TREASURE ABOARD THE AURORA ? FINDING AN OLD SAFE IS ALWAYS FUN ABOARD AN OLD SHIP. THANK YOU ACENEW
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- Sometimes projects get put on delay when we find something interesting aboard the Aurora. While digging in the forward hold we found an interesting small safe. The contents get more interesting when we dig deeper.
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Hello! Somebody probably already told you, but the pitcher is for hot tar to pour in between deckplanks when caulking. The cotton you found is also for the same purpose. First step is to drive the caulking cotton in between the deckplanks with a caulking iron. Then you pour the tar over it and let it cool down and set in the joint. Thats why the pitcher is so pointy. To get a good narrow line of tar in between the planks. Keep up the good work!
It looks like a time capsule through different years of the ships life
Perhaps. Definitely a strange collection
its someone's memories they hid away probably when the ship was a church ship an people were living on it they hid their life away there maybe they never got a chance to go back for it
On TV there is a company that will transfer your old films slides disks etc.
Something to ponder.
That’s true. Hmmm. I have seen that commercial.
I see the fireplace is up and running. It looks great!
Thanks, I kind of like it too. Turned out great
The triangle metal pitcher thing I've seen used to apply hot pitch / tar along a seem. Kind of like a caulking gun in principle.
This makes the most sense and I am guessing that’s 100% the correct answer. Although it doesn’t appear to have been used.
I agree on the metal pitcher and the bale of cotton could of been for putting between the deck boards then applying the the hot pitch/tag on the seam.
its a pitcher for "paying the seams " ,the bale might be cotton for caulkin the deck planks
Ship is looking good
Thanks
Disney slides are shortly after it opened. May be valuable.
I wonder. They are definitely self taken photos and not gift shop slides.
That safe looked easier to open than the door we did!!!
Could that triangle thing found in the hole be a pitching vessel? To pitch (tar) the deck board seams... My guess anyway... Costco also converts 8mm film to dvd or blue ray at a price, of course.
Seems like the most reasonable use for the triangle pitcher. Also Costco is a good thought. Give them to them and give it a week and you get back some DVDs. Might do it.
Tar thing was also my thought
Could be an iron, for doing large sheets. Filled with hot rocks or similar, it would make short work of the linen.
@@Qgal5kap123 I just said what first came to mind... You could be correct as well... Who knows?
Disneyland history is highly coveted nowadays. There are so many who would love to see the photos on those slides and I'm sure they're worth some money as well. As for the late 1940s video footage, there's a huge community on TH-cam right now preserving and HD'ing, 60fps'ing old footage and a large audience of those who love watching with wide eyes the old footage. The 1949 and 1952 (Stone Harbor beach scenes sounds really intriguing, actually...maybe it's the Stone Harbor in New Jersey?) footage would be really cool to see.
On another note, the fireplace looks...lit! It blends in really well with the room!
Singer we are getting lots of comments about what’s in the film and slides. I will definitely see if we can have them transferred to digital. I think it would be interesting to see if one of these groups could upscale them as you mention. That would add a bit of intrigue to the process.
1956 is one year after Disneyland's opening. Disney Archives might be interested depending on what's on the slide. For example, if it has cast members or anything back stage.
Are you tellin me, on that ship there’s no 8mm projector ? Hah! Look for it. Great video Chris!
Good sir, I'm sad to hear the ship sank, but im glad it's raised, i read your facebook comment on how the coast guard wants it gone, but that cant, WONT happen. She is too perfect.
You got your ship's entertainer!
Still cool finds in that safe, part of the ship history
So much weird and interesting stuff in this ship. Most junk but the rest is definitely unique.
Wow she’s really starting to look great
Thanks
Compressed air powered venturi type are movers can shift considerable amounts of air very quickly. We used them to cool awkward corners of power station boilers so that repairs could be done.
Looks like a lost and found box
That’s a great guess. Makes sense while it’s still aboard and why the creepy puppet was in it.
Disney might be interested in those old slides of their park.
My Great Grandfather, Grandfather and my Father they all worked at Mare Island Shipyard. That place was located in Vallejo California. Back in the 50's and 60's it was open. They actually worked on the Sea wolf submarine. Along with other Naval ships.
