Like Tree17Likes

Thread: Captain Morgan's sword and an Aquadive

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 16
  1. #1
    Member suddha's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Location
    Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Posts
    1,901

    Captain Morgan's sword and an Aquadive

    Spotted this on the Web today from the archaeological dive site of the purported wreck of Captain Morgan's fleet. This is one of the divers holding up a sword they discovered. Unmistakable watch on his wrist... I see a great marketing opportunity here for Aquadive and it could involve rum...

  2. #2
    Aquadive Moderator arutlosjr11's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Location
    77449
    Posts
    3,558
    Very, very cool. Great find!!!


    Sent from my iPhone



  3. #3
    Moderator subkrawler's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    United States
    Posts
    4,258

    Re: Captain Morgan's sword and an Aquadive

    Quote Originally Posted by suddha View Post
    Spotted this on the Web today from the archaeological dive site of the purported wreck of Captain Morgan's fleet. This is one of the divers holding up a sword they discovered. Unmistakable watch on his wrist... I see a great marketing opportunity here for Aquadive and it could involve rum...
    That's Fritz Hanselmann. I met him back in April at GUE headquarters, when Jason71 was there taking his Fundamentals course. See this thread:Global Underwater Explorers and Doxa

    Fritz works with James Delgado, of the Seahunters, and James hooked Fritz up with DOXA back in April of last year. More about Fritz here:Latest DOXA News

    I had heard that Fritz might be getting an Aquadive to test also, so it looks like Aquadive came through.

    As far as rum being involved...Captain Morgan Rum is a key sponsor of these expeditions.

    The following as added in by arutlosjr11 ***

    Check out these videos as well...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnXeBxEfn68

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnXeBxEfn68

    http://dsc.discovery.com/adventure/u...ics-video.html

    http://www.leeabbamonte.com/central-...in-morgan.html

    http://txstateu.wordpress.com/2012/0...eology-on-abc/

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCTne...r_embedded#%21

    and for those wanting to visit Fritz's FB page, here is the link...

    http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6846778
    Last edited by arutlosjr11; July 30th, 2012 at 17:28.
    Spring-Diver likes this.


    Have a nice day.

  4. #4
    Member PloProf Pimp's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Posts
    399

    Re: Captain Morgan's sword and an Aquadive

    Cool!! Any link to the site where the photo came from?
    For members who understand, no explanation is needed. For thread crappers who do not understand, no explanation is possible. Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything, but you can't help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs.

  5. #5
    Moderator subkrawler's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    United States
    Posts
    4,258

    Re: Captain Morgan's sword and an Aquadive

    Quote Originally Posted by PloProf Pimp View Post
    Cool!! Any link to the site where the photo came from?
    I don't know about a link, but I'll go one better. Fritz is a friend of mine, so I'll drop him an email and see if he'll stop by the forum with some first hand information. He's a member here, but if he's right in the middle of the expedition, it might take some time. Let me see what I can do.
    arutlosjr11 likes this.


    Have a nice day.

  6. #6
    Moderator Spring-Diver's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Location
    Southern California (OC)
    Posts
    2,946

    Re: Captain Morgan's sword and an Aquadive

    Thanks for sharing Suddah ..very cool photo indeed!!!


    Cheers
    Shannon
    Cheers
    Shannon


    My Seiko's

    SBDB001 SD600M, SBDX001 Marine Master, SBDX011 Emperor Tuna, SBBN011 Darth Tuna, S23611J1 Golden Tuna, H558-5009 Arnie,
    6105-8110 NOS, 6309-7049 NOS

    Aquadive: BS300 #39/500
    Aquadive: BS300 DLC #76/500

    Casio: ProTrek 2500-A1

    Want

    Aquadive BS300 GMT, Omega PloProf 1200m, Seiko SBGA029, SBDB005, SBDB008, SBBN015, Sinn U212 SDR, H2O Orca Diver, Orient OS300m

  7. #7
    Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Posts
    6

    Re: Captain Morgan's sword and an Aquadive

    Quote Originally Posted by subkrawler View Post
    That's Fritz Hanselmann. I met him back in April at GUE headquarters, when Jason71 was there taking his Fundamentals course. See this thread:Global Underwater Explorers and Doxa

    Fritz works with James Delgado, of the Seahunters, and James hooked Fritz up with DOXA back in April of last year. More about Fritz here:Latest DOXA News

    I had heard that Fritz might be getting an Aquadive to test also, so it looks like Aquadive came through.

    As far as rum being involved...Captain Morgan Rum is a key sponsor of these expeditions.
    Hey guys,

    Thanks for the e-mail Ty, great to hear from you! Yes, that is a 17th century sword covered in coralline concretions and I am wearing a BS300. I'm a huge fan of the watch and I have put it through some serious paces. I'm excited to see future Aquadive models! We will hopefully have a website in the coming months for those of you that want to follow this or other underwater archaeology projects and I'm wrapping up a documentary shoot with the Sundance Channel today in Panama City. If you're interested, check out Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight, tomorrow, and Thursday for separate 90 second clips on the project. Kimmel's sidekick Guillermo came down to Panama and paid me a visit....should be pretty funny...

    Cheers,

    Fritz

  8. #8
    Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Posts
    6

    Re: Captain Morgan's sword and an Aquadive

    Oh and the wreck is most likely Spanish, one that we found in our search for Morgan's lost ships!
    PloProf Pimp and Spring-Diver like this.

  9. #9
    Moderator subkrawler's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    United States
    Posts
    4,258

    Re: Captain Morgan's sword and an Aquadive

    Quote Originally Posted by Fritz307 View Post
    Hey guys,

    Thanks for the e-mail Ty, great to hear from you! Yes, that is a 17th century sword covered in coralline concretions and I am wearing a BS300. I'm a huge fan of the watch and I have put it through some serious paces. I'm excited to see future Aquadive models! We will hopefully have a website in the coming months for those of you that want to follow this or other underwater archaeology projects and I'm wrapping up a documentary shoot with the Sundance Channel today in Panama City. If you're interested, check out Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight, tomorrow, and Thursday for separate 90 second clips on the project. Kimmel's sidekick Guillermo came down to Panama and paid me a visit....should be pretty funny...

    Cheers,

    Fritz
    Thanks for checking in, and good to see you on the forum. I caught the Jimmy Kimmel part tonight...that was pretty good. The BS300 looked good too.

    Glad to know there's a documentary in the works, as I find this stuff super interesting. Also a website is a really great idea.

    I know you're wrapping up, and will have tons of info to process once you're back home, but if you get a chance to post some pics, that would be awesome!


    Have a nice day.

  10. #10
    Aquadive Moderator arutlosjr11's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Location
    77449
    Posts
    3,558

    Re: Captain Morgan's sword and an Aquadive

    New videos have been added. See the bottom of original post!
    Spring-Diver likes this.



Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •