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SEA LION SCRAP BOOK

CAPTAIN AL

Saturday the 17th – Dec - Delaware 80’

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A fair pile of brass spikes and miscellaneous stuff came up.

Sunday the 4th – Dec - Delaware 80’

A coin made out of copper the size of a quarter with a hole in the top, One side said “White Brothers & Company Boston USA” / “Willow Calf” the other side had a horse shoe. Researching it turns out to be dated from 1890's so it really is from the wreck. The White brothers were shoemakers in Boston Massachusetts. The tokens were attached to a tag, which was then attached to a pair of their shoes. These tokens identified White Brothers as specialists in colored leathers which "will not crack" and are "free from arsenic" and appear to be a good luck piece that came with every pair of shoes.

Sunday October 9, 2011

Artifact found on the MV Pinta, Oct. 9th, was part of an old musical instrument (valve). It cleaned up and is fully functional.
Thought to be from a crew's Bugle similar to those pictured below.

"The Pinta was a frieghter carrying a cargo of hard wood. I'm sure the rest of the instrument is still there waiting to be discovered however the ocean is neither a kind nor a static enviroment. Several years ago the Pinta was relativly intact, a storm blew through and ripped her open, since then we've been finding numerous "bits" that before had been hidden deep inside of her."

Single Piston Bugle from the 1930s

Military Bugle in E flat to F with a single piston valve. Ca. 1860s.

Saturday July 16, 2011 - TRIDENT Dive

Started out onthe Ida K, had a very productive dive and a visitor, an extremely large grey seal.

The grey seal is a large seal, with the bulls reaching 2.5–3.3 m (8.2–11 ft) long and weighing up to 300 kg (660 lb); the cows are much smaller, typically 1.6–2.0 m (5.2–6.6 ft) long and 100–150 kg (220–330 lb) in weight. It is distinguished from the Common Seal by its straight head profile with nostrils that are well apart, and fewer spots on its body. Bull Greys have larger noses and a more convex profile than Common Seal bulls. Males are generally darker than females, with lighter patches and often scarring around the neck. Females are silver grey to brown with dark patches.

Of course when we first saw it we had no idea what type of seal it was and I’d like to thank Brandi Biehl of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine for identifying our friend. It would circle the boat dive down and hunt come up and circle the boat again. After one of it’s dives it brought up a big fluke and ate it at the surface. You can’t make this kind of stuff up and I have the pictures to prove it. What I don’t have a picture of is the massive sea turtle that I almost hit on the way in. It surfaced just in front of the boat close enough that I had to throw it in reverse. Probably one of the largest ones I’ve seen, it looked like a little floating island.

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ATLANTIC CITY BRASS RECOVERY

THE GREAT HELM RETRIEVAL

from the Almirante, May 26, 2011

The Refitting of the Sea Lion

Spring 2011

THE PLAN

THE PAINT

THE COLOR

THE GRAPHICS

THE LAUNCHING

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New Year's Eve Dive 12/31/10

Great Day of diving as any of these Hard Core Divers will agree! Flat seas and temps in the 40's.

David L - aka, "Polar Bear"	artifacts - 2 silver forks and 2 oil lamp wick holders	Mark V artifact - back half of large ornate brass hinge
Tom F artifact - silver forks and oil lamp wick holders	Manasquan Inlet, flat as glass	Mo G Mo and the Polar Bear both dove wetsuits.

David L - aka, "Polar Bear"

artifacts - 2 silver forks and 2 oil lamp wick holders

Mark V
artifact - back half of large ornate brass hinge

Tom F
artifact - silver forks and oil lamp wick holders

Manasquan Inlet, flat as glass

Mo G
Mo and the Polar Bear both dove wetsuits.

SNOW STORM OF 2010

Floating Snow Drift	Snow up to the window tops
Snow half way up the Cabin doors	Getting to the Helm
Getting to the Boat was not easy	Union Lane
	Just about cleaned up and ready to go!

Floating Snow Drift

Snow up to the window tops

Snow half way up the Cabin doors

Getting to the Helm

Getting to the Boat was not easy

Union Lane

Just about cleaned up and ready to go!

