Canon pic from the San Pedro! Very Cool

[Larsmed]

Hey guys

if you are into cannons from Spanish treasure flotilla, check out this
excellent cannon pic! Also guys if you click next at the bottom of the page, you will be able to see more Florida shipwrecks!

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/flshipwrecks/ped.HTM

 

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[Bill]

Larsmed, that is a very cool picture of a concrete cannon. However, on my last dive on the San Pedro, I recovered a spoon about eighteen inches deep, slightly covered with coral. After cleaning, I revealed a stamp mark on the back of the handle.
MADE IN CHINA............. An earlier salvor had lost his eating ware.

 

[Larsmed]

Bill

haha go figure! I can imagine the salvors leave other things too , like maybe a metal detector! ..only dreaming..llol....Hope you and everyone else enjoys the pics and the history!

 

[mad4wrecks]

With all of the iron cannon available in Florida, does it make sense that the states uses fake, concrete ones on these archaeological sites?

They actually removed a few iron cannon from the 1715 fleet wrecks and moved them down to the keys (Pennekamp maybe?) and replaced them with concrete ones, like on the Urca De Lima site.

 

[rgecy]

Tom,

I think they removed the cannon and replaced them with concrete ones to keep the misfits from steeling them to sell.

Robert

 

[FISHEYE]

If you like looking at fake artifacts.just go to the state owned mclarty museum in sebastian.everything in there is fake.an they even charge $2.00 to see it!

 

[Larsmed]

For those who are interested in history, the website I have provided is an excellent tool. Hmm fake cannons, I do not know. Maybe one of you guys who seem to know that the artifacts from the website are fake, can actually get the information about the artifact from the site to post..

HH

 

[mad4wrecks]

Dear Doubting Larsmed

Here is the 'fake cannon' documentation support you desired:

San Pedro's ballast mound is located in a sand pocket surrounded by grass in 18 feet of water. The wrecksite is ringed with six mooring buoys that encourage visitation and protect the site from anchor damage. Seven replica cannons and a contemporary anchor were placed on the site to provide visitors with a visual representation of the shipwreck as it appeared before being disturbed.

http://www.flheritage.com/archaeology/underwater/galleontrail/ShipwreckPages/shipwreckHome.htm

 

[Peg Leg]

Talking about cannons have you been to St Augustine and seen all the old rusty canons being used as fence post or property markers. These I believe came from the fort.
The whole town is covered with them.
I was there this past year with some friends who wanted to see the Fort. When the have finished one of the guys walked in the moat and found a pottery sherd. I made him drop it and get out of there. Then I explained what could happen if a Ranger saw him pick up this piece of pottery. They were dumd founded.
Peg Leg