Help / Bahamas

[Marine Archaeology Int.]

Hi friends! I'm a bit ashamed of showing up after so many year offsite with a request for help... but that is the nature of TH (when you think you are free of it, it pulls you right back in!). Last week we found two set of artifacts, 500' apart, that could, or could not be related to each other. The first two pictures are of an anchor with no shank that could literally been from any period (in my non-professional opinion). The second one could be best described as stone pavers, even though they were built with some sort of concrete mix. I'm sharing these findings with the hope that someone could shade some light on them. Any insights will be certainly appreciated. See you all at the next cookout!

 

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[Magoopeter]

SS El Dorado, remains from the salvage?

 

[Marine Archaeology Int.]

That is a very good guess Magoopeter, but the location of the SS Eldorado, according to the nautical charts, is a few, miles south of this area. The anchor's style place it somewhere between 1500's and 1,800's (Eldorado sank in 1893 I think....) There is a small chance that this particular anchor is part of the 3 discovered in 1981 by Bob Marx and Tony Klopp. .