Brunette

Saturday, December 18, 2010

In that Dan was on board I got to make a dive and I spent a very nice hour on the bottom and found an interesting little piece of brass, unfortunately I found it at the end of the dive and it was well concreted in. Not wanting to wait till the next time we got to the Brunette I gave up the location so someone could bring it up. Tom F. worked on it for quite a while before he could free it from the concretion but it was definitely worth the effort. Turns out it was the brass backing for a thermometer. The large hole at the bottom would have been for the bulb containing the liquid in the glass tube and if you look carefully you can see writing indicating “water boil” “fever heat” “blood heat” “sumr heat” “temperate” “freezing” the name of the company “Holt” and the location of the company “Philada”. I wouldn’t mind going back and seeing if there are anymore of them as it’s kind of a neat piece.

If you look closely you can read the engraving

The Great Atlantic City Expedition

June 2 - 8, 2010

Ceramic Tiles	More Ceramic Tiles
Gene Peterson had the boat chartered to the Huntsville but a last minute destination change had us heading for the Almirante (AKA the flour wreck). Gene’s divers were anxious to dig the “Flour wreck” and there were numerous scooters on-board. Several holes were started, one that began to produce ceramic tiles that appeared to be cargo another that produced pieces of wicker furniture as seen in at least one of the pictures of the interior of the Almirante and the third half of a tea cup with a ships flag on it.
Along with the artifacts the wreck produced a number of lobsters and a very large monk fish. To top all of that off a humpback whale breached (jumped completely out of the water) a few hundred yards from the boat, a pod of dolphins came within 50 yards and a very large sea turtle swam within a few feet.	AC from the SEA
Steve and the giant Monk fish	All in all, even though we only managed two trips I still consider the trip a success if nothing else than as a recon for the late July early August trip when we’ll be back.

Ceramic Tiles

More Ceramic Tiles

Gene Peterson had the boat chartered to the Huntsville but a last minute destination change had us heading for the Almirante (AKA the flour wreck). Gene’s divers were anxious to dig the “Flour wreck” and there were numerous scooters on-board. Several holes were started, one that began to produce ceramic tiles that appeared to be cargo another that produced pieces of wicker furniture as seen in at least one of the pictures of the interior of the Almirante and the third half of a tea cup with a ships flag on it.

Along with the artifacts the wreck produced a number of lobsters and a very large monk fish. To top all of that off a humpback whale breached (jumped completely out of the water) a few hundred yards from the boat, a pod of dolphins came within 50 yards and a very large sea turtle swam within a few feet.

AC from the SEA

Steve and the giant Monk fish

All in all, even though we only managed two trips I still consider the trip a success if nothing else than as a recon for the late July early August trip when we’ll be back.

Atlantic Divers Arundo Trip - May 16, 2010

Kevin's find.. Truck steering wheel

Gearing up...

USS WASP

Some of the things you get to see on the water.
This is the USS WASP, the lead ship of an all new class of multipurpose amphibious assault ships.

You can learn more at http://www.wasp.navy.mil/default.aspx

EUKOR cargo ship

We also passed a EUKOR cargo ship, run by one of the world's largest shipping companies specialized in transporting automobiles and other rolling cargo.

North East Steamer and The Coffee Wreck Dive October 21, 2009

pictures by Steve McDougal

Brunette Dive July 4, 09

Toy Bronze cannon and Copper Flask recoverd from the Brunette off Manasquan coast!	"Bronze toy cannon and copper Flask !!"	Nice camera angle, right!
	After the great cannon recovery, we had a really nice 4th of July picnic on the dock.

Algol Dive October 4, 09

Hauling in the catch!

Spade Fish and Black Fish

Atlantic Divers Arundo Trip - September 20, 09

Turtle Light fixture

Turtle Light fixture sans anemones

Emerald Dive August 9, 09 ................. Cadet Dive August 27, 09

Colored glass bottles and dipping pen

Beautiful golden pearl found in clam shell

June 09

Sea Bass from the Ventura Tug June 14, 2009	Jenn and Capt Mark with catch from the Emerald	????
Capt Al with 'The Dredge'		Mate Dan
	Divers Below!

Brunette June 26, 2009

Twenty nine pounds of Ugly...

"A fish like that'll swallow you whole!!"

Flat seas and blue skies on the Mohawk. June 24, 09

Thanks to Jenn for Pics

SEA LION Dredging trip to the Emerald May 31, 2009
Thanks to Perry Arts of Aquafirma Photography for the great pics
Visit his website at www.aquafirmaphotography.com