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What is the most interesting thing you found?


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With all of you out there I suspect that you have found some interesting things on the web and elsewhere. I am interested in finding out what you thought was the most interesting thing that you found.

Git up of your asses, set up those glasses I'm drinking this place dry.

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Hmmm... since I've been surfing the net for pirates for over a decade I've seen alot of stuff. Probably... TAMU underwater archaeology website. Why? Two words... Port Royal!

Oh, cool ....

I Googled it, and here's the link:

http://nautarch.tamu.edu/portroyal/

I'll have to explore that site more fully when I return from vacation (geez, gotta get off the Pub and pack!).

Cheers, Hester

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Since this is Plunder, I wonder if you mean "Item I found on the WEB and bought"....

In which case it would be my original Grenadoe

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But if you mean "interesting places on the web" than I Can't say just one...

So (in no particular order)

Spanish Colonial Military Artifacts

The Salacious Historians Lair

The Costumer's Manifesto

Greg

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http://www.gentlemenoffortune.com/

Where you will find lots of information on building your authentic Pirate Impression!

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Ah, that's easy. I picked up a piece of clay pipe that was lying near Fort Charles in Port Royal. Just sitting there after 330 years. I like to think that some buccaneer was smoking it at the time of the great earthquake.

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I found a great book yest yesterday. It is a pyratical journal - much like a scrap book. The combination of notes, clippings, illustrations and even a bit of mystery all contribute to a simply wonderful coffee-table book. Check it out! (There is even a contest there that involves a little decoding of a treasure map!)

:)

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This is great. A clay pipe piece 330 years old and Grenadoe are great finds. I love the Pirateolgy book I got one for my birthday. I even spent the time to translate the map. Please keep them comming I am finding this thread very interesting.

Git up of your asses, set up those glasses I'm drinking this place dry.

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My wife has vetoed my intended purchase of the Skull Toilet Brush. The appropriate thing to say to this is "crap" but I have nothing to clean it up with.

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I, too, presumed you implied "What was the most interesting thing that you found and purchased?"

While I probably have a whole host of answers to this question, just two days ago I acquired a "Sailmaker's Palm" (essentially a thimble, but for pushing huge needles through impenetrable canvas). Here is a picture of one just like mine:

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Sure, this is certainly more nautical than purely piratical, and I have far more prized piratical possessions, but this certainly fulfills my own definition of "interesting."

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"He's a Pirate dancer, He dances for money, Any old dollar will do...

"He's a pirate dancer, His dances are funny... 'Cuz he's only got one shoe! Ahhrrr!"

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