Treasure of the 1841 Mary Scott shipwreck

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A Manx newspaper reported how much insurance was paid. Quoting the Liverpool courier 1841

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I was involved in a project to look for the Mary Scoot 2007, The cargo was copper and wood not wool the old English d looked like an L.

During the project it became clear to me that all was not good. A lot of people invested in this, and everyone was working on no cure no pay. After 9 days we were told all the money had been spent on the hire of the vessel and wages, I was handed three hundred pounds to cover my cost and the job ended.

I went back with a small survey vessel, took a walk done to the harbor spoke to a local fisher man and asked about snags in the area, he gave me a phone number of a local diver.

I called the diver and asked the same questions, he replied, “were are looking”, I told him, then he asked “what wreck are you looking for”, I said id rather not say, he then asked again, well I said the Mary Scott, he said “ it not there” well I said if you know that then you know where it is.

I later met him brilliant diver and researcher had been on ever wreck of that coast, had a barn full of gear and the Log wood cargo of the Mary Scott in the Garden.

He found two wrecks with Log wood one for sure is the Mary Scott, well know what wreck the Mary Scott is when someone recover the 12000 coins from the wreck, there is a rumor they were American double eagles however that was the pitch to investors in 2007.

 

[Crow]

I was involved in a project to look for the Mary Scoot 2007, The cargo was copper and wood not wool the old English d looked like an L.

During the project it became clear to me that all was not good. A lot of people invested in this, and everyone was working on no cure no pay. After 9 days we were told all the money had been spent on the hire of the vessel and wages, I was handed three hundred pounds to cover my cost and the job ended.

I went back with a small survey vessel, took a walk done to the harbor spoke to a local fisher man and asked about snags in the area, he gave me a phone number of a local diver.

I called the diver and asked the same questions, he replied, “were are looking”, I told him, then he asked “what wreck are you looking for”, I said id rather not say, he then asked again, well I said the Mary Scott, he said “ it not there” well I said if you know that then you know where it is.

I later met him brilliant diver and researcher had been on ever wreck of that coast, had a barn full of gear and the Log wood cargo of the Mary Scott in the Garden.

He found two wrecks with Log wood one for sure is the Mary Scott, well know what wreck the Mary Scott is when someone recover the 12000 coins from the wreck, there is a rumor they were American double eagles however that was the pitch to investors in 2007.

Hello Magoopeter

Thanks for the interesting update. I did not know about the later attempts in 2007. I an not sure the 1850 attempt was successful. So its possible some group since then even in 80's or 90s recovered it?

Did you ever dive near Ormes Head? There is another 19th century wreck there from memory from Peru I think from memory?

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