BVI Hunter
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Would love to know how many coins you have found to date if you are at liberty to say.
First off, congratulations on this tremendous find BVI, truly truly inspiring. I am new to this hobby and this forum and I think its safe to say I could not have come across a better thread to welcome me into this new and exciting hobby. The way the story is unfolding and the pictures of all the finds...its like a mini novel that I simply can't get enough of! Thank you so much for sharing.
Cannonball guy, you provided some amazing insight on all of this, your knowledge is awe inspiring.
Now, when cannonball asked what the date on the most recent coin you have found was, I swore I remembered one from the 1800's. Perhaps this will help him to better identify some specifics and further develop the time period.
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There was also this one from 1760 or 1780
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I'm not trying to over step my bounds but I know we are all excited to learn more information about the various shot and its age. I don't want cannonball constrained to the 1730's when dates have been noted that were much more recent than that.
BVI Hunter, when you asked if I'd ever thought of writing a book, and I replied that I already did... I somehow forgot to also mention, in the past 30 years I've written numerous Historical (pre-20th-Century) Artillery educational articles for The Artilleryman magazine and the North/South Trader's Civil War magazine. I'm still doing that -- for example, see the two most recent issues of the NST-CW magazine.
To avoid a potential misunderstanding, let me clarify that I am not telling you about my Historical Artillery books and magazine-articles as "bragging." My mention of them is intended only to establish my credibility in answering your questions about the Historical Artillery projectiles you are finding.
Although when I find one size, there are others same size nearby, I have not found a 4 inch next to 3/4 inch??
what's your theory?
All coins found in one general area so far though.
Just wondering if the projectiles were freight/in munitions storage or they dropped adjacent to their guns in groups.
Any indications of a ballast pile?
Great finds.
V
found some masonry, but still trying to determine if its ballast?
Try looking in the vicinity of your sewer pipes for any ballast piles.
You would think that the ballast stones would move in concert with the 4 pounders. Unless hull damage dropped the ballast pile and the projectiles/coins drifted with the wreck.
But then the pipes would have ended up with the projectiles
BVI, if you don't mind giving out info, about how far are the pipes from the projectiles? Coins?
- recently found a "container" with a "certain amount" of coins - all mixed denominations and dates. some clean, other badly discoloured due to the iron "container"
Can you reveal whether the "container" is bigger or smaller than a breadbox? I'm concerned that you are not properly leeching the salt out of those projectiles and they might disintegrate on you. Did you ever find the post on the molasses? Maybe now that CBG has posted on the thread, he would have some advice on the best preservation technique. I can still try to find that older post on the other forum if you still need it.
Regards, Erik
If not ballast, the masonry could have been part of the oven at the cook's station... Just a guess though, probably historically innaccurate.
that's what I was told too, but have been unable to get any info on ships "kitchens"?
found some masonry, but still trying to determine if its ballast?