This does not mean that McKee, who has found more than $ 3,000 in silver on a single site, has ever, or will ever, step over an ingot to pick up
a pewter inkwell.
In eight years, from 17 ancient wrecks, McKee has brought up 40 tons: a 17 - foot, 2 1/2 - ton anchor; 18 cannons; over 400 cannonballs; flintlocks, pistols and swords; gold doubloons; silver pieces - of - eight; wine - jug, rum - bottle and china - plate fragments; tackle blocks;
pewter plates and cups; belt and shoe buckles and worn boot heels; cutlery,
inkwells, figurines and religious medals; copper and silver ingots; a ton of lead; gold rings, earrings and brooches; human teeth, beef bones and elephant tusks.