sat/sun dives

[bonesbda]

yup...they do turn up...i know of at least 5 cannon balls i've left.
just leave them behind due to weight..and no market for them..too much work to get em back.

 

[bonesbda]

i mainly find english bottles as bermuda is a colony of G/B.
the blue hamilton was a codd....dan rylands. 2nd broken one i've found in that spot...i found an intact one somewhere else...
the hybrid is the typical niagra version, the other codds were bermudian named ones.

 

[TROG]

Hi .
Would love to see a photo of the complete blue hybrid (hamilton codd)

ORIGINAL: bonesbda

i mainly find english bottles as bermuda is a colony of G/B.
the blue hamilton was a codd....dan rylands. 2nd broken one i've found in that spot...i found an intact one somewhere else...

 

[RedGinger]

Great pic! Is there ever a danger with the musket balls? If you did find a cannon ball as Rick asked, would that be dangerous to take home?

 

[bonesbda]

unfortunately i traded it a few years ago...
still looking for another intact one

 

[bonesbda]

i've never had an issue with musket balls..unless we're talking lead poisoning...lol
all the cannon balls i've found seem to be of the solid iron variety...so no chance of explosions.

 

[adshepard]

Great stuff!

I'll be back in the water diving for bottles in a couple of weeks off Eastport, Maine. Just a tad bit cooler water than in Bermuda at a chilly 46f right now but it'll reach 52f by the end of September. []

Alan

 

[bonesbda]

it's currently 76.5 F right now...
in winter it drops down to .....60F !!!!! chilly by my standards..[]

 

[RICKJJ59W]

What he is saying Red Is that musket balls are solid, they do not have any type of black powder in them.They are like bullets of today..lead

 

[GACDIG]

Good dives, is the sea hard to get off the bottles.???