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Whydah

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Yesterday & today I located a spot that was on my bucket list. Finally got the chance to get there with the minus tides... At first I found just a few coins here and there, but that all changed when I found a pewter spoon, and a silver handle to another object? Then a musket ball, then 2, then 3, wow they were all over the area. Mostly drops... Sometimes there were 2 of them in each hole. This got me to thinking, there must have been a bag or something holding them together at one time?.... I found 2 Large Cents... One was dated 1799, unfortunately it crumbled away to almost nothing, all I did was rinse it under water... That's what happens when in the mud for over 2 hundred years... I found 3 lead flat buttons and 1 brass button... Quite a few lead pieces that I think may have been used for a seighn net?... If anyone knows for sure let me know... I would really like to date this wreck. I also located the keil to the ship up high in the sand...A padlock and a sterling wine cork stopper... I also had a sight find, it was this beautiful octagon shaped bottle without a flaw on it anywhere... It stands about 12 inches high... Anyone know anything about what I have?... It's still corked, and seems to have some seeds or something in it.. Can't wait to see what the other Large cent looks like. I should also say that all these items were in a very small area, maybe a 50 x 50 spot. Happy Hunting and if anyone knows what I have, give me jingle... Shipwreck Items (2).webpShipwreck Items (3).webpShipwreck Items (5).webpShipwreck Items (6).webpShipwreck Items (9).webp
 

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Man-o-man, what a haul! Whydah you can start your own museum! Sorry to hear about the large cent. That's a shame. Let us know about the other one.
 

Here are few more pictures... can the bottle be dated? and what are the smaller items ...made of lead.... I know the big one was used as a sounding weight... Shipwreck Bottle (2).webpShipwreck Bottle (3).webpShipwreck sounding weight.webpShipwreck tools (1).webpShipwreck tools (2).webp
 

You might have better luck dating the lock. Just type in pictures of late 1700s to early 1800s locks on line and see if you can locate it. If there is some kind of makers mark it would also narrow the search.
 

Nice haul whyda..kinda looks like remains of a pirate ship:icon_thumleft:
 

Great day!!! I don't think I would have stopped!!
 

very cool. that bottle looks to be very sturdy, wonder whats in it.
 

Nice finds Whydah
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HH Jim
Thanks Jim, It has been narrowed down somewhere around 1860 's or so. One person said they found one just like it at a camp from the 1700's... I just saw that these have been salvaged off the S.S. Republic a few years ago with contents in them also... I am on cloud nine buddy.... Happy New Year
 

Nice haul whyda..kinda looks like remains of a pirate ship:icon_thumleft:
OBN, now that would be just plain awesome If I could prove that...
 

that is one nice haul, the bottle is great!
 

Neat bottle. When I had my shop, about once a month a couple of guys would come in with boxes of old bottles they had dug from old privys and old dump sites. They had quite the collection and some of them were pretty valuable. :thumbsup: I don't know if he still has them, but my younger brother had two sealed wine bottles from a 1700's wreck that he found on the beach after a storm. Also been some Spanish coins and other items found in the same area over the years, but very spotty and scattered over a long stretch of beach, about a mile.
 

GREAT SPOT YOU GOT THERE!!! WTG!!
 

You made some great relic finds! Nice job!
 

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