40+ Anchors

 On the subject of anchors- over the years I have found over 40 of them, and seen many more found by others. Not much one can say about these. Most are there as a result  of it having to be cast awasy in an emergency or the cable parting in a storm. Some mark the spot where a wreck once was- either the wreck was salvaged or rotted away completely. Yes if a wreck was constructed of wood and trenailed together (nails made of wood too) and its cargo was degradable -then nothing is left to survive of the wreck except the odd bits of iron like an anchor. I can swam into an area underwater and can feel that a wreck was once present-merely by the way the weed grows. Its like finding an old dumping site on the land- the things left buried in the ground will tell you something is or was once present there-mostly because the growth is affected in some way. Its hard to explain but when you have been at this kind of thing all your life thus like l have you will understand what Im trying to relay. Go on any old farm land and look for where those of older times used to dump their rubbish. It will be buried and hidden from view but the growth above it will tell you where. Its the same underwater. Heres a few of many anchors found over the years with magnetometer and or sonar survey-or just by chance drift diving-