"Artifacts of 2nd Hawaiian King Recovered" Topic

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Editor in Chief Bill	13 Apr 2015 8:31 p.m. PST
A museum in Hawaii is preparing to open a treasure-trove of artifacts from the shipwreck of a royal yacht sunk off the coast of Kauai 191 years ago. Richard Rogers, a Hawaii shipwreck chaser, worked with scientists from the Smithsonian Institution to dredge up the findings from the ship owned by King Kamehameha II, aka Liholiho, the second king of Hawaii. "We found gold, silver, Hawaiian poi pounders, gemstones, a boat whistle, knives, forks, mica, things from all over the world, high- and low-end European stuff. Every bit of it is royal treasure," Rogers said…. link
dBerczerk	14 Apr 2015 10:54 a.m. PST
……poi pounders. I have got to get me one of those!

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