▁and ▁ 1 9 7 4 . ▁They ▁found ▁about ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁items , ▁which ▁were ▁depos ited ▁in ▁the ▁L er wick ▁Museum . ▁Because ▁of ▁lack ▁of ▁legal ▁protection ▁for ▁under water ▁historical ▁sites , ▁the ▁site ▁could ▁only ▁be ▁protected ▁from ▁lo oting ▁by ▁removing ▁all ▁the ▁artifact s , ▁so ▁further ▁exc av ations ▁were ▁planned . ▁To ▁some ▁extent ▁the ▁divers ▁had ▁to ▁improv ise ▁marine ▁arch ae ology ▁techniques ▁for ▁exc av ation ▁and ▁analysis . ▁▁ ▁When ▁the ▁items ▁known ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁salv aged ▁soon ▁after ▁the ▁w reck ▁are ▁counted ▁with ▁those ▁exc av ated ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁there ▁were ▁ 1 5 ▁can non , ▁ten ▁can non ▁balls , ▁large ▁quantities ▁of ▁mus ket ▁shot ▁and ▁scatter ▁shot , ▁and ▁various ▁m un itions ▁access ories . ▁There ▁were ▁s ails , ▁rig ging , ▁ 1 0 ▁anch ors , ▁ball ast ▁br icks , ▁iron , ▁lead ▁and ▁n ails . ▁There ▁were ▁three ▁navigation ▁instruments , ▁ 6 1 ▁co ins ▁and ▁ 3 5 ▁pieces ▁of ▁j ew el ry . ▁Vari ous ▁personal ▁items ▁were ▁found ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁qu ills , ▁writing ▁paper ▁and ▁about ▁ 1 5 0 ▁cl ay ▁to b acco ▁pip es . ▁Vari ous ▁different ▁pipe ▁styles ▁were ▁found . ▁The ▁" EB " ▁cl ay ▁pip es ▁were ▁made ▁by ▁Edu ard ▁Bird ▁( c .