9/30/24 Report - Attempt to Salvage Spanish Ship in 1920s Described in Old Newspaper Along With Other Fort Pierce News. Post Helene News.

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Source: wptv.com (see link below).

Powerful waves from Hurricane Helene leave lasting impact on Treasure Coast
'The sand was just blowing everywhere. The rip currents and stuff, it was scary,' Erica Lemaster says

Mongelas said he saw up to 6-foot waves and multiple rip currents as Helene moved across Florida Thursday, and said his crews were out warning beach-goers of the double red flag warning...

Below is the link for more about that.

Source: 'Crazy stuff': Powerful waves from Helene leave lasting impact on Treasure Coast (wptv.com)

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The Nov. 24, 1941 Fort Lauderdale newspaper described a failed attempt conducted in the late 1920s to recover the treasure of a Spanish ship that sank in 1786 off of the Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse. 

I didn't go back to verify any of the details given in the story but do know that Spanish treasure coins were found around the Pompano pier as well as north to the lighthouse.  I also know that Keven Reilly and his buddies were removed from the lighthouse property by the police when they attempted to metal detect there.  (Kevin is now deceased.}

I found the description of the salvage techniques interesting, with some exxceptions, not being much different than those used decades later.

Notice also the mention of another ship seemingly from the same fleet being described in the 1940s as visible in the Fort Pierce area.

Anyhow, here is the story that you can read for yourselves. 

I do know of silver treasure coins found by detectorists in the area of the Pompano Pier and north to the inlet.

Also notice the small story at the end of the treasure story about steamship shipping from Fort Pierce being suspended.

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

There is a lot of activity on the map.  The yellow x down by Central America is too close to the same area that spawned Helene and another storm - was it Gordon?  We can't afford to have another like Helene, which did extensive damage all the way up to North Carolina and Virginia.  Property insurance is already ridiculously high.  This won't help.  Keep watching that.

Also do what you can to help those many people who suffered so much damage from Helene.

Source: SurfGuru.com.

So the surf is down for a while, but we are going to have some really high tides.

Good hunting,

TtreasureGuide@comcast.net