WOW! I certainly would never call both of you “a coward”.
There are lots more places aboard to explore and clean up. We will definitely start dealing with these areas.
The white fluff that was in a sack is great for drying oil or polishing things with. Don't throw it away!
Good call. It was definitely not n my get rid of list and now it’s gonna stay and hopefully get some use.
@@AuroraRestorationProject MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A MASK when you get it out
The bag in the room with the ankerchains is filled with cleaning cotton. Often use for making cupper items shine again. Kind Regards, Frans from the Netherlands.
I agree that it seems like a time capsule of the ship's life. Add something to it, and, I guess, get a new safe!
EDIT: If you do get those slides scanned, PLEASE make sure to retain the originals! I'd hate to see something so historical be lost!
We are all about preservation so we would definitely make sure this stuff stays intact.
@@AuroraRestorationProject If you can get good copies of the films, maybe they can be a video presentation to those who visit. Kinda like a museum piece. The safe and contents could be in a little showcase.
check the film may be lost footage of celebrities or footage of the boat
Ya never know. It’s definitely worth the finding out. One day we will run across a projector and see if we can get some footage.
That cotton stuff you will need, it is used to pack the stern glands, to top the leaks, the triangle shoe looks like you would use on the wooden decks after you pack with cotton I do have a Super, Standard, and Straight 8 projector, still have my Kodak xl super 8 film cine camera, and a bunch of films from Antarctica from the 70s
most prescious info in safe can only be the note from captain: "port: left. starboard: right."
I wonder who the digital diary belonged to? Perhaps the captain or a crew member??
@@AuroraRestorationProject i have a zip100 disk up to today with all my student projects on it. sadly, no drive.
Sign found on the deck would say, ‘TO MUSTER STATION’.
Thanks for the info. Just wish the sign was intact :(
Lazaret or Lazarette : a space in a ship between decks used as a storeroom, on the Focsal or Poop deck.
usually a storage locker used for gear or equipment that a sailor or boatswain would use around the decks on a vessel.
Thanks for the info. Makes for better videos in the future when I have the terms down.
That cotton is for between the dek floor planking and jour triangle thing is for liquid warm tar too close it op.
It was a treasure trove of sentimental value.
I believe you are correct. All looks to have sentimental value to someone. Perhaps the person who’s name is on the film boxes or even his relatives.
Sitting here on the other side of the country and I have an 8 mm projector, Zip drive, and have repaired many electronics with a swollen battery. Dont have a slide viewer but my Canon scanner has frame panels to put slides into to scan them. That all said, I doubt you would find time to make it over to GA just to figure that stuff out. I would put most of that in a display case. It makes a neat little story.
Wish I had the right stuff to view this content. Not sure if a Zip drive will work with newer operating systems. Like Will have to get 98 or XP machine I’m guessing. But yet it would definitely be great if you were closer. Would make for a great video figuring all of this stuff out.
fireplace is looking pretty good
I am disturbed what you said, you lost O2 in a basement of a ship or in this ship?? I would never though .Be safe mate. Love the show.
This was long ago when I was green. So many lessons learned since this time. Will definitely never make the same mistake twice.
Come on viewers please like, you watch the video it's not hard to hit the like button this ship has history.
Some videos do well others not to well. The positive is that we can lots of comments. Would be great to see them start going viral however.
Great video! I did check into it and the power station kickstarter is pretty expensive, $6,000 pledge to get one of the acenew power station is way out of my budget, I think I will be sticking with the Jackery power stations until they become more affordable
Once they are released from Gofundme I think they will be pretty reasonable. That’s coming soon.
It's 6000 chinese HK$ though. About US$770.
@@fgaviator I didn't realize that $5,900 wasn't USD 🙂
Triangle thing is definitely for pitching the deck. You put hot tar in there and seal the gaps between the planks.
Send the disk to someone who has the means to read it, download it and send it to you via USB. I'm curious.
After all of the comments I am starting to get more curious as well. Who knows what could be on these. Doesn’t take much effort to find out.
Love the boat LB
The things there are interesting aurora northern lights spectrum photography
The toilet incident the psychedelic wall paper the puppet the Greek waiter on the love boat series they use to do side promotions in the show Disney land swatch watch the slide wheel toy.
