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Colombia's government on Friday announced an expedition to remove items of "incalculable value" from the wreck of the legendary San Jose galleon, which sank in 1708 while laden with gold, silver and emeralds estimated to be worth billions of dollars. The 316-year-old wreck, often called the "holy grail" of shipwrecks, has been controversial, because it is both an archaeological and economic treasure...
Spain insists that the bounty is theirs since it was aboard a Spanish ship, while Bolivia's Qhara Qhara nation says it should get the treasures as the Spanish forced the community's people to mine the precious metals...
Here is the link for more about that.
Thanks to DJ and William K. for that link..
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Careening.
The ship was grounded broadside on a steep beach or, in dockyards, moored at a permanent facility for careening known as a careening wharf. A beach favoured for careening was called a careenage.The vessel was then pulled over with tackles from the mastheads to strong-points on the shore. If this was being done on a beach, then the ship's guns might be moved to the shore and used as anchoring points. However a careening wharf in a dockyard was preferred as it would have been equipped with the capstans and rope tackle necessary for hauling over the ship. The ship would have been lightened beforehand by removing all stores and a careening wharf would have had large sheds available to protect them from weather and theft. With one side of the ship raised out of the water, maintenance work would be carried out. Then the ship would be floated off and the process repeated on the other side.
A diagram of careening, from the
Lärobok i sjömanskap (Textbook
of Seamanship) by Wbilhelm Linder,
1896.
While a competent crew could careen their ship without outside assistance, it was a laborious task. In early-1843, HMS Formidable was careened at Malta Dockyard to carry out repairs after the ship had grounded a few weeks earlier. An account of the work done notes that every movable item on the ship had to be taken off. Additional structural reinforcements had to be installed in the hull and all the masts and rigging removed except for the lowest parts. The lower gun ports were sealed, reinforced and made water-tight. Also a large number of thick, timber outriggers were installed; these were up to two feet (61 cm) across and 40 feet (12 m) long. The ship was pulled-over by ropes wound around three capstans; each was turned by 120 men...
While a competent crew could careen their ship without outside assistance, it was a laborious task. In early-1843, HMS Formidable was careened at Malta Dockyard to carry out repairs after the ship had grounded a few weeks earlier. An account of the work done notes that every movable item on the ship had to be taken off. Additional structural reinforcements had to be installed in the hull and all the masts and rigging removed except for the lowest parts. The lower gun ports were sealed, reinforced and made water-tight. Also a large number of thick, timber outriggers were installed; these were up to two feet (61 cm) across and 40 feet (12 m) long. The ship was pulled-over by ropes wound around three capstans; each was turned by 120 men...
Source: Wikipedia.
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Yesterday I went on a little walk and picked up some bottles, but nothing great.
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| Two Brown Embossed Capodine Bottles, Two Corkers with No Embossing, and One Marble Find. |
I already had a cork-top Capudine bottle, which I presume is older. I previously posted it in TGBottleBarn.
These bottles have the circled A maker's mark on the bottom. Here are those marks from SHA.org.
I would guess these bottles are not as old as 1913, so it would probably be the Armstrong Cork Co.
I would also guess the bottle below shows the unembossed side where the label would be affixed.
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| Source: Hicks Capudine Liquid | Smithsonian Institution (si.edu) |
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Yesterday I posted some finds from Mark G. and asked if you could figure out where they were found. I said it was an area where people don't detect very often. I'll give you one more day to look at that to see if you can get the answer before I give it to you.
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The next three days are supposed to have a surf of only one or two feet.
Good hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net