A hundred-year-old dugout boat revealed after Hurricane Irma

A resident of Florida, USA, suddenly discovered a hundred-year-old wooden boat discovered after Irma swept.

Randy Lathrop, a resident of Florida, shared a 4.5 meter screen of a solo boat on personal Facebook on September 11, according to IFL Science. The boat is pulled up by Irma storm from the water and is likely to date for hundreds of years.

"I saw the boat before it was collected with hundreds of fragments and dumped into the landfill," Lathrop said.

The unique wooden boat was discovered after Hurricane Irma.

Lathrop found the boat aground by the Indian River north of Cocoa City, Florida. The researchers plan to use carbon isotope methods to accurately determine the date of the boat.

According to Lathrop, the hull can weigh about 320 - 450kg and has been underwater for many years."It looks exactly like a log. My main concern is to make sure the boat doesn't get further damaged," Lathrop said.

The single boat has a rectangular shape with square iron nails, which can be born in the 18th century. According to the Florida Historical Resources Agency, the structure of the boat is quite unusual.

"In general, the shape of the boat and the existence of the rivet indicate that this is not a boat before the modern times. In other words, it dates up to several hundred years and at least a few decades. " , representatives of Florida Historical Resources Agency said.

More than 400 ancient dugout boats were found in Florida. The newly discovered boat is owned by the state and, if confirmed as an artifact, it will be preserved and displayed locally.