And I notice your advertisement for some products yes interesting.
PS the insulation be careful ASBESTOS possible and the paints also careful.
Imagine information on the disk could be a ledger of sorts.
Hope you find the chain again.
Something says there was a story in someway in the safe maybe put together from final charter.😊
We sent all our family's old home 8mm film (which is what those film reels are).... we sent those off to be converted to digital ..... then you have it digitally so that if you ever found out who it belonged to (or their descendants / family or what-have-you) you could share/send it digitally, .... since it would not be one physical copy but a digital copy they could then share it with their extended family as well... 🎥
If you're thinking of getting the slides developed into prints, I'd recommend finding a proper photography and media shop (they more than likely can also help with the zip drive too). The box stores like Costco and Walmart are no longer skilled enough to do much more than print your i-phone pics.
Triangle device is to tar your deck joints and the cotton may also be for caulking teak decks
The view master disc are worth a little money.
Hello from Siesta Key Florida
Dave and the puppet need to make more appearances in these videos! They're both awesome!
This is a Vault of anyone who stored his "entertainment".
To me it is looking like something like an iPhone today. You've got pictures, a book with peoms or what ever, 2 Movies ect... A Handpuppet to entertain others - Today you send a Meme or a funny TH-cam Video to others to entertain them. You've got al of your memorable pictures stored on your iPhone or your cloud.
The iPhone-Vault instead of Al Capones Vault.
I love your outlook in this safe. Would be interesting to contact or try and contact the name on the videos and see if this was his stuff.
My god ! The anchorchain is is stored down in a chainbox . The anchorchain is attached to the anchorbox via the "bitter end " . Its becaus the anchor should not be dropped . The white stuff is cottonrags and should be used for wiping floors and cleaning surfaces on deck . You have a steelbroom that you put the rags on and wash metalflooring in enginerooms for example .
Thanks for the info. Couldn’t figure out for the life of me why someone would have stored a bail of cotton on board. Judging from the amount of chain in the lockers I would say that some was definitely lost over time.
At 9:43 the sign probably says "to muster Station" That's where you will go in case of an emergency.
A doll and a small knife locked in a safe. Sounds like it's cursed and dangerous.
😂🤣😂🤣
Well, I guess I’m lucky that Dave put the puppet in first :D
Disney stuff to people are quite valuable
Definitely will be scanning the slides soon. Not sure how to gauge a value but worth looking into.
Feels like the ships lost+found to me... Maybe that's why nobody took it when they left, because it didn't belong to anyone.
That triangle thing is an iron for closes
Probably for the ship flag folding
Used to work whit charcoal in side to heat up
That triangle shaped looking thing with the handle looks like it's for when you park your boat on a hill you put it behind the rudder.
Should've watched the Lockpicking Lawyer. There are at least 3 ways to open that safe within 2 seconds.
There is something to be said for figuring it out on our own. However did watch the lock picking lawyer and lack the tools needed.
@@AuroraRestorationProject your lucky there wasn't anything delicate in there, you should have destroyed it with the blows of the hammer
Fascinating stuff !
I think the flame effect fire is looking grand !
Digital diary may have where Jimmy is buried.😜🤣🤣
Hi Christopher, this is Matthias, from Hamburg, Germany. I love you Channel and you your fantastic work, preserving a legacy! Here in Hamburg are serveral Institutions, that would be happy to help you with the research on the artefacts, that you've found. Maybe you would like to get in touch with the "Stiftung Hamburg Maritim", to help you on that interesting chapter of your ships history. Best, Matt.
I can't imagine how you must of felt that day, when you crawled into a lower area of a ship! that was lacking in oxygen when you lost control of your legs that's must of been a scary moment you definitely don't want to repeat again.
It may have been said already but Mare Island is pretty historic Naval Shipyard that closed in the early 90s. Could be some really interesting historical snapshots.
It looks like a time capable that never got opened to you did it.
you could try sending in that zipdisk to someone who owns a computer capable of reading them. theres a few people on the internet who have some so its worth a look. who knows what could be on it?
Quite the contents of the safe... but why in the hell is a hand puppet is there?
