live update from jupiter with seahunter

[SEAHUNTER]

Hello Bigcypresshunter
I have not found any spikes, but yesterday Bigkid4 told me of finding lots of spikes in closer to shore several years ago when he was working the shallow areas. This summer when the seas lay down we are going to try and get closer where Bigkid4 had done some right before the end of his last season. Then maybe we will find some wood.


Capt_t
Looking forward to meeting you and your son and diving with you.
Seahunter

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

It makes a person tingle all over thinking that the bulk of the ship is out there somewhere, but just hasnt been found yet. I believe you, Seahunter, are the person persistant enough to find it. You certainly deserve it. Good Luck.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

It would seem to me that there should be a lot of lead sheathing down there somewhere along with the nails.

 

[bigkid4]

Scott I thought I might see you out there today, good luck. If I was home I would swim out but it is a long swim from Wilmington N. C. to there. Look at this picture from yesterday’s cam and you can see all the deep spots. Check out the dark spot in the middle of the box. It is probably just bait but you might swing by that area and give it a look on your way out. Looks like a nice trough forming just inside the bar and probably a good time to punch some holes out there.

Gary

PS I don't see the picture so I will send it by e-mail to you

 

[Peg Leg]

Take a look at the live cam at Jupiter Inlet. The water is smooth as glass. You can also take a look at SEAHUNTER.
He arrived at ABOUT 9:02 a.m..

Here is something unusual.
Notice a small boat showing up at 9:42.
I have gone back a few years and have seen this same boat at the same location on numerous occisions.
Does this tell anyone anything.
It tells me that this boat is WORKING on a serious spot because why would he be at the same location almost every week for the last several years.
SCOTT needs to check this location out. In fact if I were MDing the Beach I would spend some time west of where this boat is and I would bet you would recover some GREAT THINGS.
Scott needs to move a little further south than his present location but only about 200 feet and a little closer to shore.
Peg Leg

 

[mad4wrecks]

I could be wrong, but I think that is a small inflatable boat that the life guards use.

 

[SEAHUNTER]

Hi Tom
You are right about the dinghy but peg leg is right about there being stuff over there. That is one of my hot spots.

Peg, I found some wood for you.

Seahunter

 

[SEAHUNTER]

Hi Bigkid
I see what you are talking about. Wish you were here. Looking forward to diving with you again.
Seahunter

 

[Peg Leg]

Scott, That is great.
Can you tell me how much and what the size is?
We need to get together anyway.
Thanks
Peg

 

[SEAHUNTER]

Hi Peg
Two pieces about two feet long.

 

[ScubaFinder]

Hey Scott, I'm in Sebastian right now, but if you go out this weekend, give me a shout on my cell and I'll come dive with you.

Jason

 

[SEAHUNTER]

Hello Dell
I have not done any research for that time period as our ship wrecked a hundred years earlier, however I suspect something very similar.
Seahunter

 

[Peg Leg]

Scott,
That sounds perfect now all I have to do is figure away to get it up here.
Maybe send it POSTAGE DUE would work unless it is water soaked.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Peg

 

[Darren in NC]

...my lady is leaving on a cruise to Hawaii, in 10 days and I'll be stuck baby sitting the animals for a month.

Dell, I'd hire an animal sitter and go with my lady!

 

[SEAHUNTER]

Well we are back out on site Easter morning trying to dig a deep hole a little further east than we normally dig, hoping for an Easter present. Will post pictures soon.

 

[Rusty Sailor]

Look what I found:

http://www.apex-ephemera.com/floridahistory/dickinson2.htm

Not knowing what they would encounter, Jonathan and a group totalling 25 -including his wife, Mary, their six-month old son, Jonathan, Jr., and well-known Quaker missionary, Robert Barrow- set sail from Port Royal on August 23, 1696, for Philadelphia.

Image: Construction records have yet to be found, but perhaps te Reformation, a late 1600's barkentine which wrecked near Hobe Sound, Florida, looked like this.

The unexpected odyssey began when Jonathan's three-masted barkentine, the Reformation, was caught in a calm. Dependant on the wind for swift travel, the Reformation became separated from its twelve sister ships; and then, as the saying goes, "a fierce storm did hit". The wind was extremely violent. It tossed and turned their ship in rough gray waters and pushed them closer to shore. At 1:00 a.m. on September 23, 1696, the Reformation ran hard aground just five miles north of the Loxahatchee River, then known as the River Hobay. (The Loxahatchee River is located in Palm Beach and Martin Counties along Florida's southeast coast).

Jonathan and his party were found by local Native Americans and held captive at a village located on the south side of the Jupiter Inlet at modern-day Dubois Park. (The Jupiter Inlet is where the Loxahatchee River "meets" the Atlantic Ocean). They were not killed because the natives thought they were Spanish. The natives had a dislike for the English and referred to them as Nickaleers.

 

[SEAHUNTER]

Hi Rusty
Thanks for the link. Every bit of information we get helps us one step closer to our goal.
Seahunter

 

[SEAHUNTER]

Here are some pictures of some of the smaller coins we found recently. Any ideas about what they are would be appreciated.
Scott

 

[ScubaFinder]

Scott, The first two are hard to tell. Last one appears to be a 2 real from Potosi, Bolivia. The Greek Cross is 1571-1652 - Potosi and early Lima Peru. The shield looks closest to an Old World (Portugal's coat of arms) or Phillip II (1556-1598). Waiting on a few new books to get here, but from the looks of it, I'd say Potosi mint, 1571-1598. I'm still getting my mind wrapped around coin ID's, but what the heck, I'll throw it out there and wait for someone to tell me why I'm wrong, at least it will be educational.

Jason

 

[Salvor6]

"Trez" is the pre-eminent expert on colonial cobs. If you post the pictures on the "Spanish Cobs" forum, he can identify them.