The secrets behind the world’s largest “tomb” of antiquities

The Detroit River has been forgotten by many people and has become a “graveyard” burying valuable historical items in the land of red maples in Canada.

The Detroit River, which stretches nearly 45km from Lake St.Clair to Lake Erie, serves as a natural border between the United States and Canada. It also divides the downtown areas of the major cities of Detroit, Michigan, USA, and Windsor, Ontario, Canada, into two separate areas.

As a result, the riverbed has unintentionally become a giant “grave” dedicated to forgotten items: From a few hundred-year-old cannons to a series of cars dumped by criminals,… all have been sleeping in one place for centuries without being fully recovered.

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The Detroit River serves to divide the central areas of two major cities: Detroit, Michigan, USA, and Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

On the American side, people are not allowed to dive down the 10-mile stretch of the river; only police divers are legally allowed to do so. On the Canadian side, even the authorities do not have the right to search for forgotten items.

” Because the river water is quite murky, they often have to dig deep into the riverbed and spend hours searching before they can reach those valuable items ,” said Mr. Alexander, a local resident.

A stolen wartime memorial statue is pulled from the riverbed.

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Because the river water is quite murky, divers often have to dive deep into the riverbed and use their hands to grope around in search of these items of practical or historical value.

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A vintage car is being salvaged after years of sleeping at the bottom of a cold river.

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Several 18th-century cannon barrels rest peacefully in the Detroit Riverbed.

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A gun barrel was salvaged from the riverbed, restored, and put on display in a museum. To date, 17 gun barrels have been found.

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Police found hundreds of guns of all kinds at the bottom of the river, from antique guns to modern guns.

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Many of the items found at the bottom of the river are evidence in the case, so Detroit police strictly prohibit people from diving into the river without permission.

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The process of recovering the car’s body from the shore was quite difficult.

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A major salvage operation can find dozens of wrecks of various types of cars.

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The recovered items will be examined by the police and assessed for any possible connection to a crime.

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Old glass bottles found at the bottom of the river.

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An antique wagon wheel was salvaged from the bottom of the Detroit River.

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A new pistol was found under thick mud.

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