Hunting the 1715 Plate Fleet

Del . There are definitely two ships that wrecked close to the inlet . I don't know about a third one . 1)  All the coins that were found were located South of the inlet . 2)  The current in the channel runs South to North .  Taking these two things in consideration I did a test . In a big sandbox I mounted a nozzle that created a nice flow over the sand  . I noticed that coins that were laying flat were raised by the current ( the current running faster over the coin , and being stable under the coin ) . The action was just as the wind over a  airplane wing  . The coins started to tumble and moved with the current . If this happened  at the inlet the coins were moved from the South to the North .  These coins certainly would not move against the current . So I think that there is one ship ( the Archangel ) to the North of the inlet of which the debris trail should be North of the inlet , coming from the North- East , and one wreck to the South-East giving us the source of the coins found todate . A search toward the South East should give us more info on a possible wrecksite . I would look around the 10 fathom line .   Regards  Cornelius

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I posted some pertinent information on this net ( about the Jupiter wrecks ) . I was amazed to find this info deleted . Why ? Is there somebody on this net that wanted to suppress this info to become known to all the members ? I do not like this at all .   Cornelius

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going to post a new thread --about the san miguel de excelsis --- a renamed english "balandra class " prize vessel -- taken by echeverz * ---this is most likely the vessel spoke of in "the funnel of gold" --where the english capt invoked the name of the english governor of jamacia as being a 25% owner of the vessel in a attempt to avoid it being "taken" --the ploy failed --it was taken anyway --but now the spanish were alerted that the govenor of jamacia (lord hamilton) hands were "dirty" ---  and farther checking by the spanish later on showed he was fiscally backing the "spanish silver camp" raiding english pirates * and giving them safe haven .---hamilton was a scottish faction placed offical --and as such wanted "bonny prince charles of scotland " on the throne of england .--- so he was a "backer" of him --if the english faction took over the throne they would "appoint" a "new man" as govenor of jamacia in due course.--- scotland lost --hamilton was reall as govenor to be tried for treason but after a trail by his "peers" (other lords) was aquitted and married well and lived out the rest of his life in basic peace.--- hamilton was very tight with the scottish loyalist and pirate silver raider henry jennings *--- after royal pardons were issued jennings became a farmer but in 1745 when the 2nd scottish revolt occured --jenning tired of the dull life set sail again --this time around however he was caught by the spanish and killed.



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That barge is the  ,, polly -something ,, . This barge should be used over a known wreck . Since the Jupiter inlet does not have a positive  wreck location ,  the barge is of no use . Unless you want to pick-up some coins and then relocate the barge over some more possible coin finds . Looks not very efficient to me . Just my thoughts though .   Cornelius

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Isn't the Polly-L a suction dredge? I kind of saw some pictures a year ago that gave me the impression it was. Or is it a water blower which can blow sand away on the bottom? Good luck out there.

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