adshepard
Contributor
Spent the weekend diving off Eastport, Maine. Weather was great with day time highs between 70 and 75 degrees. Dove on both Saturday's and Sunday's low tides. Water temperature was a comfotable 42f and visibility ranged from 5' to 20'.
Marine life continues to increase on the old steamship pier wall. Large northern and smooth sun stars were quite abundant. The cobble bottom was covered in basket stars. There seemed to be a few more small northern red anemones present which is a good sign.
I found six clay pipes, an old medicine bottle and a very nice old soda bottle circa 1900. The soda bottle is aqua with the company name and address embossed on one side (Fairbanks & Neale, Howard St. Boston, Mass).
I also found an old wreck reel that I may be able to refurbish. The wreck reel was found in a "new" area. The sand on the south side of the granite wall has been washed away to reveal numerous old timbers from the pier. The timbers are huge and covered in the remains of large barnacles. I had not seen the timbers before so they must have been covered for at least six years so the wreck reel is at least that old. It's soaking in a vat of vinegar and fresh water right now.
No photos as my large strobe was not back from Underwater Photo Tech (yeah I flooded it) in time for the trip and I just wanted to junk search anyway.
Marine life continues to increase on the old steamship pier wall. Large northern and smooth sun stars were quite abundant. The cobble bottom was covered in basket stars. There seemed to be a few more small northern red anemones present which is a good sign.
I found six clay pipes, an old medicine bottle and a very nice old soda bottle circa 1900. The soda bottle is aqua with the company name and address embossed on one side (Fairbanks & Neale, Howard St. Boston, Mass).
I also found an old wreck reel that I may be able to refurbish. The wreck reel was found in a "new" area. The sand on the south side of the granite wall has been washed away to reveal numerous old timbers from the pier. The timbers are huge and covered in the remains of large barnacles. I had not seen the timbers before so they must have been covered for at least six years so the wreck reel is at least that old. It's soaking in a vat of vinegar and fresh water right now.
No photos as my large strobe was not back from Underwater Photo Tech (yeah I flooded it) in time for the trip and I just wanted to junk search anyway.
