June 5,2009Captain Andy and the crew of the Magruder just brought in a large silver serving platter which is 14 inches in diameter and its pre-conservation weight is 5.5 lbs. It is fully encrusted so we are very eager to begin the conservation process and determine whether it is silver gilt like the other one and if there are any discriptive markings that may lead us to discovering who owned the platter. They also found over 414 musket balls, 1 split shot musket ball, 2 lead bottle tops one with threads and one with a ring, 31 pottery sherds, 2 large spikes, 10 small spikes, 1 piece of lead sheathing and 11 Encrusted objects. The guys have been working what has been dubbed the Carpenter's Trail due to all of the carpenter's tools that were found on this branch of the trail. It is an entirely different area than where the Dare crew recently found their silver-gilt platter which is exciting because we have two areas of the trail that are very promising and are producing very impressive artifacts. They reluctantly came back into port today to replenish their provisions and fuel and will head back to the site on Monday, weather permitting. This summer is going to be exciting, welcome to Treasure Hunting Season, Today's the Day!
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