pcolaboy
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Found two 'new' wrecks yesterday quite by accident. The water was pretty choppy and murky so they aren't nearly as clear as they could be. I request your feedback and interpretation of these images which are located in the Gallery section.
The images are unaltered other than the blackout I placed over the coordinates
. Once you are within my gallery, focus on the images referring to "PR" and "TP" wrecks. Those initials are derived from their approximate locations since no history on these exists.
Here is the link to my gallery.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=65
Thanks in advance,
Pcolaboy
UPDATE 1/18/07
My partner and I dove on both the "PR" and "TP" wrecks last Saturday. Conditions sucked REALLY bad but we took a shot anyway. We had a fairly sluggish incoming tide and on top of that a strong opposing wind from the east - bay was churned up nice.
First dive was on the "PR" in 21 feet of water with temp at the surface 58 deg. Vis on the way down was 3-4 feet and about 18"-0 on the bottom. The bottom in this area consists of extremely fine, black, silty mud over sand. Needless to say the slightest touch on the bottom sent a plume of this silt into the water column that literally blocked all sunlight. We still managed to feel our way around like a sixteen year old kid on his first date
. There was so much wreckage down there but seeing it was impossible. We called the dive after 10 minutes mainly due to concern over hung shrimp nets and not being able to see them.
Second dive was on the "TP" wreck in 13 feet of water on the opposite side of the bay. Vis on the surface was much better and we had about 6-8 feet vis on the bottom. That was until the first touch of the bottom. The bottom here was actually worse than that on the other side of the bay. With no noticeable tide current, the silt just hung in the water column. Of course we felt around a bit and did find some significant structure here as well. After only a few moments...vis was down to zero again due to the silt and lack of tidal movement. We did however, manage to bring up what appears to be the iron door of a boiler, stove, or maybe even a hot-shot oven. I will post some pics when my partner sends them to me. This door has two circular hinge "hoops" on one end of the door that I imagine some sort of pin ran through and secured it to the boiler, stove, etc. This door weighs nearly 20 lbs.
Will keep updated.
Pcolaboy
The images are unaltered other than the blackout I placed over the coordinates
. Once you are within my gallery, focus on the images referring to "PR" and "TP" wrecks. Those initials are derived from their approximate locations since no history on these exists.Here is the link to my gallery.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=65
Thanks in advance,
Pcolaboy
UPDATE 1/18/07
My partner and I dove on both the "PR" and "TP" wrecks last Saturday. Conditions sucked REALLY bad but we took a shot anyway. We had a fairly sluggish incoming tide and on top of that a strong opposing wind from the east - bay was churned up nice.
First dive was on the "PR" in 21 feet of water with temp at the surface 58 deg. Vis on the way down was 3-4 feet and about 18"-0 on the bottom. The bottom in this area consists of extremely fine, black, silty mud over sand. Needless to say the slightest touch on the bottom sent a plume of this silt into the water column that literally blocked all sunlight. We still managed to feel our way around like a sixteen year old kid on his first date
. There was so much wreckage down there but seeing it was impossible. We called the dive after 10 minutes mainly due to concern over hung shrimp nets and not being able to see them. Second dive was on the "TP" wreck in 13 feet of water on the opposite side of the bay. Vis on the surface was much better and we had about 6-8 feet vis on the bottom. That was until the first touch of the bottom. The bottom here was actually worse than that on the other side of the bay. With no noticeable tide current, the silt just hung in the water column. Of course we felt around a bit and did find some significant structure here as well. After only a few moments...vis was down to zero again due to the silt and lack of tidal movement. We did however, manage to bring up what appears to be the iron door of a boiler, stove, or maybe even a hot-shot oven. I will post some pics when my partner sends them to me. This door has two circular hinge "hoops" on one end of the door that I imagine some sort of pin ran through and secured it to the boiler, stove, etc. This door weighs nearly 20 lbs.
Will keep updated.
Pcolaboy
