article_snippet: About 400 artifacts have been brought up by divers in the initial stage of the recovery of the CSS Georgia, which must be moved for a deepening of the shipping channel.
article_snippet: Much of it is is detritus of the wreck: small iron plates, nails and spikes.
article_snippet: A previous salvage effort and damage from dredging displaced some of the artifacts.
article_snippet: Archaeologists have the challenge of preserving portions of the CSS Georgia through chemical and other means, making her iron stable
article_snippet: Georgia Georgia is corroded, and archaeologists are gauging the integrity of each piece for conservation.
article_snippet: While salvage operations soon after the Civil War removed a lot of iron from the site, there's a chance personal items survive, especially if  personal items are below the sediment line and protected from the ravages of oxygen.