Cooper River Dive 11-17-2012

[P11]

Just got back from diving the Cooper River with some buddies. Wanted to post photos on what I was able to bring home. Doing some research on some of these teeth and the small piece which looks like part of a clay pipe. Enjoy.


Appears to read "Frideric" which is raised on the surface. Also notice what appears to be a pipe carved into this artifact.


The diameter section with the bored out hole which runs through this piece in a straight line.



The triangular markings with the single dot between them along the side. You can really notice it on the right side of this photo.



Appears to read "VonderWALL". You can clearly see that "WALL" is in a different font. It is also raised on the surface.

 

[TONY CHANEY]

Very nice! I never got a chance to see the pipe. Very cool!

 

[P11]

Very nice! I never got a chance to see the pipe. Very cool!

I didn't really look at it until this morning. It looked unusual underwater so I grabbed it. I didn't think much of it at the time. Also, that tooth is from a sand tiger. It matches the images I compared it to.

 

[TONY CHANEY]

So good advice that, "if it looks unusal, different or out of place pick it up?" Ha!Ha!

 

[P11]

So good advice that, "if it looks unusal, different or out of place pick it up?" Ha!Ha!

Best advice. Worst case scenario, it gets tossed back into the water.

 

[AeroMike]

yup, that is part of the stem to a clay pipe. Tony is correct, I always grab stuff and through in in my bag to look at up top. I have a finer mesh bag zip tied inside my larger mesh bag for the smaller items such as barracuda teeth and stingray barbs, etc.

Cool thing about the clay pipes, they used to have them in the taverns and they would start out with a long (about a foot) stem. One a patron was done using it, he put it back on the shelf and the next person would take the pipe and break off a small piece of the end of the stem (so he had a fresh end to put in his mouth, lol). they would jsut toss their pieces in the water like a lot of items. I have a few pipe bowls over the years and my friend Jason found a killer Masonic bowl.

 

[LowCountry Joe]

Mike according to the State Arch's the breaking off of a few inches of stem between smokers is an ( old Divers tell ) that 100+ years ago people did not know or care about germs. Food for Thought.

 

[AeroMike]

Always open to learning!!! thanks Joe, will remember that. Now I am jsut hoping to find a nice bowl with a bit of stem attached. lol

 

[LowCountry Joe]

Mike there's a class the State put on in March on Artifact ID for $30. bucks. It's on a Saturday and a very good class, My son and I took the course 2 years ago. Here's some pic's of a few bowls we have found over the years.

 

[TONY CHANEY]

the bowls look great...very nice find.