Long-John-Silver
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What if serendipity was one of the driving forces of our underwater passion?
I've been asking myself this question each time someone asks me about diving always in the same spots. "What's the point in diving where you've been a hundred times already?"
Down there chances to discover something by accident while looking for something else are high. During this dive we were looking for a well known colony of Gerardia savaglia (aka false black coral) and while wandering on an endless sand bottom Serendipity occurred.
The broken amphora is a Dressel 2-4 type. It is the most important western Mediterranean wine amphora of the early Empire. The main content was wine from Campania. http://goo.gl/upzP5r
The stone ring is a salvaging-ring. This is a device used to free fishing gear, generally hook and line or long line, caught or entangled on the sea-bed, and are still used by Mediterranean fisherman. http://goo.gl/ZNZSW7
Disclaimer: Filmed artifacts were officially reported to the competent authority.
I've been asking myself this question each time someone asks me about diving always in the same spots. "What's the point in diving where you've been a hundred times already?"
Down there chances to discover something by accident while looking for something else are high. During this dive we were looking for a well known colony of Gerardia savaglia (aka false black coral) and while wandering on an endless sand bottom Serendipity occurred.
The broken amphora is a Dressel 2-4 type. It is the most important western Mediterranean wine amphora of the early Empire. The main content was wine from Campania. http://goo.gl/upzP5r
The stone ring is a salvaging-ring. This is a device used to free fishing gear, generally hook and line or long line, caught or entangled on the sea-bed, and are still used by Mediterranean fisherman. http://goo.gl/ZNZSW7
Disclaimer: Filmed artifacts were officially reported to the competent authority.