Cannons on Plymouth Barbican

Above photos of 3 old Iron cannons, they where sunk in the ground a long time ago and used as mooring post for ships to tie up to. Plymouth Barbican dates back many hundreds of years so I have no idea when the cannons where placed there. Any else know ?

Video of iron cannon balls

video test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr9femRQkJk

Why do the objects look so different ?

The large round object, which is the complete cannon ball was found stuck to rocks,with kelp growing on it, the second black object with stones stuck to it has been deep under sand and pebbles or many years.This turned out to be the half a cannon ball. We hope to put a short video on youtube of then crud being knocked off the objects.

One and a half iron cannon balls

Mike and me with today's finds

Mike and me on my Mark 1 rigid raider,the best dive boat ever for the type of wrecks we look for.
Fab day, nice and sunny, vis about 3m. Both in our Xcel semi dry wet suits, in the water about a hour and a half.Both dived at the same time today and left the boat anchored up above the site all alone.(don't try this at home)
We we both found one heavy object each,and removed the crud once we got back to sure. Which is a good tip! as you will never get the black muck that comes off it, out of your boat. The object will now spend several years in fresh water and being treated.

I will post a short video of us knocking of the crud here soon. Enjoy and any feedback is welcome.

Keep the faith

Ray, myself and Chris landing our iron cannon one year ago

Hard to believe but its been over a year since we found and landed our small iron cannon. The cannon is still in a tank of water under going conservation.

check out Uncle Ray

What we do

We go diving on a wreck site we have found after years of looking,today we found a lump of grud.The crud is formed by iron leaking out of a metal object and sticks every thing near it together.
When we get back to land we crack it open with a hammer and see what is in side.

Today it was a 8 pound cannon ball which had been on the sea bed a long long time.

No its not treasure, but we Keep The Faith, who knows maybe next time!!

Finds today

Diving today

Went treasure hunting yesterday, but no finds. Suns out this morning and we are going diving again. I will try and post some photos later.

Keep the faith

Couldn't find any conkers at first - but then themoreilook

Themoreilook the luckier I get

Iron Cannon at Fort Bovisands- themoreilook

Here is a old Iron Cannon used as a mooring up post on the end of the jetty. Does any one have any idea where this cannon came from?

Noah sick, so no diving today.

Check out this diving job I did this summer,changing out a ships prop. We had to take out the old one and replace the new one, all underwater. It really was keep the faith.

Ray commercial diving instructor at Fort Bovisands

 There is a great new video of my Uncle Ray on the web,I will post a link to it soon and some photos of Ray Ives.

Going looking tomorrow , probably going to use the Silver Bullet which is a small rubber boat. And probably going to use Mikes 2.5 hp outboard.

Underwater visibility in Plymouth Sound

Check out Bovisand harbor today, vis about 3m sea bit green with all the rain fall we have had.

If any former BAD Lads who trained as commercial divers at Fort Bovisand are interested at having a look at the Fort is today. I will take some photos and a short video and post it on my blog.  

Rusty Balls and lead shot

The more I look the luckier I get