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Octant from the "Coconut wreck" sunk in 1810
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In 1810, a 90 feet in length boat, left Kingston Jamaica, with a cargo of coconuts and rum, through the Windward Passage, after delivering slaves in Jamaica. (This was inferred by the paper that had wrapped some of the gold coins found in the wreck, and the holes on the coins found on the bottom of the sea.) The ship, hit a hurricane and sunk to the ocean floor. The Bermuda Triangle had claimed another victim. 150 years later, the Mercury space capsule, Liberty 7, sunk nearby, after the splashdown and recovery of astronaut Gus Grisson. 40 years later, a deep sea explorer, Curt Newport sought out to recover the Liberty 7. Using sonar, he found some promising seafloor targets, and the first target hit paydirt, as the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) found the Liberty 7 at 16,043 feet.Newport's acoustic work showed other promising targets--and one looked like a ship. Since it was located on the sea-lane of the Spanish treasure ships, operation "Atlantic Sands" began. You had 13 Russian oceanographers, head people from the DOE, the Titanic diver, and lawyers and the head of the Shrishov Institute Manned Submersible Laboratory, along with a British television crew to film the expedition.When the found the ship, three miles deep, the saw round objects on the ship. I'm sure they hopped that these objects were coins. But when they got closer, they saw what it was--coconuts! Thus operation "Atlantic Sands" became the "Coconut Caper!"The entire wreck was photographed in high definition TV format, before the exploration was done. It was the deepest historical find of a wooden ship. Here is the octant, the 'father" of the sextant, as it was being brought up to the surface.Octant comes with DVD of the wreck, and the filming of same.Pedigreed from the prestigious Sedwick coin auction andas described as following; "Coconut wreck," sunk ca. 1810 in deep water off BermudaEbony octant with brass fixtures and maker's name . "643 grams, about 13" x 11 1/4" One of the most significant objects recovered from this wreck, it's wooden frame amazingly intact (only a little bit of the surface eroded) with the ivory measurement bar at the bottom dark but readable, and the ivory inlay in the middle also dark but engraved with SPENCER BROWNING & RUST LONDON (a well-known manufacturer of navigational instruments from 1784-1840), the brass index arm missing but with a full sight at top (now held on by Velcro and other brass pieces on both sides, very rare and a key item in possibly identifying the ship as an English trader. Featured prominently on the DVD about the salvage. Estimate $2,000-$3,000. A great opportunity, to own the premier artifact, from the deepest wooden shipwreck ever recovered. The full story of the wreck, and dozens of pictures, can be found here, in Diver magazine. /images/Atlantic_Sands_DIVER.pdf No reserve auction! 
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