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Ahhh, you are wrong. On the Eureka I found a childs blue marble, a boomer, with silver flecks in it. I have it swinging from my rear view mirror. I often wonder if the child was on the ship when it went down. On the same wreck I brought up a perfect crystal from a chandelier which was exposed by a scooter blasting a hole in the sand. On the Benson I found a complete brass door lock and a molten piece of brass which appeared to be the handle a sextent. On the Monroe I found a piece of copper commutator from ships generator, you can see a circular mark where the brush arched on it. Is this were the shaft seized when the ship was struck in the collision? On the Marine Electric I found the tip of a starboard running light lens. Was this the last thing to slip under the waves? On the Morgan a found an annular ring from a 40mm antiaircraft shell with "1942" stamped on it. Would this shell have shot down a plane if the ship had not exploded and sunk before it's vital cargo made it to europe? On the Powell I found the handle of a dinner knife, was it from the Captians set? And many more. Sound like a bunch of junk, does it not? Well, it's gold to me, each with a memory of a great dive trip and comradeship with fellow divers. And a token of respect for the wreck, as holding each memento brings back memories of the ships mystery and grandeur. Not many people do this sort of thing, and it is fun to have proof of a visit to places most folks can't or won't go. Jim >Sounds Great to me Jim, once you guys have finished removing all the pipes, >lead, and other bits of steel then some real wreckers can moove in and you >guys will have made it easier for us to find things WORTH taking.BTW the >logic of leaving pipes etc behind is that others can enjoy the wreck, most >divers -you included by the sounds of things, don't ever notice anything >small on a wreck and for them the 'big picture' ie, engine., hull, prop, >boiler etc are what they like to see. Most people are usually too narked or >blind to ever find anything smaller than a piece of pipe:)) >Good Luck with your ratting, +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Please send messages for the WreckDiver list to: wreckdiver@wreckdiver.com Send subscription and help requests to: wreckdiver-request@wreckdiver.com +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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