Posted on 11/03/2008 10:48:33 AM PST by SunkenCiv
One of the smallest artifacts recovered during the latest dive expedition at the shipwreck presumed to be Queen Anne's Revenge is getting big attention. The circular, dime-sized piece has been resting on the ocean floor for 300 years, but early examination indicates it may be the first coin to come from the site believed to be the flagship of the pirate Blackbeard... QAR Conservation Field Supervisor Wendy Welsh said.. a coin weight with a bust of Queen Anne was recovered from the site during a 2006 dive but no actual coins. Shanna Daniel, assistant conservator at the QAR lab in Greenville, said it will likely be one of the first items from the 2008 dive reviewed at the lab because it could reveal important markings used in confirming important information, such as the time period of the shipwreck... But the coin wasn't the only artifact of interest. Also among this year's finds are a guard for a dagger or small sword, pieces of pewter plates, shards of ceramic, grinding stone fragments, cannon ball and hundreds of concretions containing artifacts yet to be uncovered... Inclement weather has cut this year's dive expedition back to six weeks rather than eight, and plans to raise a 12th cannon from the shipwreck site on Tuesday were hampered by weather conditions as well... Archaeologists know the vessel was well-armed. A total of 25 cannon have been identified and 11 recovered to date... an unusual artifact from the QAR project... [a] lead object was apparently flattened after the shipwreck but was once a tubular piece of a toilet and ran from the "seat of ease" and out of the ship to the water. The artifact was recovered from the shipwreck in 2005 and has now been fully conserved and can be displayed.
(Excerpt) Read more at enctoday.com ...
Possible Blackbeard Ship Cannon Found
Associated Press | Fri Oct 8
Posted on 10/15/2004 9:22:23 AM PDT by Area Freeper
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Blackbeard’s Ship to Be Fully Excavated
AP | 3/3/07
Posted on 03/03/2007 7:52:10 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
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.....but was once a tubular piece of a toilet .....
Who’d a thunk it....
A possible pancaked pisser passer
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We’ve paid close attention to this, as it’s home, so to speak. Looking at our waters, you wouldn’t think they’d be that dangerous because they aren’t very deep.
“Graveyard of the Atlantic” is an accurate moniker. Shallow waters can get rough in a hurry, esp in inlets and around shoals, which are always shifting and moving. All it takes is a little wind, or the changing tide, or a cross combination of both.
How cool!
I’d love to see some of these items on display someday.
I donate a lot of my maritime artifacts to museums. Some of the artifacts are mundane, some a little exotic, all part of the big picture.
A major problem of growing old is that at least half and perhaps 3/4 of what you know will not be known by younger generations and they will be less rich because of it.
Pass it on.
"Aye, I be Blackbeard... Who be you?"
Robert Newton - 1954
Another of my oft stated thoughts is that everybody can be an expert. All you must do is select the subject and then go to work.
Being expert at Marine artifacts is not too shabby.
a tubular piece of a toilet and ran from the “seat of ease” and out of the ship to the water.”
Fully conserved and on display-—a jakes pipe from the seat of ease on the poop deck.
Is it a working artifact at the museum?
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