new finds while diving

[southern maine diver]

Hello everyone...

I haven't posted much lately, getting back to work and into the water quite often.
Two of the other commercial guys I work with came up with a few nice finds, in the area we were working. I put them on to a spot where an old schooner sank, covered with deep mud, but Chris found a nice big "deadeye" and a few hundred feet from this, he found a "crucible"... also very nice.

Not wanting to be outdone, commercial diver Lauren found a wheel made of lignum vitae "Ironwood" which measures 17" in diameter, 6.5" thick with a 7" hole in the center... weighs about 60lbs. Any idea what it was used for? Wheel from a cannon's cart?

Enjoy the photos and let me know what you think,
Wayne

 

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[wwwtimmcp]

lignum vitae is some pretty cool wood. it sounds like it is a possibility of a carriage truck. lignum vitae was used in places like a bearing since it withstood abrasion well.

very cool finds, thanks for sharing.

 

[pcolaboy]

Very cool finds!!! Thanks for sharing them with us.

Pcola

 

[ScubaDude]

Maybe part of an old windlass? I don't know....

 

[CaribbeanDiver]

Great finds.

I have to tell you, if I knew a million dollars in gold ws 50 feet below my ship up there I wouldn't go in that cold water, lol. I'm actually know as tough down here because I don't wear a wet suit and dive all winter when it is a freezing 74 degrees. brrrrr

 

[wreckvalle]

Wayne,

Nice finds! Do you know what ship they came from?

The pully cound be a deck pulley but looks like the inside dia would be to large. All of the deck pulleys I have recovered have been much smaller.

Shipwrecks of New England http://www.aquaexplorers.com/Shipwrecks_New_England.htm

Artifact preservation (wood) http://www.shipwreckexpo.com/shipwreckdivingartifactpreservation.htm

Capt. Dan
www.aquaexplorers.com