Love your videos Ben ! Especially the mining exploration , my grandfather was a “hard rock tin miner” so I find your videos fascinating ! From one proud Cornish Ben to another , best wishes and keep up the good work we all love to watch , absolutely right on brother !
Cheers Patrick. I did try approaching a tv company about doing a series on Cornish wrecks but sadly they don’t seem to share my enthusiasm! Maybe find someone one day willing to do a proper job to it 🙂 plenty more stories like this one with artefacts collected to back it up...
I’m fairly certain it’s the one, and so are most people in the archeology world. But you can’t say it is until you find that one piece of evidence that proves it !
Great documentation of the find Ben. The lead panelling looks to me as a lead cover for the touch light hole / vent for one of the guns. A sort of cloak was made from lead and put over the hole so that it kept the power dry. I have seen similar ones with similar patterns from the wreck site of the HMS Phoebe here in Guernsey. The ship itself was becalmed and then run onto a reef. They lightened the ship by throwing the guns, carriages and shot over the side. The lead cloak was found very close to the gun by a friend many moons ago. I could get a photo of the one he found if you like ?
Ah yeah interesting ! Would they have holes in the corners to be able to lash it down ? Mine was found right next to a cannon. Be good to figure out what it was !
@@BenoCam the one I have seen is damaged but looked as if it was moulded around the shape of the end of the gun which held it into place. The leads weight and capability of easy taking shapes to objects would have helped I’m guessing. I will pop around my friends Bunker and take a few pics for you to compare both. His is about 12 inch and has been decorated with Scallops cut into its edge from memory.
Good eye to whoever spotted the exposed yellow rust areas. The sounding weights reminded me of in the 1970s and 80s as a commercial fisherman sometimes rather than go look at the fathometer I would just bounce a 50 pound lead weight off the bottom to see how deep it was there.
Did you see in the news last week about the blue lobster that was caught and released, and how it was rare? And now did you spot the blue lobster in your video? 👍😀
They are very common here, we see them regularly on dives in this area. It must be somewhere else they are rare ! The lobster was just walking past while we were filming the cannon so I took a few clips that’s all
Love your videos Ben ! Especially the mining exploration , my grandfather was a “hard rock tin miner” so I find your videos fascinating ! From one proud Cornish Ben to another , best wishes and keep up the good work we all love to watch , absolutely right on brother !
Ha cheers Ben, always good to hear !
Hi I came over to you from Mr Hews I like the content I have seen so far so I've sub'ed keep it up
Ideal cheers. My channel is much more a random mix of things 🤣 but I do have some good military vehicle based ones coming up !
@@BenoCam I have watched an eclectic mix on your channel already
Great find. Very interesting. Good work.
Thanks a lot Ben. Great history and so important to today's and of course future generations.
Cheers. Sadly there’s not much left but it’s good to go take a look at. There’s a few more in the area we are looking for also
One of my favourite films on TH-cam ... keep revisiting this. Amazing
Cheers Patrick. I did try approaching a tv company about doing a series on Cornish wrecks but sadly they don’t seem to share my enthusiasm! Maybe find someone one day willing to do a proper job to it 🙂 plenty more stories like this one with artefacts collected to back it up...
Fascinating, what a joy to watch. Thanks and greetings from the Rhein Valley Switzerland.
Cheers Filton 👍
Fascinating stuff, thanks so much for sharing your brilliant footage!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it
Really interesting and I’m convinced by the evidence!
I’m fairly certain it’s the one, and so are most people in the archeology world. But you can’t say it is until you find that one piece of evidence that proves it !
Great stuff thank you. Very interesting , please keep these discoveries coming
Great vid. So interesting
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it
Great video well presented. Great Channel, I have subbed.
Cheers . Few more to do when I get a chance !
Fantastic work Ben keep it up m8
very interesting video we would all like to see the outcome
that blue lobster legged it when he seen ya :)
He’s lucky we don’t eat lobster !
Great documentation of the find Ben. The lead panelling looks to me as a lead cover for the touch light hole / vent for one of the guns. A sort of cloak was made from lead and put over the hole so that it kept the power dry. I have seen similar ones with similar patterns from the wreck site of the HMS Phoebe here in Guernsey. The ship itself was becalmed and then run onto a reef. They lightened the ship by throwing the guns, carriages and shot over the side. The lead cloak was found very close to the gun by a friend many moons ago. I could get a photo of the one he found if you like ?
Ah yeah interesting ! Would they have holes in the corners to be able to lash it down ? Mine was found right next to a cannon. Be good to figure out what it was !
@@BenoCam the one I have seen is damaged but looked as if it was moulded around the shape of the end of the gun which held it into place. The leads weight and capability of easy taking shapes to objects would have helped I’m guessing. I will pop around my friends Bunker and take a few pics for you to compare both. His is about 12 inch and has been decorated with Scallops cut into its edge from memory.
Yeah that would be awesome if you could get a picture !
Good stuff. Graham from Wessex there I see 😉
Did you find it with a mag or just by luck!?
Luck. Swimming the horrible to dives spots no one else’s likes to dive !
Good eye to whoever spotted the exposed yellow rust areas. The sounding weights reminded me of in the 1970s and 80s as a commercial fisherman sometimes rather than go look at the fathometer I would just bounce a 50 pound lead weight off the bottom to see how deep it was there.
Hi, are the lead discs bale seals? I have found quite a few here in Plymouth.
Hmm the could be ... I will look into it ! Cheers
I don’t think they are as there are no patterns on them. Unless they have worn off !
Did you see in the news last week about the blue lobster that was caught and released, and how it was rare? And now did you spot the blue lobster in your video? 👍😀
They are very common here, we see them regularly on dives in this area. It must be somewhere else they are rare ! The lobster was just walking past while we were filming the cannon so I took a few clips that’s all
@@BenoCam think it was in Devon if I remember correctly!