ratown
Guest
I found this free diving off a beach in South Florida. Does anyone know what this is? Is it from Home Depot? lol The total width is probably like 11 cm.
Clay jug piece
- Thread starter ratown
- Start date
Please register or login
Welcome to ScubaBoard, the world's largest scuba diving community. Registration is not required to read the forums, but we encourage you to join. Joining has its benefits and enables you to participate in the discussions.
Benefits of registering include
- Ability to post and comment on topics and discussions.
- A Free photo gallery to share your dive photos with the world.
- You can make this box go away
I found this free diving off a beach in South Florida. Does anyone know what this is? Is it from Home Depot? lol The total width is probably like 11 cm.
Looks like the top of a ceramic whiskey jug. Any history in this area that you went free diving? Where there is one, there are often many.
X
scubaNADS
Registered
looks like it is definitely from the Lowes Garden Section...
Without seeing the piece in person...I'd say it was a recent discard that got bumped around the bottom pretty good. Having assisted in finding a major shipwreck I like seeing clues and piecing together the puzzle. It's like a trail of breadcrumbs which can lead to the candy store. If you happen to go back to the area I'd survey areas where other materials may have become trapped, or lodged in crevices. Sometimes these things can wash down into gullies and be covered with sand, mud or who knows what. Sometimes a little fanning around (ping pong paddle) may reveal other things. Other objects might be encrusted with marine growth and look totally unfamiliar to a rookie eye.
X
I did go back out after finding it and looked around but found nothing. The problem is it was found 150 yards off the beach so things are moved around often. More specifically, I found it in a crevice after a couple days of high surf. There are many of these crevices in the CaCO3 bottom areas. Tons of rocks build up in them so I know what you are saying. It must have been blown inshore and got caught in the crevice. I might take it to the Geology department or the Anthropology department at my school for kicks.
Similar threads
