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Hello friends.
I am glad that finally the cannons will go to the museum, because the history of these cannons is also connected with me. And it is that we found a shipwreck that we initially thought was related to the English steamship "Edinburgh" sunk during the Crimean War.
 

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We located the shipwreck in the summer of 2021. We knew from local fishermen that north of Cape Shabla, after the strong northeast winds, the sea revealed the remains of a wooden ship from the sand. The ship ran aground on the underwater reef about 200 meters southeast of its current location. The crew suffered to lighten the ship by throwing the guns overboard, but in vain. During the localization of the shipwreck, doctor Damyanov (my friend and colleague) discovered these two cannons. We hope that there are more cannons buried in the sand to the northwest, because that is where the underwater reef ends. Next to the cannons we found dozens of remains such as cannonballs, guns, gunballs, nails and several polyspas. We still haven't found the stern part which is scattered and buried in the sand, but we know that it is to the northeast (divers collecting rapana venosa have seen the ship's rudder).It is only a matter of time before we discover the stern compartment.
 

These are pictures of artefacts from yesterday's dive. This bronze puck puzzled me. At first I thought it was a coin that was worn by the sea and had been under water for years, but it is not a coin.
 

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And these coins are the other part of my discovery yesterday.
 

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Well done and congratulations.
Are the coins silver?
 

Well done and congratulations.
Are the coins silver?
The coins are silver from the Ottoman Empire, but unfortunately the sea has totally destroyed them over the years.
 

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