Hand puppet is a little creepy. Strange someone would place it in there.
I still have one of those Zip drives lol. If you mail the disk to me I’ll let you know if anything is on it lol
OMG - I HAVE a Zip Drive (USB Plug-in!). I don't think I have ANY disks for it, but I expect the Drive is still useable.
You used to be able to BUY sets of slides - I still have some that my parents bought back in the 50's and 60's. I expect that's what you found.
And VIEWMASTER Disks! - 3D pics were AMAZING.
And I think those boxes would be 8mm movie film! REVERSABLE means that you load the (unexposed) film into the Movie Camera - take your movie, then (in a dark room) you REVERSE the film, and take it again. Each time through only exposes 1/2 of the film, and when it's sent for developing, they split the film, and it doubles the length of film. I have a BUNCH of home movies filmed on it, and I still DO have a movie camera AND projector for it! If they are labelled, they are probably exposed, but if they are UNEXPOSED, they could be valuable to someone who HAS an old 8mm camera.
Actually I am getting more and more anxious to investigate this stuff. I wish I had all of the gear to do this but will have to maybe eBay or flea market the stuff needed. The viewmaster discs are cool but something I suspect you can still buy. Looks like there is some work ahead of me to figure this stuff out.
That Hearst Castle Viewmaster disc is valued around $12.
I am guessing the safe was in the Pursers office and stored unclaimed belongings left onboard when passengers left the ship.
That seems logical. Makes sense why it’s still here.
There are many retro/old school computer channels on TH-cam that would probably be happy to check out the contents of that zip drive if you don't have an iomega drive kicking around. Probably not because they are pretty much obsolete when CDRW and DVDRW came around as super popular and cheap.
Probably was a passenger safe out of a state room
Perhaps. That makes the most sense.
Doubt it but hopefully those ‘cotton bales’ aren’t asbestos
No not asbestos. Just cotton and I think it’s for packing bearings and valves etc.
Some public libraries have equipment to scan slides. My local public library has equipment to convert 8mm movies to digital video.
For the Zip drive, there are services that will read the bits. The big issue is if the data is in a format that can read it.
When I used to some work on tankers someone would have to climb down from the deck to the bottom of the pump room. One guy would stay on deck while the other made his way down, even though he had a lite and walkie-talkie you’d lose sight of him in the darkness and the walkie-talkie became useless, if he didn’t show up soon form the possibility of lack of air you had to get help, thankfully going down the hold was above my pays scale.
Sounds like a great experience to have worked aboard a tanker. It’s definitely more safe to take the right precautions before entering lower areas. Definitely won’t make the same mistake twice.
Could we get an update on the digital conversions? The Zip drive contents? Did you find and contact the family? Etc. highly curious.
A "drunk drawer" 😂 I luv it!!! ⚓
Stone Harbor is along the New Jersey shore and the seashore horse and buggy could be Cape May NJ .
ik this is 3 months ago but to find out if its gold or not look for a stamp on it with 3 numbers or 2 with 2 letters. Also it would be good to go to a jeweller to double check
The save could have been the persers lost items from when it was a cruise ship.
I would guess you are correct and that is likely why they are still on board.
Somewhere on that boat you might find the ships logs but the real treasure would be finding the Chief Engineers logs and service records.
Def pull those chains and inspect those chain lockers. Ships sink because of holes due to rust and rot in chain lockers
Looks like a lost and found safe. Stuff left behind from years of cruises.
We kind of figured this stuff was stuff people left in rooms during their cruise
Hot tar to for the deck seams.
Ahhhh, That’s a pretty good guess and I would bet your 100% right.
Great vid interesting 🙏 👍👍
Thanks 👍
I'd so find out what's on the zip drive or the diary....I'd bet it's like a time capsule..could be fun
Looks like a child's special stash.
Puppet shows on the promenade deck I can see it now
If you suspect that the notebook has survived from the German times of the Vessel, I might be able to organise someone who can read 'Fraktur' and 'Sütterline'
My Mom was on Your ship as a kid when it was still called the 'Wappen von Hamburg' as my Familie had strong connections to the island of Helgoland.
