Looking for some cannons on Crooked Island.......

[agflit]

Was just looking at that Sads...sure looks like shot to me. Sorta changes the process I would think.

( Needs to schedule a month of someplace warm...I hear the Bahamas are nice this time of year?...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

ag

 

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[Red_desert]

I thought I'd seen some, maybe a pile of cannon balls, also when making frames from your video. A couple minutes ago, finished my first clip of the frames off the video. I got a 55 second with classical music added, will be able to make a second that length or longer off the remaining frames. You can see bottom details much better than straight video footage......of course best option is to insert the clips into video footage. Shifting from underwater sounds to closer look with music.

 

[SADS 669]

Thanks Red,

Battery let me down last time, I'll get good video next trip and search for the cannon balls properly...

 

[Red_desert]

I finished the 2nd clip and here is where it looked like more cannon balls. Cropped it down slightly using a clip screenshot. At first it looked almost as a giant flower or sea animal. With a closer look, seems to be many more shot scattered around.

 

[SADS 669]

Agreed, looks interesting......

 

[Red_desert]

Just finished making frames for clip #3 of the cannons.....might add your first 2 photos as well. Keep spotting more and more of those cannon balls, almost a treasure trove of them.

 

[Red_desert]

What is that flat square object below the cannon? Possibly the end of a box or chest? Hoping I've found my first chest visually, too bad you can't get permits yet.

 

[old man]

Good eyes Red.

 

[Red_desert]

Good eyes Red.

Thanks Old Man! If the chests back then had as traditional the curved edge on top, then we might just have one here. Did a little more with the photos and the left side is square but the right section curves like a chest lid.

 

[Red_desert]

If I didn't know any better, I'd say that looks like a gold nugget......but really hard to tell because of being in the shadow of the cannon.

 

[Jason in Enid]

You can't judge vague pinpoints like that in underwater photos. Nothing under water looks the same as in air, colors are always distorted. A fragment of white can look like a coin, ring, nugget, or anything else shiny.

 

[Red_desert]

Yep, suppose a permit is the only way to find out, the heavy metal coins and gold should be down in the sand, they sink a lot.

 

[SADS 669]

I'll continue to map the site and all of your help is invaluable.....

 

[old man]

I'll continue to map the site and all of your help is invaluable.....

Shipwrecks in the Americas by Robert Marx
Page 314

Year 1500 In July or August, two unidentified caravels of the four sailing in the squadron of Vicente Yanez Pinzon, frm Brazil to Spain, were wrecked near crooked island.

Encyclopedia of Western Atlantic Shipwrecks and Sunken Treasure by Robert Marx

Location: Crooked Island
History: A Brig wrecked on the Crooked Island Reef before April 15, 1819

Better get those cannons identified to see if you have either of the above wrecks.

 

[Red_desert]

Not any less important to mention, the pirates hung out on a couple of those islands too, 3 sizes of cannons along with all the shot, if from one ship it must have been well armed. Don't have a clue yet at the moment what type of ship.

http://www.bahamasguru.com/island/crookedisland.php

In the far southeastern part of The Bahamas you’ll find a little known group of islands - Acklins, Crooked Island, Long Cay and Castle Island - as natural as they were when The Bahamas was first “discovered.”

Settled by American Loyalists in the late 1780s, when cotton plantations were the economical mainstay. Later the islanders earned a living through sponge fishing days and the salt industry, however nowadays the islanders eke out a small living with farming and fishing. Sprinkled like small jewels among the shallow waters of bonefish flats, these islands once served as convenient bases for buccaneers and pirates.

Crooked Island Passage
Acklins is separated from Crooked Island by a lagoon known as the “Bight of Acklins” - more than 1,000 sq. miles of shallow water of Bonefish flats – the leeward side leads to the Crooked Island Passage, which has been a main route for steamships traveling from Europe to Central and South America, is referred to locally as ‘the going through’.

Beach
Among the hidden coves are beautiful beaches and a number of tiny villages with fanciful names like Rocky Point, Salina Point, Delectable Bay, Golden Grove, Goodwill, Snug Corner, Lovely Bay, Gun Point and Cripple Hill.

Caves
Crooked Island and Long Cay form the northwest part of the atoll system. The heady aroma of native herbs and flowers earned them the nickname “the fragrant islands.” Quiet and remote, an abundance of bird life thrives on the cliffs and reefs around the islands and magnificent limestone caves pepper the coastline.

 

[Red_desert]

3rd video clip finished, put all 3 together into 1 and added moving captions, cover photo, end photo of your website. If you want me to email the video, should go because only 4.90 MB. Total time is 4.16 minutes.

 

[SADS 669]

Thanks so much Red, let's chat by email........I'll pm you.

 

[Red_desert]

Thanks so much Red, let's chat by email........I'll pm you.

Done!

 

[agflit]

Nice work Red!!

ag

 

[joska]

I have noticed that everyday goes by more and more evidence is being presented of a treasure wreck.let me know if i,m wrong about this one.