Hello All
near Punta Santa Elena
This wreck, salvaged periodically in the late 20Th century, typically yielded portrait (bust) 8 reales from Lima, Peru.
More recent work by divers in 2001 brought up a handful of small silver cobs of the mid- to late 1700s mostly from the Potosí mint. These were mostlikely from a small, private purse? There was nearly 2 million pesos of registered silver and gold cargo aboard the Leocadia when she departed Paita, Peru, bound for Panama in a convoy of merchant vessels.
On November 16, 1800, the Leocadia struck a shoal and broke apart 100 yards from the beach at Punta Santa Elena. Within the next year the Spanish salvaged about 90% of the registered treasure. There is still to this day 200,000 pesos (not to mention the expected contraband) behind to tempt divers in our time. Judging from the scarcity of coins from this ship on the open market, it is reasonable to assume that many more are still to be found.
It might be a tempting dive for adventurer to dive down in Ecuador?
Interesting enough the nearby island was known as isle de plata in drakes time which might be of interest?
Hardluck
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