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Working on a bridge in Mobile and saw something wild in the silt
We were doing an inspection dive under the Cochrane Bridge last month, and my light caught a huge, perfectly preserved wooden ship's wheel buried in the mud. It was about 4 feet across and looked ancient, just sitting there untouched. Has anyone ever found historical stuff like that on a job, and what's the protocol for reporting it?
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jakem9818d agoMost Upvoted
Perfectly preserved" is the part that gets me. How does wood just sit in river mud for who knows how long and not rot into mush? That's wild. I'd be so torn between wanting to pull it up and knowing I'd probably get in huge trouble for touching it. You gotta call someone official, right? Like a museum or the historical society before you do anything.
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leo_thomas218d ago
Totally get the urge to just yank it out for a closer look. I'd probably try to lift it, drop it, panic about curses, and then call the museum anyway. My luck, I'd be the guy who breaks a thousand year old canoe paddle while trying to get a cool profile pic.
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