Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| Source: See Popular-Archaeology link below. |
When the primary cultural deposit – the motherlode – of the 1622 fleet galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha was discovered by divers working for treasure hunter Mel Fisher near Key West, Florida in 1985, among its riches was a vast cargo of silver coins the likes of which had never before been seen. The discovery also delivered a bombshell surprise of evidence for historians: confirmation that hand-struck silver coins were produced in the Nuevo Reino de Granada – today’s Colombia – as early as 1621, a fact that some had suspected, but none had proof to substantiate.
This year, from December 1 to December 5, 2021, 400 years after the conflict-ridden establishment of minting houses in both Cartagena and Santa Fe de Bogota, coin experts and history enthusiasts from all over the world – including six from Florida – will gather in Colombia’s romantic seaport city for “Cartagena MMXXI – the 3rd International Convention of Historians and Numismatists” where they will examine and celebrate this fascinating point in time along with other key moments in numismatic history...
Here is the link for more about that.
400-year-old twist of fate uniting Cartagena, Colombia, and Florida Keys history to be celebrated – Popular Archeology (popular-archaeology.com)
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Photographs take of the Seagrape Trail area by DJ Tuesday Morning.
JamminJack was out Tuesday too. Here is what he said.
More easterly and enough wind to keep the water up on the beach. Low was at 11:30am, and looked like mid tide.
The conglomerate is probably from a sea bag. This is what my machine pick up when sand is lower. Hot rock, but pull machine few inches and hit not as strong. Could be old concrete with a rebar in it. The washer, and nails is plentiful, but I would dig because the non ferrous object was acting like iron...
And here are some of the things he dug.
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Just when I started to think the Oak Island TV show was becoming a little more reasonable, I hear a lot of baloney. So now the show is looking even more hoaky or dishonest than ever before.
Here is just one example. Recently, while channel surfing I saw a few minutes of the show. A round stone is found. Immediately the round stone is interpreted as being a cannon ball that was shot onto the island from a ship's cannon. So after a few minutes I could hardly bear to watch any more. Could the round stone not be a Native American healing stone? Or NA sling shot? Or game piece? Are there no other reasonable possibilities? Of course there are if you take just a minute to actually think. Instead of interpreting the evidence from a conclusion, let the evidence lead you to a conclusion, and consider and test alternative interpretations.
If you have a dock and road, why does it have to be that the dock and road were used to unload treasure to be buried on the island? Roads go both ways. Could it be, as they so famously say, for harvesting lumber, tar, pigs or whatever. I appreciate the more reasonable approach of the archaeologists. Too bad there is so much of the absurd stuff, which if intentional, is dishonesty. The show could actually be watchable.
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Fort Pierce Surf Predictions.
Source: MagicSeaWeed.com |
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| Sebastian Inlet Predictions. |
The predictions have been fluctuating. The last time I looked Fort Pierce had up to nine feet predicted. That has come down some. Hope it doesn't decrease any more.
Happy Hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
