The wreckage of Lake Michigan, named F.J. King, has haunted the spirits of the wreckers for decades. This 44-metre wooden three-mast had sank in 1886 during a storm, loaded with iron ore. Several generations of divers and historians had tried to find it, in vain. In June 2025, a team of twenty volunteers from the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association located it in just two hours, thanks to a method as simple as efficient. The wreckage of …
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The wreckage of Lake Michigan, named F.J. King, has haunted the spirits of the wreckers for decades. This 44-metre wooden three-mast had sank in 1886 during a storm, loaded with iron ore. Several generations of divers and historians had tried to find it, in vain. In June 2025, a team of twenty volunteers from the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association located it in just two hours, thanks to a method as simple as efficient. The wreckage of …