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    Hurricane Irma unearthed this

    A cool occurrence for those who care to check it out, although I don't love the journalism, I think it's worth a read!
    Canoe unearthed by Hurricane Irma could be hundreds of years old
    https://www.yahoo.com
    A Florida photographer on an early-morning bike ride the day after Hurricane Irma ravaged the coast stumbled upon an exciting find: a dugout canoe that may be hundreds of years old, according to officials. “As soon as I saw it, I knew exactly what it was,” Randy Lathrop, a self-proclaimed history buff
    Can’t find em sitting on the couch; unless it’s in a field
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    I saw that this morning too. I can't imagine it's too old due to the use of nails and such, but it'll be interesting to hear what the archaeologists have to say.

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    • Pointhead
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      Pointhead commented
      09-16-2017, 09:28 PM
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      Exactly!! The prescience of square nails suggests 1800's. But for a partially or fully submerged canoe to be in that shape still is very cool. I'm interested to hear what it might be, every once in a while you hear about a much older dugout canoe being found. I actually saw a post about one that CMD had commented or posted on I believe it was fairly recently. But could be wrong
    • CMD
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      CMD commented
      10-09-2017, 01:26 PM
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      Pointhead, yes I know of an ancient one found in RI that was reburied....
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    Originally posted by filmiracl View Post
    I saw that this morning too. I can't imagine it's too old due to the use of nails and such, but it'll be interesting to hear what the archaeologists have to say.
    Could even be under a hundred years old. Or a few centuries, but post contact for sure...


    After Irma, a mystery: Where did washed ashore canoe come from?
    https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurricane-irma/after-irma-mystery-where-did-washed-ashore-canoe-florida-come-n802001
    Randy 'Shots' Lathrop, a Florida photographer, always keeps an eye out for unusual sights, but he never expected to come across a potentially historic canoe.
    Rhode Island
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      You guys probably saw this. There is a good chance that it's old. I read that the nails could have been added long after it was built.
      Canoe tossed ashore by Hurricane Irma may date back to 17th Century
      https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/canoe-tossed-ashore-hurricane-irma-may-date-back-17th-century-n808811
      Analysis shows there are three distinct ranges of time from which a canoe that washed ashore along the Indian River after Hurricane Irma could have originated.
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      • #5
        Originally posted by dr socling View Post
        You guys probably saw this. There is a good chance that it's old. I read that the nails could have been added long after it was built.
        https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...entury-n808811
        I had not seen that. So, could be Contact Era, or it could be under 100 years old. Anywhere from 1600's to 1900's....

        Rhode Island

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        • CMD
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          CMD commented
          10-09-2017, 01:29 PM
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          I hope for a date in the 1600's. That would be the oldest it could be, and very neat...
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        I think they will be able to determine age through carbon-14 dating of the wood. Like I had said above, it might have been around a long time and saw repairs more recently.

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