According to Postal newspaper, Gonçalo Lopes, leader of the CNANS team, told TSF that "The pulleys come from the eighteenth century, not only because of its size, typology but also some other characteristics. Therefore, and taking into account the material of the pulleys, it is very possible that this site is a shipwreck site, but this is all on a very hypothetical level because we only have the pulleys at the moment yet."

"These pieces, namely the five bronze pulleys, a lead stump, and a Roman anchor need to be rescued as soon as possible because firstly, they are in danger of theft due to their market value but also in the came of the stump, it was in a recreational diving area", says Gonçalo Lopes.

There is also a part of an anchor that is still at sea because the weather conditions did not allow the rescue. "It marks us more or less between the fourth century B.C. and the second century A.D. That's what we can say for now."

Sonar was made available by Norwegian colleagues to scan the seabed. Norwegian is also a ship sunk by a German U-boat during World War I.

A Norwegian researcher explains, "It's fascinating to see how the image of the boat sticks strongly on the screen as we pass the sonar and know that it contains more than a hundred years of history. We read about it, but then we see its remnants and it shakes us and it moves us."

Gonçalo Lopes wants to try to recover the rest of the artefacts next week. "In principle, we will try, next week, to come here for a day or two at most to try to make the other recoveries. Obviously, everything is still a little uncertain, even according to the weather itself, but there is this need because, in fact, they are pieces that are at risk of disappearing."

According to TSF, "the archaeological findings will now go to CNANS, in Lisbon and then should be exhibited in a museum in Lagos".