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Anchor of ages believed found off Whidbey Island
South Whidbey Record ^
| February 07, 2014
| Justin Burnett
Posted on 02/15/2014 5:58:41 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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An artists rendering of the HMS Discovery and the HMS Chatham somewhere in Puget Sound. An anchor was lost during the famous exploration of the Pacific Northwest and a group of history hunters believe they have located the artifact on the west side of Whidbey Island. -- Steve Mayo, Bellingham Maritime Museum, watercolor
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posted on
02/15/2014 5:58:41 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
02/15/2014 6:00:32 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: SunkenCiv
Pretty cool. My Great granddad was a mariner in around there but only around 100 years ago.
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posted on
02/15/2014 6:03:32 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(This is not just stupid, we're talking Democrat stupid here.)
To: SunkenCiv
” we were swept to leeward of it with great impetuosity”
I Love the Language!
Thank you.
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posted on
02/15/2014 6:04:20 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("When you meet the unbelievers, strike at their necks..." -- Qur'an 47:4)
To: SunkenCiv
I’ve fished that part of the world many times.
And as they say, when the tide is coming in or going out, it doesn’t waste any time doing it!
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posted on
02/15/2014 6:09:24 PM PST
by
djf
(OK. Well, now, lemme try to make this clear: If you LIKE your lasagna, you can KEEP your lasagna!)
To: SunkenCiv
“three men a commercial diver, an amateur historian and an attorney”
Sounds like the makings of a joke.
To: Parley Baer
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posted on
02/15/2014 6:47:36 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
That’s pretty cool too. All of my great-granddads were farmers.
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posted on
02/15/2014 6:48:41 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: djf
Sounds like they learned that one the hard way.
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posted on
02/15/2014 6:49:38 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: SunkenCiv
He was career Coastguard. He chased a lot of rum runners around those waters.
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posted on
02/15/2014 6:58:19 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(This is not just stupid, we're talking Democrat stupid here.)
To: SunkenCiv
If they find a blue thermos, that’s mine.
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posted on
02/15/2014 6:58:49 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: SunkenCiv
Interesting, but I don’t really see what’s so special about this anchor?
To: Svartalfiar
Recorded history doesn’t go back that far on the West Coast. Having an artifact from explorers (for which so many PNW landmarks are named) is a BIG thing.
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posted on
02/15/2014 10:09:07 PM PST
by
passionfruit
(When illegals become legal, even they won't do the work Americans won't do)
To: SunkenCiv
intersting. nice post, this
To: passionfruit
An old friend of mine (RIP) was involved in some treasure hunting on the Oregon coast. IIRC it was for treasure from Sir Francis Drake, and much earlier than Vancouver.
It may be just myth, but some believe Drake's records were coded as he was not to explore north of California or something. But stories of an old sword found in Oregon, treasure maps, etc. Nothing was ever found though, and the rumored spot is in a State Park.
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posted on
02/16/2014 2:58:38 AM PST
by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
To: Parley Baer
a commercial diver, an amateur historian and an attorney walked into a bar and the bartender asked “why the long face Lurch?”
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posted on
02/16/2014 4:19:45 AM PST
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
To: Parley Baer
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posted on
02/16/2014 6:31:05 AM PST
by
Rodamala
To: MeshugeMikey
I loved that line, as well.
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posted on
02/16/2014 7:30:51 AM PST
by
Bigg Red
(O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Ps 8)
To: Parley Baer
Well, we may already have a joke — a poor one — in that the writer’s twisted sentence composition has the 3 men described as a Holy Grail:
Considered by some to be a Holy Grail of Puget Sound archaeology, three men a commercial diver, an amateur historian and an attorney....
***
He needs to take a basic composition course.
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posted on
02/16/2014 7:34:06 AM PST
by
Bigg Red
(O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Ps 8)
To: Bigg Red
The language of former eras was far more fluid.
Its so easy to see where the degeneration of our language has taken us...
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posted on
02/16/2014 7:39:09 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("When you meet the unbelievers, strike at their necks..." -- Qur'an 47:4)
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