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Huge lead sounding weight.

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Huge lead sounding weight.
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Huge lead sounding weight. 20 lb; 19" x 2". This is by far the longest and heaviest sounding lead we have ever offered, clearly for plumbing only the deepest seas, with XVIIII,, marked near bottom, eyelet at top, hollow cavity on bottom for holding wax (to sample the sand), octagonal cross-section, very lightly encrusted. With original Humphreys photo-certificate. From: Maravillas, sunk in 1656 off Grand Bahama Island