I'm out on block island this weekend and I was out on the south end under the bluffs.. What do I find??? An ancient sword. Probably from a shipwreck. The blade was rusted away to a withered toothpick but you can make out the brass hilt. I will post pics later.

Wow. Fishing was slow huh
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Sounds cool.....do not clean it....consult a professional? May have significant history?

I think it needs to be x-rayed to see what's going on under all of the crusty rocks where the handle should be.
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might mark an area where a ship sank

lets see some pics

I only have my iPhone for the next week.. I will email them to you if you want to see them and post them here :)
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Ahh. Forgot about photobucket.

http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b463/thglassstation/B2F5A3B8-9E74-499C-8BCC-9BB31B8157A3-8349-000002EC8D5AB5D4.jpg


http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b463/thglassstation/5AE6C25A-5F37-45C3-A5A5-6388B48C3B47-8349-000002EC87E5C6F3.jpg
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Nice turkey fryer!

Nice turkey fryer!

I wonder if it was from the same shipwreck?

That sword is cool!

Nice turkey fryer!

That's my brew kettle!! 5 gallon batches of beer.
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another cool find
was the latest woolly mammoth found
so fresh it had clone- able blood

but whats even more fantastic is....
within the blood they found an antifreeze agent
similar to whats found in fish down 1 mile or so deep

imagine getting an injection so your never cold again....?
but then of course you'd prolly get wooly hair growth
and end up looking like NEBE :rotflmao:

Nice brew pot!

Anyway your find is very cool too. I know nothing about keeping relics from the sea but you may want to check into preserving it if you havent already. For some reason I thought I read or saw something a while back about how shipwreck items are somewhat preserved for years underwater but have to be handled in some special way/process when removed from the sea or they deteriorate once brought to the surface (exposed to air)

Again I dont know squat about it but recall hearing something like that once upon a time.

and the buried treasure ?

Nice brew pot!

Anyway your find is very cool too. I know nothing about keeping relics from the sea but you may want to check into preserving it if you havent already. For some reason I thought I read or saw something a while back about how shipwreck items are somewhat preserved for years underwater but have to be handled in some special way/process when removed from the sea or they deteriorate once brought to the surface (exposed to air

Jenn is right as far as preserving that stuff. I new barry clifford somewhat and followed his work with the Whidah. I think all his discoveries were immerse in water

Again I dont know squat about it but recall hearing something like that once upon a time.
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I have it in the tank of my toilet. Every time I flush, it changes the water. Pretty smart, no?
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another cool find
was the latest woolly mammoth found
so fresh it had clone- able blood

but whats even more fantastic is....
within the blood they found an antifreeze agent
similar to whats found in fish down 1 mile or so deep

imagine getting an injection so your never cold again....?
but then of course you'd prolly get wooly hair growth
and end up looking like NEBE :rotflmao:

I have a woolly mammoth tooth I found in Alaska in 2005 . I keep it in a bucket of water so it wont separate . I keep it that way cause that is the way its been for over 10,000 years . I brought it too the Peabody Museum here in New Haven for them to check out . They have a large room filled with them . If it doesn't stay wet it will separate into pieces

Nice find nebe . talk to your local museum and they will tell you how to take care of it and may even have info on it .

Holy clam and cuttlefish!! It's Chris L!!
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"The" Chris L ???!!! :) Great to hear from you Chris.