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A micro-CT scan cracked the code ANCE on a brass lock from an English ship that sank off Wales in 1583

Four letters, ANCE, open a brass combination lock recovered from the Ann Frances, an English merchant ship that sank off ...
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X-Ray Scans Crack Four-Letter Code on 1583 Shipwreck Padlock

Researchers used micro-CT scans to find the code ANCE and open a brass lock from the Ann Francis, wrecked off Wales in 1583.
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Researchers unlock 443-year-old brass lock from Welsh shipwreck

Scientists have used advanced CT scanning technology to decipher the four-letter combination of a brass lock recovered from a ...

In 1583, a ship returning from Spain wrecked off Wales; 443 years later, scientists used CT scans to crack the four-letter code of its brass combination lock without damaging ...

A ship returning from Spain was caught in a violent storm and wrecked off the coast of Wales in 1583. Among the objects recovered from the wreck was a brass combination lock that remained closed for ...

How to Open a 4-Digit Dial Lock When You Forget the Combination: A Guide to When to Call a Professional

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Scientists Used CT and Finally Opened a 400-Year-Old Lock From a Welsh Shipwreck

Even long before Hughes came across the lucky find, the padlock had already kept its secret for more than four centuries. It ...

400-year-old padlock discovered in shipwreck off Wales finally opened

Researchers used CT scans to crack a 400-year-old code and open a mysterious padlock that washed up in Wales with the Ann ...

A Smugglers’ Padlock Stayed Locked for 400 Years—and Scientists Just Cracked Its Code

On the evening of December 28, 1583, the merchant ship Ann Francis was caught in a storm and wrecked near Port Talbot, Wales. The ship carried gold and silver coins, compasses, weapons, and ...
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Researchers Crack Secret 400-Year-Old Code to Unlock Padlock Discovered in Ancient Shipwreck

Researchers in Wales have cracked the four-letter code on a 400-year-old padlock from the 1583 ‘Ann Francis’ shipwreck to ...

The 800-year-old box opened with letters, not numbers. — Locks without keys | Passwords and keys ②

Turn the small combination lock on a suitcase. Turn the large dial on a safe, to the right, to the left. If you align the ...
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The code lock from the 16th-century ship cracked – after more than 400 years

Ett mässingslås från skeppet Ann Francis, som förliste vid Wales 1583, har knäckts med datortomografi. Koden blev ANCE – men ...