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A 17th Century Dutch merchantman discovered by accident was found in amazingly preserved condition. Fantastic photos! Here is a little of that story.
... it was to our great surprise when descending on a wreck at 85 meters depth, expecting to see an early WW1 minesweeper or a schooner sunk during WW2, we realized that we are looking at an almost completely preserved Dutch Fluit ship! She rests on even keel on the seabed, with most of her rigging scattered around her. There is only slight damage from a pelagic trawl. The trawl seems to have swept her from bow towards the aft, dislocating the stem, damaging the poop deck and the topmost part of the typical Fluit transom somewhat. Apart from these damages, the wreck is intact, holds are full, and all side planking is firmly in place. Even the damaged parts and components of the transom decorations, such as the “Hoekmen”, or the “Strongmen” may be found on the bottom behind the stern. Luckily, only very small bits of the trawl netting remain on the wreck...It is only in rare places around the world, including the Baltic Sea, where wooden wrecks can survive for centuries without being destroyed by chemical, biochemical and biological decaying processes. Due to low salinity, absolute darkness, and very low temperatures all year round these processes are very slow in the Baltic. Perhaps most importantly, wood boring organisms such as shipworm cannot live in such environment. Even in temperate seas, all wooden wrecks vanish in decades, unless buried in sediments.
That is a rare opportunity to see such an old ship in that kind of condition.
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I posted this link yesterday, but I think it was not working for a while, so I posted it again today.
It shows a closeup view of the surf pounding the front beach, picking up sand and rocks and moving those objects up and down the beach. Take a close look. It is under that pounding surf that a lot of things get picked up. It then depends upon a variety of factors how far they are moved and where they get dropped. I've discussed that many times in the past. I liked how this video shows how it happens.
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DJ visited Treasure Shores yesterday near low tide. Here is what he saw.
Treasure Shores Beach Near Low Tide Tuesday.
Photos by DJ.
Looks very mushy. Here is a closer look. Notice the small shells.
Object in Shelly Sand at Treasure Shores Beach Tuesday.
Photo by DJ.
DJ said there was a lot of the recent renourishment sand remaining.
DJ also pointed out that it looks like we'll get some sustained north winds on Monday.
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Very Busy Storm Map.
Source: nhc.noaa.gov
I guess Pensacola is getting drenched. I spent a lot of time there at the Navy base doing consulting back years ago and on my business trips got in some detecting at the beaches and some other inland places.
I remember the first gold and onyx ring I got in shallow water behind the Holiday Inn at Gulf Breeze, and many other detecting experiences in that area.
Source: MagicSeaWeed.com.
As you can see, next week we are supposed to have some bigger surf again. DJ pointed out that the predictions also show north winds Monday. Maybe that will improve conditions.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net