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  • Archaeologist takes 2nd look at cannon Found off Virginia coast. How did it get there?

    09/25/2007 6:29:15 PM PDT · by Pharmboy · 13 replies · 91+ views
    The Associated Press via MSNBC ^ | Sept 25, 2007 | Anon
    NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - An archaeologist is taking a second look at a small cannon found by fishermen off the Virginia coast more than two decades ago in hopes of determining how it got to the bottom of the ocean — and who left it there. Rod Mather, a professor of maritime history and underwater archaeology at the University of Rhode Island, has studied the 25-square-mile area surrounding the site where the cannon was found the past two summers. Some historians believe the 4-feet-long, 300-pound cannon, which was loaded when it was found 24 years ago, is an English cannon...