Posted on 09/27/2026 12:07:09 AM PDT by Libloather
Strong crashing waves from the violent nor’easter uncovered a 19th-century shipwreck buried under Nantucket sand as the storm battered the East Coast with heavy rain, gale-force winds and coastal flooding.
A pallet of waterlogged timber held together by rusted nails and strands of seaweed was discovered on a beach on the south shore of the famed Massachusetts Island Saturday, according to video shared by the Nantucket Current on Saturday.
The wooden segment is believed to be from the Warren Sawyer, a New Orleans-bound schooner that crashed on nearby Miacomet Beach in 1884.
The ship, carrying cargo consisting of cotton and scrap iron, was struck by gale-force winds and veered off course and crashed onto Nantucket around 11 p.m. on Dec. 22, 1884, according to the outlet.
Additional pieces of the shipwreck had already been uncovered in the area in December 2022.
Scientists determined the pieces most likely belonged to the Warren Sawyer after months of research.
“As with most historical archaeological research, exploring the available literature, archival, photographic, and archaeological evidence we collectively assembled for the site to try to arrive at a conclusive determination as to whether or not the wreckage is from the tern, Warren Sawyer, was a bit like pulling a thread on a sweater,” Massachusetts Archeologist David Robinson told the Nantucket Current. “The more interesting information I looked at, the more that I found.”
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Probably ran aground during a Nor’easter.
Here’s another link for those on phones, to escape the ad abuse of the NY Post:
Nor’easter Reportedly Uncovers Remains of 19th-Century Shipwreck in Nantucket
https://people.com/nor-easter-uncovers-19th-century-shipwreck-in-nantucket-report-12142416
They shouda used square nails.
There once was a boat sunk in Nantucket....
Where the sailors all jumped and said .... it
Its just layin there
Exposed to the air
They’re choosing to save it or going to chuck it
This article is from the NY Post.
Shouldn't the title have been,
N'oar’easter uncovers 19th-century Nantucket shipwreck... ?
Lmao. Nice done.
This normal weather event has been totally overblown...no pun intended. All ivd heard is doom and gloom because they have nothing else to talk about. It’s raining and windy.
Call me Ishmal
A nothing burger.
Some guy had a rock thrown up by a breaker smash his car window.
Don’t park by a sea wall during a storm! Doesn’t have to be a particularly big storm either.
A little off your topic but sort of related.
Its popular in Florida after these types of weather events moving massive amounts of sand for metal detection to be quite productive.
Right. It’s killing the lib media that loves to keep the public on edge about the latest crisis that there are no hurricanes threatening the east coast this season.
You can tell they’re desperate because they keep doing stories on storms from decades ago.
Good call!
“A desert is an ocean in which no oar/ohr is dipped..”
Thanks for the link!
Never really understood how iron spikes could survive for so long in a wet, salty environment
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'Age of Sail' from the FRchives, sorted:
Indeed...it’s raining in New England...yawn.
No.
Signed - Ishmael
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