Watch List notes:

Wooden sailmaker's fid, intact and well preserved, ex-HMS Colossus (1798). 207 grams, 10" long. Simple tool consisting of a solid conical length of dark wood ending in a point, easily fitting into the palm of the hand to unwind strands of rope onboard ships, age-split but intact, with a letter stating that the salvor "personally discovered the stern area of this wreck on 5th May 1999." From HMS Colossus (1798), with original (hand written) letter from the salvor who recovered it (Todd Stevens).
($200-300)