In 1838 , the luxury steamshipPulaskisank off the coast of North Carolina while sweep from Charleston to Baltimore , involve one-half of the 200 souls on card with it to the bottom of the Atlantic .
Thanks to the very nature of the ship , those on board were some of the richest , most influential people in America , include Congressmen , bankers , and businessman , and when it fall off , a draw of their wealthiness sank with it .
In January of this year , divers fromBlue Water Ventures Internationaland the Endurance Exploration Group discovered what they believed to be the crash of thePulaskiaround 64 kilometer ( 40 mile ) off the coast of North Carolina , and many of the exciting finds – including gold and silver medal coins , silverware , and atomic number 79 jewellery – support this .
One of the most fascinating find is a solid gold pocket watch that eerily stopped , freeze in time , at 11.05pm – 5 hour after eye - witness accounts say the ship dip on June 14 , 1838 .
“ We were dismayed . It ’s very strange to see an artefact with that kind of notion of a historical moment when a ship sank , ” order Max Spiegel of Certified Collectables Group , who is handle the saving ofPulaskiartifacts , report theCharlotte Observer .
“ opine about how fragile the lookout ’s hand are , yet they survived in that accurate position . It ’s one of the most exciting find we ’ve handled , and we ’ve done a half dozen shipwrecks . ”
Reportedly the ship only contract between 45 minutes and an time of day to go down . The extravagant nature of thePulaskiand the unretentive metre it get hold of to sink drew obvious parallels with another famous tragic ship , and it is often referred to as the “ Titanicof its time ” .
The divers found the wreck 35 meters ( 115 feet ) down , and 16 kilometers ( 10 miles ) further out than it was consider to have sunk , as suggested by anarticle in the Wilmington Advertiserdated June 18 , 1838 . The riches of coins dated to the meter , plus the ship ’s anchor and two item that have the namePulaskiengraved on them hasconfirmed the ship ’s identity , although the ship ’s bell , which is normally used to confirm a wreck ’s identity operator , has yet to be found .
It also lines up with attestant accounts from the subsister that say the ship went down at around 11 necropsy that night , after the ship ’s starboard kettle exploded .
So far , the riches found – which include 150 coin , gold necklace , and ornate silver pots , as well as keys , thimble , and a mysterious boxwood that has yet to be open – are remember to be worth C of thousands of dollar mark today .
Hopefully , continued excavation will shake off more Inner Light on what happened that calamitous night 180 year ago almost to the week .
