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Morning world and to all the shipmates. :coffee2:
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I didn’t think I had found any interesting finds last Saturday but upon cleaning and further inspection I very well may have done quite well.https://www.treasurenet.com/threads/local-park-finds.684150/
The suspected buckle is showing some green patina as well as what looks to be brass, copper, or bronze? I’m certainly no metallurgist so any thoughts or ideas are most certainly welcome.
 

Just a tragic scene today just southwest of "little San Salvador" Bahamas. To see the last breath of life ebb from this giant, majestic sperm whale was more than disturbing for me today. To see the glow of life fading from the eye of this giant ancient animal was surreal to say the least !! I've seen several dead sperm whales over my career at sea, but never anything like this.
There were no birds, no fish, and no ever present sharks that often frequent these dead whales. The color was as fresh as a living whale, and the bronze hue over grey that one sees on a living beast like this was still present. I can't help but think that we came upon this creature at it last moment of life. It was something ill never forget !! The faint but fading glow of life in its eye was a disturbing but moving moment for me. I believe that it was struck by a nearby cruise ship that had more than likely just moored at little San Salvador Bahamas. Now please don't assume I know this for fact....I really couldn't say what killed it and other factors could include submarine activity in exuma sound, which would include a strike or even advanced sonar testing by A.U.T.E.C. And other naval submarine testing.
Also as an active Ambergris hunter there is a one in ten thousand chance that this sperm whale died of an Ambergris blockage in its lower G.I. im almost certain that is not the case even though the sperm whale is the only whale that produces Ambergris. If this was the case this animal would have Ben emaciated and sickly from the Ambergris blockage, and this was not the case....this animal looked to be in its prime and healthy when it died. There was a small but long scrape on its side about 10 feet long by 10 inches wide. It didn't look significant in any way though. There is always the chance that it just died of old age, as I'm by far no whale expert.
I immediately wanted to dive in on it and snorkel to film it but was talked out of it by the rest of the crew !! If this beast died of an Ambergris blockage there could have been hundreds of thousands of dollars of Ambergris still inside it, and the teeth are valuable too. God bless and keep its ancient soul !!
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