Gold bars recovered in the 1930"s, 70 lbs+- average weight

[cuzcosquirrel]

Re: Gold bars recovered in the 1930"s, 70 lbs+- average weight

I was going to point this out earlier, and now clarify it. Cermeno only went down Drake's Bay to a couple of villages. A Spanish sword from 1600 is more likely an item the sailors who mutinied after the San Agustin was wrecked may have traded or discarded on their way walking back to Mexico.

 

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[ghostdog]

Re: Gold bars recovered in the 1930"s, 70 lbs+- average weight

Mariner,if this helps, author is Ben T. Traywick,published by Red Maries,1993. Besides the sword,he found a skull with a 70cal.bullet hole,and other items which are not described, as being English.His notes maps and sketches of the settlement,disappered with his death. If anyone out there is reading this,and has any knowledge of the supposed English settlement,please post it here.

 

[mariner]

Re: Gold bars recovered in the 1930"s, 70 lbs+- average weight

Cuzcosquirrel,

Thanks. I agree that Indian trading is the most likely way the sword would have travelled, but did not want to say so until I knew more about the circumstances in which it was found.

ghostdog,

I read a post on another forum by Ben Traywick, or maybe it was just a quote from his book. He says that Fish found English items that led him to draw that conclusion about a 1600 English settlement, but gives no details. He quotes him as finding some gold coins with dates of 1850. It doesn't sound too promising as a source of usable information.

In my time, I have tried tracking down dozens of statements like this, just for the sake of completeness, and they almost always lead nowhere.

Mariner