The first item is a tool that Tom found when he was treasure diving down here last July. It is an Adze and is a tool that they used on the ship to shape lumber. In the picture it doesn't show it but the large end is still sharp and you can see where they forge 2 different pieces of metal together to create the sharp end for carving. The items you find when diving you get to keep for your booty. When the tool was found it didn't look anything like it looks now. It was encrusted and Tom wasn't even able to tell what it was (as you can tell in the picture on the right). It had to go through the restoration process where the item is moved through a series of tanks to move it from full salt water to fresh water so that it doesn't rust and deteriorate. Below is the picture of Tom when he found it and then how it looks today.
Very Cool!
The next picture is our pearl! It is one of the better ones found. It is graded as 1AA and there were only 250 out of 16,000 of them found at this rating (there was a lead box recovered last year that was full of black and white pearls). It is gorgeous! We haven't decided what we want to do with it yet. We still have an emerald from last years booty that it may be partnered with....... so many options!
So now we are into 2008 and Tom hasn't found anything yet but the dive boats have so who knows what next year's division will bring.
Right now we are very happy with our booty!
1 comment:
These are great shots! It looks like you are enjoying your dream. Keep the blogs coming. I will be heading to England/France with Dawn and her kids this Friday and will look forward to catching up via the blog in June.
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