washington and oregon

[petrie]

looking for any info on areas in oregon and washington of old shipwrecks and treasure ships!!! if anyone knows any info it would be greatly appreciated thanks


petrie

 

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[ivan salis]

try these from potters--the treasure divers guide book--the clatsop beach wreck--when early explorers came they found the natives were wearing oreiments made from chinese coins--and some members of the tribe had fair hair--when questioned the indains told of a wreck years early by the mouth of the columbia river--there were 5 survivors who lived several years with the tribe and then walked away up the river--a few years ago some chinese coins were examined and found to be dated from 1614 to 1769--if true the chinese money and fair haired indains point toward a spanish manila galleon although research has not proven a loss off of the 1769 peroid, a wreck may lie off the coast
or try this one---the nehalem wreck--years ago beach comber came across strange chunks of stuff partly buried sand about 100 yards from the mouth of the nehalem river---checking it out it was found to be beeswax weigh between 10 to 100 pounds--some on one side had the marking J.H.S.--which is known as "jesus hominum salador" --roman catholic church markings-in 1900 an astoria resident found out how it got there when ships wood was found buried in the sand---one chunk now at the Pioneer Museum in tillamook--carries the date 1679--it was known that beeswax was shipped on Manila galleon for making tapers--recently stroms have spit up new wreckage in the area - teak wood --teakwood was known to be used in building the manila galleons. so a manila galleon may have went down in the area.
third--the treasue cove wreck--legend has it that long ago a spanish galleon carried a "treasure chest"ashore in a boat from its anchorage, and buried it on the southwest slope of mount neah-kah-ne--the are differant spins on the tale--one said the ship later sank--a few years ago the were reports of a wreck found in deep water off the foot of the mountion--who knows--the "old legend" could have some truth in it.
P.S. I only ask in return for the information that I gave you --if you find a fair amount of good stuff --that you send me a coin from the wrecks --stocking my book shelves to have the information to pass on to others ain't cheap and some of the better books cost big bucks--- plus look at all the time I saved you doing boring research, know that good research is often the key to finding wreck sites and thus the good stuff---good luck Ivan

 

[Bosun Dave]

Petrie'

If you haven't done so yet, check out "Washington Treasure Ship". I'm trying to get some folks together to look for the "Pacific".

Bosun Dave

 

[Mackaydon]

Petrie:
Check out three titles: Shipwrecks of the Pacific Coast (1957); Shipwrecks off Juan de Fuca (1968); and Pacifice Graveyard, all three by James. A. Gibbs; about 600 total pages of reading.
Don..

 

[petrie]

Thanks for the info i will check it out thanks


Petrie