Delaware in July
In July 2006, IMH will conduct an underwater reconnaissance of the historic harbor area at New Castle, Delaware.
We will work daily from Sunday, 16 July, through Saturday, 22 July, using our dive boat Roper, and a 14-foot skiff, and perhaps other vessels. We will employ various search methods, including sidescan sonar, divers, perhaps probing or excavation (if directed by the State), and perhaps a magnetometer, metal detector, sub-bottom profiler, and ground penetrating radar (if we can the obtain the use of that equipment). En route to and from New Castle we will also sidescan the area around Pea Patch Island to supplement the work we did there in November 2005.
We have also invited diving and non-diving members of the Archaeological Society of Delaware, the Delaware Marine Archaeological Society, the Maritime Archaeological and Historical Society, and the New Castle Historical Society, to join us on the project. Space aboard the vessels is limited, so an early commitment will be appreciated. Interested individuals please contact david.howe@maritimehistory.org for details.