNTRY AND RELIC HUNTING.  HERE'S A PHOTO OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE DONALD TRUMP BOOKS: THINK BIG AND KICK ASS.  TRUMP LAYS OUT HIS BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY AND I FOUND THAT HE WAS RIGHT ON THE MARK ON HIS VIEWS AND ADVICE IN THE BUSINESS WORLD.  LET'S HOPE HE WILL APPLY THESE SAME PRINCIPLES TO THE PRESIDENCY AND DOES WHAT HE SAYS HE WILL DO: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. -THE TIME SEARCHER

NEW TIME SEARCHERS GHOST RELIC SQUADRON SERIES RELIC HUNT SHIRT EMBLEM-PACIFIC THEATER 1944 B-24 BOMBER NOSE ART

                             

HERE'S THE NEW EMBLEM FOR THE TIME SEARCHERS RELIC HUNT SHIRTS

WE WILL BE PRODUCING TOWARD THE END OF THIS YEAR FOR THE NEXT RELIC HUNTING SEASON.  YEARS AGO, I WOULD DO SPECIAL SHIRTS FOR OURSELVES.  I GOT OUT OF THE HABIT OF DOING THESE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.   HOWEVER, I DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING FOR OUR NEXT SEASON AND CAME UP WITH THIS DESIGN WITH A PHOTO FROM THE TIME SEARCHERS ARCHIVE.  THIS ONE IS FROM A B-24 BOMBER FROM THE 7TH ARMY AIR FORCE THAT FOUGHT IN THE PACIFIC THEATER.-THE TIME SEACHER