OTHER OBJECTS FOUND
A primitive shelf which served as the Hunley's dashboard which was notched for a depth gauge to fit behind it.
A compass box and oil can on a shelf where it is believed a candle was located.
Three pocket knives, one belonging to Lt. Dixon that looked like silver but actually was a nickel and copper alloy. Dixon did not engrave his name on it as he did with most of his possessions.
A silk bandanna was on James Wick's neck. He was one of the oldest crewmen. Silk is one of the few surviving textiles from the wreck because it is the strongest of cloth fibers. Cotton can degrade in a week.
However, the knot, probably tied by Wick, can not be untied. The color of it also can't be determined, but it was probably a vegetable die which washes out. The orange tint on it probably came from the oxidizing of the ship's iron hull.
Always Interested in This Kind of Stuff. --B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
