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What we're hoping to see today is a ship that was identified first from an oil and gas industry survey back in 2002.

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We have made several attempts to try and identify what this might be and so far, this is going to be our absolutely best chance.

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But I think the switch from Roman numbers is before 1825, in terms of a construction date.

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What's interesting to note about this is you can see the number 12 buried, indicating that there's a lot more hull underneath the sediment.

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It looks like she was built for comfort, not speed.

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Not built for speed is correct. I've looked at a lot of the wooden wrecks from the 19th century here in the Gulf of Mexico

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and of all the construction, this is probably the heaviest I've seen.

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Likely a merchant vessel.

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Because of the copper sheathing, it was not a coasting vessel, but more would travel the open ocean.

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I think you're looking at something 1830ish.

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That would certainly, in the Gulf of Mexico, would have taken place at the height of the cotton trade.

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It's a period that we have not seen other wrecks in the Gulf, so this is unique.

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This is literally a dream come true here.