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Salvage Finds From 125-Year-Old English Brig Along New Jersey Coast
Four amateur skin divers from Point Pleasant New Jersey recover seven tons of artifacts from a sunken English brig near Manasquan. Led by Jack Baker Jack Homer Robert White and Robert Franklin the crew turns over all salvaged items to the state for appraisal and public auction with the divers receiving 85 percent. The wreck marked by a buoy and carrying cargo like brass buttons pewter and ingots was identified through samples sent to Lloyds of London and the Smithsonian. The team continues diving hoping to locate a buried chest of golden coins while speculating the vessel was a brigantine about 150 feet long and 30 feet wide.
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Point Pleasant
N. J
New Jersey
Manasquan
Jack Baker
Jack Homer
Robert White
Robert Franklin
State of
Bob Franklin
Lloyd's of London
Smithsonian Institution
London