10/27/22 Report - 17th Century Shipwreck Identified. Copper Ingots Found On Atocha Site. Gold Escudo Might Look Cast, But Not.

 

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Sister Ship To the Vasa Found.
Source: See the Guardian link below.

Swedish maritime archaeologists have discovered the long-lost sister ship of the 17th-century warship Vasa, which sank on its maiden voyage, the Swedish Museum of Wrecks has said.

Launched in 1629, Äpplet (the Apple) was built by the same shipbuilder as the famed 69-metre Vasa, which was carrying 64 cannons when it sank on its maiden voyage outside Beckholmen, in the capital, Stockholm.

“Our pulses raced when we saw how similar the wreck was to Vasa,” said Jim Hansson, a maritime archaeologist at the museum...

Here is the link for moe about that.

Swedish archaeologists find 17th-century warship | Sweden | The Guardian

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The Atocha carried more than silver and gold. It also carried copper ingots. The Fisher organization recently reported that the copper was stored near the stern, immediately behind the mainmast. The silver bars and coin chests were just forward of the mainmast.

According to archeologist Corey Malcolm, the copper ingots were being shipped in the Atocha’s lower hold, in a distinct cluster beside the silver bars.

Several years ago, a 60-pound copper ingot was found, which was only a small portion of the 30,000 pounds that were loaded on the Atocha in Havana.

The copper, mined in Cuba, was being taken to Sapin for the manufacture or bronze cannons.

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

There is a little activity out there that can send us a little bigger surf, and we are still getting some pretty high tides.

Here are the magicseaweed.com surf predictions.

Unfortunately, it is down a foot or two from the recent predictions.

Good hunting,

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