Shipwreck Personal Items

[Whydah]

Yesterday & today I located a spot that was on my bucket list. Finally got the chance to get there with the minus tides... At first I found just a few coins here and there, but that all changed when I found a pewter spoon, and a silver handle to another object? Then a musket ball, then 2, then 3, wow they were all over the area. Mostly drops... Sometimes there were 2 of them in each hole. This got me to thinking, there must have been a bag or something holding them together at one time?.... I found 2 Large Cents... One was dated 1799, unfortunately it crumbled away to almost nothing, all I did was rinse it under water... That's what happens when in the mud for over 2 hundred years... I found 3 lead flat buttons and 1 brass button... Quite a few lead pieces that I think may have been used for a seighn net?... If anyone knows for sure let me know... I would really like to date this wreck. I also located the keil to the ship up high in the sand...A padlock and a sterling wine cork stopper... I also had a sight find, it was this beautiful octagon shaped bottle without a flaw on it anywhere... It stands about 12 inches high... Anyone know anything about what I have?... It's still corked, and seems to have some seeds or something in it.. Can't wait to see what the other Large cent looks like. I should also say that all these items were in a very small area, maybe a 50 x 50 spot. Happy Hunting and if anyone knows what I have, give me jingle...

 

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[Gunrunner61]

Whydah,
Man! you hit the jackpot on that one Huh? Killer Pepper Bottle
I have no idea on the smaller lead items (maybe some kinda
repair neddle for a fishing net ) Can you tell us about
the other coins? modern or 19th century? Jeeze I still cutting
cartwheels over a find like that!! Amazing.....Good Luck and keep
hitting it!....................HH

 

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[John Boy]

Man that's just to cool.congrats.

 

[Whydah]

Whydah,
Man! you hit the jackpot on that one Huh? Killer Pepper Bottle
I have no idea on the smaller lead items (maybe some kinda
repair neddle for a fishing net ) Can you tell us about
the other coins? modern or 19th century? Jeeze I still cutting
cartwheels over a find like that!! Amazing.....Good Luck and keep
hitting it!....................HH

All the coins in the lower part right of the picture were from the upper part of the beach...They are ranging from the 1920's to modern day quarters... When the tide went out far enough, I was able to get out into the mud and started to get a few musket balls... Then a nice cookie coin very thick... I knew it was old but didn't know what it was... Actually it looked silver, I left it like that until I got home and that's when it fell apart on me... There is more out there... Would love to date the wreck... I am thinking 1860's .... Thanks for your interest... Happy Hunting

 

[BuckleBoy]

If I dug a 1799 Large Cent I don't think I could've touched it with any cleaning method if I could see the date! That is the King Daddy of RARE, with only 1000 examples produced.

 

[frostdigger]

Excellent finds, congrats

 

[gunsil]

Hi Whydah, are you part of Clifford's group?? Were these from Head of the Meadows?? I found a wreck there from the 1880s, dove on it in the early 60s, didn't find much, turned out her cargo was sugar.

 

[birdman]

That is such an awesome site! That is the fun of an old site,trying to figure out who,what and when. Good stuff!

 

[Mainelypulltab]

Whydah, congrats on your finds and your perseverance. Glad you picked that area and saved a bunch of nice relics. You are definitely on to something. Congrats again.

 

[Whydah]

No I am not part of Barry's crew... But sure would like to be...:0... This wreck is up north area of Mass Wonder if there is anything left to that wreck you dove?

Hi Whydah, are you part of Clifford's group?? Were these from Head of the Meadows?? I found a wreck there from the 1880s, dove on it in the early 60s, didn't find much, turned out her cargo was sugar.

 

[gunsil]

I don't think you'd like to be part of Barry's crew. I turned him onto the location since I hunted there in the early sixties and he broke his agreement to share goods with me. Slimeball!! I'm sure the wreck is still a short distance off Head of, she was a steel hulled german barkentine. I believe all hands were saved, but there may be relics around that beach, I didn't have a detector back in the sixties when I was looking for Whydah. PM me if you want to discuss this further.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Definitely an interesting hunt, congrats! HH, Mike

 

[Whydah]

I don't think you'd like to be part of Barry's crew. I turned him onto the location since I hunted there in the early sixties and he broke his agreement to share goods with me. Slimeball!! I'm sure the wreck is still a short distance off Head of, she was a steel hulled german barkentine. I believe all hands were saved, but there may be relics around that beach, I didn't have a detector back in the sixties when I was looking for Whydah. PM me if you want to discuss this further.[/QUOTE What are you working now a days? curious...