If You ever get to Germany, You should visit the island. Only Downsite: It will probably cost You 2-3 days of Your time as a single Day visit is not really worth it.
I am sure You would still find some people on the island that had been on the Aurora in its past.
I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when your mom traveled aboard this ship. Helgoland is definitely on my places to visit in the next couple of years. Lots of members of our Facebook group are from Helgoland.
Chris, I think the triangular hopper thing a hot tar pot for caulking between the planks in the teak deck.
It’s an armoured shoe for a Knight of the Realm.
That’s a great answer. I can see that. Not the right answer but I like the idea. :)
The wedge item is a tar jug to tar between the deck Timbers. They would keep is constantly hot on a fire.
Your answer seems to be the popular solution for this device. Some have been kind of crazy but this seems correct.
Thank God he finally put that puppet down, I was beginning to get a little creeped out. Mr. Rogers he ain't.
Yes, it felt the same way. Funny for a few seconds but weird after that.
@@AuroraRestorationProject Well if he was genuinely funny and he could deliver some real comedy it'd have been nice. But he didn't have the skills to pay the bills, never pick up a puppet unless you can bring it for real.
Definately not junk. Someone placed that there! Even with that digital thingy, there are companies who can restore it.
Well, you found a lot more than Jeraldo Rivera!
Maybe the digital diary explains everything else in the box
That’s an interesting thought. I will likely see if we can get it working just to see if someone wrote about the ship of we could tie it to the contents of the safe.
@@AuroraRestorationProject My 2nd guess is it was kinda like one of those time capsules people burry in the ground for a long time. People generally put in culturally significant things in there though. The film, book, and slides could qualify I guess. "A time capsule is a collection of items that paint a picture of what things looked like in the past. It’s meant as a form of communication with the future and whoever digs up the capsule." We burred one in school at one point. Occasionally people unearth them and it ends up in the news.
I think a member if crew with access to the paint locker was a klepto and those random things were lifted from passengers. And/or a spy with the slides and movies.
Perhaps, Good theory. Definitely could be correct.
If you need those slides scanned I have a plustek slide scanner sitting beside me. (You could probably use a decent flatbed scanner for a bit less quality but it would be faster :) .)
Thanks Anders, I may very well take you up in your offer. I will give the local flea market a try first for a few days to see if I can find a cheap scanner but definitely pm me of Facebook if you have Facebook and we can figure it out.
that big bail of insulation stuff may be stuffing box packing for prop shafts?
I thought about that. Not your typical packing but you could well be correct.
No but it is excellent to dry oil and polish with, is it expensive to buy now.
My dude, there is some fascinating stuff there! The book looks really interesting - is it from the 40's? What is it? What's on the films? Those are potentially really valuable just from a documentarian standpoint. The slides as well.
Haven’t looked into the stuff much other than making the video. I think the next couple of days I will dig in and give a valid attempt at seeing what’s on some of this stuff and giving a better explanation in a future video. The book seems short. Like 30 pages. Maybe a short story??
@@AuroraRestorationProject People can make millions of portable power stations, and nothing against them, but no one is manufacturing the artifacts you find in your ship anymore. (Like old American pianos hahaha). Sorry we couldn’t help you more back when you had mountains of trash on there to throw away. Thanks for sharing your ship which is a unique piece of California and world history with us. What you find boring will be fascinating to many younger people and people of other backgrounds trying to understand their world. I think entertainment is really about education (?) 🤷♂️.
Come on restore more stuff on the ship.
only reservation on those portable power units is do they cause you electrical tools to heat up excessively? this would impact tool life span.
Have yet to see that issue.
Did you know P&O cruise line have a ship called Aarora?
I have seen the pictures. I guess it’s a popular name.
The zip disk is likely holding 10,000 bitcoins that are worth $224,011,000.00 (as of March 5, 2023). Maybe that would Jumpstart a wee bit. I still have my old zip drive.
Was bitcoin a thing, when that disc was used?
@John Nunn I think that they were being sold as late as 1998. Bitcoin was born in 2008, so possible(?) some need in his mom's basement could have still been using them...
Even less Bitcoin would work for me :D
It is now well established that you don't care for creepy hand puppets and have an inordinate fear of spiders :)