# 230 year old shipwreck found off the coast...
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**Created:** [June 19, 2008, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256 "2008-06-19T08:50:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Boomin99GT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boomin99GT)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2008, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256/21 "2008-06-19T11:01:31Z")
Wow that’s a really cool thing to read about. I like hearing about discoveries like this. Hopefully there will be more info to come.
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### Author:  [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2008, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256/22 "2008-06-19T11:12:28Z")
Paulo, Erie is way shallow, some spots in the center are only like 30 ft deep.
On another note, I went snorkaling down in mexico around a sunken ship…that shit creeps me out
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### Author:  [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2008, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256/23 "2008-06-19T11:15:29Z")
thats crazy that a ship that old is in such good shape…
i wish i could do this kind of thing, but i would want to explore them myself, not with a robot heh
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### Author:  [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2008, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256/24 "2008-06-19T11:17:57Z")
> [@Paulo](#):
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> That’s incredible.
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> We spend billions upon billions of dollars to fight wars, but don’t even know whats in our own fucking lakes.
Cloverfield.
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2008, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256/25 "2008-06-19T11:20:29Z")
> [@Skurge](#):
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> thats crazy that a ship that old is in such good shape…
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> i wish i could do this kind of thing, but i would want to explore them myself, not with a robot heh
There’s a half sunken barge near Sherkston that I’ve snorkled that was pretty cool.
The problem is most of the ones that are shallow enough to dive with just a snorkel get destroyed in no time by the wind and the waves.
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256/26 "2008-06-19T11:31:06Z")
> [@Just Karter](#):
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> Cloverfield.
I’m sorry I don’t get it. I never saw cloverfield.
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### Author:  [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2008, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256/27 "2008-06-19T11:37:22Z")
Big monster comes out off the ocean and wrecks Manhattan.
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### Author:  [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256/28 "2008-06-19T11:42:38Z")
I would have never thought Ontario was so deep.
That is so bad ass.
Makes my barge hunting in Lake Erie seem so boring. ☹
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### Author:  [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256/29 "2008-06-19T11:49:52Z")
Pardon my ignorance but how deep have any of you guys scuba dived? Can you safely go that deep with equipment you can buy around here, or do you need really specialized stuff? How cold would the water be down there? I’d imagine it would be sub-40. I think it would be cool as hell to check it out if it were possible.
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2008, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256/30 "2008-06-19T12:08:17Z")
> [@joelster](#):
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> Pardon my ignorance but how deep have any of you guys scuba dived? Can you safely go that deep with equipment you can buy around here, or do you need really specialized stuff? How cold would the water be down there? I’d imagine it would be sub-40. I think it would be cool as hell to check it out if it were possible.
I did it quite a bit in Cozumel. My dad was an instructor for a long time and I picked it up for fun on vacations and got certified.
Max depth for a recreational diver is only like 100-130 feet by certification agencies. Beyond that you need to really know what you are doing since there is more risks and also need different mixtures the further down you go because after like 300 feet oxygen becomes toxic.
Even people who do a lot of recreational diving are smarter to go into wrecks. Its very dangerous and takes a lot of skill and planning to go into them.
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256/31 "2008-06-19T13:06:22Z")
> [@justa4door](#):
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> with the “fresh” water i keeps it intact over the saltwater of the ocean… pretty cool … is there anymore pic or anything about this… also i wonder if there will be a show about it
They make some pretty cool stuff out of timbers that have been at the bottom of the great lakes for a loooong time.
Also: Ontrio is much deeper which makes it more calm/stable and better for sailing.
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### Author:  [@Mr\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mr_T)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256/32 "2008-06-19T14:11:52Z")
That thing is more preserved than the titanic, and its over 100 years older. cool shit
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### Author:  [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256/33 "2008-06-19T21:40:50Z")
I am still amazed lake seneca is 618 ft deep.
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### Author:  [@FSANE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FSANE)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256/34 "2008-06-20T02:07:30Z")
> [@95mx6](#):
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> That thing is more preserved than the titanic, and its over 100 years older. cool shit
and is made out of wood. (i think)
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### Author:  [@FSANE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FSANE)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256/35 "2008-06-20T02:10:38Z")
here is what I found while swimming. :lol:
Not a Ship, but cool as well.
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### Author:  [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256/36 "2008-06-20T04:18:49Z")
> [@sedlmeier101](#):
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> Paulo, Erie is way shallow, some spots in the center are only like 30 ft deep.
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> On another note, I went snorkaling down in mexico around a sunken ship…that shit creeps me out
Hence why lake erie freezes and ontario doesn’t.
> **[The Great Lakes](https://www.worldatlas.com/lakes/the-great-lakes.html)**
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> The Great Lakes of North America (Great Lakes) are a series of five interconnected deep freshwater lakes located in the east-central part of North America.
Also it doesn’t surprise me that we don’t have a clue whats in our lakes being as they are no radar can penetrate that. Then there is the thermocline ugh… i wonder where it is on lake ontario. I could only imagine trying to dive to 300 ft and dealing with 200 feet of bullshit
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### Author:  [@Doc20th](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Doc20th)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2008, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256/37 "2008-06-20T05:45:13Z")
> [@AWDrifter](#):
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> They make some pretty cool stuff out of timbers that have been at the bottom of the great lakes for a loooong time.quote]
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> Truth. There are a few company’s out there that are in the business of salvaging sunken timbers from places like the great lakes, and other deep freshwater bodies up in Canada. I’ve seen some of this retreived lumber first hand at a hardwood distributor in Ontario. It’s about the only way to get ahold of old growth lumber these days. Of course the costs associated with bringing this lumber to the surface and drying it are reflected in the price.
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> [quote=95mx6;982369]That thing is more preserved than the titanic, and its over 100 years older. cool shit
Freshwater vs. Saltwater
Like the article said, wood stays very well preserved in deep freshwater due to the lack of O2.
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2008, 6:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256/38 "2008-06-20T06:02:52Z")
> [@FSANE](#):
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> and is made out of wood. (i think)
1780? Safe bet.
Ooooooooo I just realized it sunk on Halloween. Spooooookieeeeee.:ohnoes:
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2008, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256/39 "2008-06-20T06:20:01Z")
I miss scuba diving. I’ll have to look into spots around here that may be interesting. I certainly didn’t know there was so much to look at in lake ontario and lake erie. I knew about some stuff up near the st. Lawrence.
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### Author:  [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2008, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/230-year-old-shipwreck-found-off-the-coast/50256/40 "2008-06-20T12:01:20Z")
Maybe it will bring some good attention to rochester instead of murder stats.
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