Southern_Digger
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- May 21, 2012
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Years ago (1978-81) while walking thru a Florida flea market, I encountered a vendor/diver who sold me a cannonball and a few cuff-size flat buttons. He claimed he dove on a merchant wreck, circa 1820 and possibly English, which sank just outside an Inlet in Maryland. Much of the cargo they found were kegs, and disintegrated kegs of English-made flat buttons. He said he had a newspaper clipping about the wreck and I said I'd purchase $20 worth of flat buttons from that wreck the following week if he would get me a copy of that article. Sure enough he did and I placed it in the back of a rikker case of these buttons. Recently, I was talking with someone regarding this wreck and could not remember the name of the vessel. The button case is packed away and someone out their may remember the story and wreck name. I'm hoping some follow up material is available on the internet regarding the overall survey... Thank You.
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