2008 North East Florida Symposium on Maritime Archaeology

[barney]

Some of the talks might be of interest to list members...admission is free.

http://www.staugustinelighthouse.com/lamp_symposium.php

Cheers,
Mike

 

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[Dinkydick]

Any of you ARRG guys planning on going?

Dinkydick

 

[ScubaDude]

I'd love to, I may be down that direction for some other stuff.

Dick, did you make it to N.O. for Underwater Intervention this year?

 

[Dinkydick]

Brad,

Negative I even gave my four free tickets to a friend of mine and
he didn't go either. Maybe next year. I did go to the one last year.
Wasn't too impressed as it appeared a lot smaller.

Let me know if you are going to go. Tom said he wants to go
Wednesday for the 1715 stuff.

Dinkydick

 

[rgecy]

I was considering coming for Wed and Thursday.

Robert

 

[ivan salis]

humm --- the topic is "the trouble with treasure hunters" --- that doesn't sound very inviting to me -- but its good to go into the enemy camp to see what hes up to and despell the rumors that we all a bunch of dynamite the wrecks to get at the gold types --like they often paint us to be.

 

[Darren in NC]

So did anyone go?

A small quote...
At least five of the shipwrecks remain to be discovered; who will find and excavate the next 1715 shipwreck, treasure hunters or archaeologists, and what is best for the people of Florida?

So sad. I wonder if the people of Florida (much less archaeologists) would even have the wealth of knowledge we have on Spanish maritime commerce had it not been for Art McKee, Kip Wagner, and Mel Fisher.

And at least five vessels are missing? I don't think so. It's not likely that there's more than three.

 

[Chagy]

If you ask me, Id say only one has not been found

 

[mad4wrecks]

That estimate of 5 shipwrecks still missing from the 1715 is probably based on something Chagy brought up earlier.....ballast piles.

The criteria often used (I know the state sometimes uses it) to determine you have discovered the site of a shipwrecked wooden sailing vessel is the presence of a ballast pile. Cabin, Corrigans, Rio Mar, Pepper Park and Douglas Beach are the only definite ballast piles associated with the 1715 fleet.

 

[Chagy]

If you ask me, Id say only one has not been found

Sorry..... I will correct my self....2 have not been found