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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 23rd February 2025, 08:57 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Thanks David! Interesting analogy, and like...

Thanks David!
Interesting analogy, and like piracy, devious plots and shifty characters nothing new and have been around as long as humanity in effect.
That novel sounds intriguing, 'pigs' were of...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 22nd February 2025, 02:22 AM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Just thinking in terms if ballast, in the case of...

Just thinking in terms if ballast, in the case of this curiously marked lead ingot, and studying the various forms of lead ingots used as ballast in vessels of these times, there were indeed various...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 19th February 2025, 10:30 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you Rick! Man, it must have been incredible...

Thank you Rick! Man, it must have been incredible growing up in that environment! and living there. While I was of course enthralled with pirate movies, treasure island etc. as a kid, the closest I...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 13th February 2025, 03:52 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Thanks so much for the input Rick, I always...

Thanks so much for the input Rick, I always appreciate your insights here in these maritime subjects as I know your hands on awareness on these things and being situated in these New England areas. ...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 13th February 2025, 02:05 AM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Researching further

It seems the questions remainng are, A) was the Adventure Galley ACTUALLY scuttled in the harbor at St.Mary's in Madagascar as Barry Clifford tried to intimate with the huge ingot purported to be...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 4th February 2025, 04:51 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Getting back to the topic which is basically, DID...

Getting back to the topic which is basically, DID Captain Kidd have a treasure in the first place, and why would the the ADVENTURE GALLEY have been a candidate for holding said treasure?

Despite...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 3rd February 2025, 02:47 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you CC! Wonderful note on the 'Lone...

Thank you CC!
Wonderful note on the 'Lone Ranger'! and the nod to that thread which has been a lot of fun, we all treasure those memories of yesteryear,.
Actually I recall an instance years ago in...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 2nd February 2025, 07:29 AM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
I found in reading through some material there...

I found in reading through some material there was indeed 'lead sheeting' applied to hulls to shield from shot, sounds surprising but your idea apparently not far fetched! :)
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 30th January 2025, 04:41 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
LEAD BALLAST INGOTS

Still doing research on the lead ballast ingots (pigs) used in vessels in the 17th c. and it seems one of the key sources on study of these was written in 2013 by Mack McCarthy, "Lead Ingots from the...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 28th January 2025, 03:29 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
In a related ironic note with the notorious...

In a related ironic note with the notorious Captain Kidd at the helm, actually he was a well established business man in New York when he became interested in the privateer venture along with...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 28th January 2025, 12:02 AM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Oh yeah, how could I forget. Forgive my romantic...

Oh yeah, how could I forget. Forgive my romantic faux pas.
Also forgot, caveat emptor. The bottom line I was referring to was the artifacts and discoveries found (hopefully)despite the lack of...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 27th January 2025, 03:38 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Thanks guys!! The Captain Kidd 'mysteries' have...

Thanks guys!! The Captain Kidd 'mysteries' have been effectively the prevalent fiber in the great 'pirate' and 'treasure' tapestries of cultural lore since the day the unfortunate captain was hanged...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 22nd January 2025, 07:46 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Thanks Rick, that makes good sense, and I can...

Thanks Rick, that makes good sense, and I can understand how much sand is moved about over virtually centuries. If I understand correctly the biggest problem in navigating these waters through inlets...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 19th January 2025, 01:39 AM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Thanks for the heads up on this book Rick,...

Thanks for the heads up on this book Rick, despite all the stuff about the huge treasure on the Whydah ('found' in 1984) and the huge caches of silver and gold in chests in the museum, why is there...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 13th January 2025, 02:55 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Bob thank you for answering. The entire case for...

Bob thank you for answering. The entire case for this being a silver bar and hyped into 'Captain Kidds treasure' seems to be 'on course for the unfortunately sensationalized career of Mr. Clifford....
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 11th January 2025, 04:07 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Thanks so much guys! Great thoughts and...

Thanks so much guys! Great thoughts and perspective! uh, CC, r
radiation shielding? LOL!!! good one. :)

Very good points on the uses of lead, one of the key uses obviously in these contexts was ...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 10th January 2025, 08:51 PM
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Views: 75,384
Posted By Jim McDougall
Captain Kidds Treasure 'silver' (?) ingot

In 2015, Barry Clifford who had been diving in the harbor in the Isle of St. Marie in Madagascar since 2000, by 2013 claimed he had found several wrecks associated with pirates.
While it seems the...
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