Just realized the 'sunken treasure' I spotted off Key West was actually a 1970s washing machine.

I was on a hull inspection job last Tuesday and nearly called the boss over the comms before I got close enough to see the agitator, which honestly made the whole dive funnier.

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zarat374mo ago

That's actually kind of sad, a piece of history lost. Old appliances tell a story about how people lived back then. Should have left it as a mystery.

the_sage4mo ago

Ugh, I feel that. I once threw out a weird old toaster that could only cook one side of the bread at a time. My own personal history is now just a mystery about why I ate so many warm, floppy slices.

fisher.jessica4mo ago

Know the feeling, got excited about a "shipwreck" near Catalina that turned out to be a stack of old tires. That slow realization just kills the buzz.

craig.olivia1mo ago

That thing about "a piece of history lost" is where I gotta disagree. Sometimes a washing machine is just a washing machine, you know? Not everything has to be some deep story about the past, sometimes it's just garbage someone dumped in the ocean.