Wrecking history of the Bahamas

[Blak bart]

Mag....is that a coconut in your hand.....dosent look like a cannon ball ??

Boy-o-boy.....you are one lucky SOB.....living out the dreams of most of us. Were still looking with the mag for our good one....hopefully I'll get some time in the lease box shortly with the Bronze Cannon Corp. This season as a diver....I truly love it !!

 

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[pepperj]

Mag....is that a coconut in your hand.....dosent look like a cannon ball ??

I'm liking the pile under it Bart!

I would hazard a guess of: "That's what dreams are made of"

 

[Magoopeter]

Just goes to show Magoo, that even blind Irish squirrels find some acorns too??ha ha

How true, first dive i done on the site was near zero viz, i triped and fell over 4 tons of silver ingots, but got them up the next day,

 

[SADS 669]

Tripped and fell!! Confirming the Magoo and blind Irish squirrel comment!! sigh ha ha

I take it just like this gold coin I found on the SS Pulaski off North Carolina, it was recovered on wages and not all for you?

 

[Magoopeter]

Mag....is that a coconut in your hand.....dosent look like a cannon ball ??

Yes 1740 coconut, we found so many coins, the coconuts became the real prize, took five year to find this wreck, Ken Welling one of the most dedicated shipwreck explorers I?ve met, genius with a mag and research, Bahamas lucky man.

 

[SADS 669]

Yes 1740 coconut, we found so many coins, the coconuts became the real prize, took five year to find this wreck, Ken Welling one of the most dedicated shipwreck explorers I?ve met, genius with a mag and research, Bahamas lucky man.

Thought so, it looks like Bart!!

 

[Darren in NC]

Thought so, it looks like Bart!!

Almost snorted my drink out my nose!

 

[SADS 669]

Here all week, matinee Saturday 3 pm….

 

[Magoopeter]

Tripped and fell!! Confirming the Magoo and blind Irish squirrel comment!! sigh ha ha

I take it just like this gold coin I found on the SS Pulaski off North Carolina, it was recovered on wages and not all for you?

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Nice coin, well our treasure is our experience,

 

[WRECKING]

Cleaning and restoring artifacts

Cleaning and restoring artifacts can be fascinating.

 

[TRG]

Cleaning and restoring artifacts can be fascinating.

poster Tom Restorer has posted some amazing photos and videos of his restorations and the process:

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/restoration-projects/563526-toma-s-restorations.html

 

[WRECKING]

poster Tom Restorer has posted some amazing photos and videos of his restorations and the process:

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/restoration-projects/563526-toma-s-restorations.html

Thank you for the link. Great thread!!!!!!

 

[Blak bart]

Thought so, it looks like Bart!!

Now SADS...Everyone knows that I have a coconut for a brain...but the rugged Indiana Jones like good looks are all natural baby !! Haaa haa !!

 

[Blak bart]

Great example. in amazing condition, you certainly have fascinating approach to find treasure. On land or on a wreck once you hit the spot it usually pays great dividends, 960 coins in thirty minutes, 28000, in total, addictive!

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Hey magoo....thanks for posting buddy.....absolutely great stuff...thank you for taking the time to talk !!

 

[Blak bart]

Cleaning and restoring artifacts can be fascinating.

Got to see some of those artifacts in keywest....they have a very nice display at the mel fisher museum....powerful pieces to ponder...anything connected to slavery makes one think !!

 

[Blak bart]

Almost snorted my drink out my nose!

Me too darren....

 

[Blak bart]

What do you boys know about the devils back bone, wrecking in harbor island, and wrecks of eluthera ?? ?? Its not the bahama bank but BANG !! Lots of ships have slammed up on these jagged reefs !! I have a land side permission in harbor island that was a wreckers headquarters....its rich in relics and a testament to the fortunes made at sea by the residents of harbor island !!

 

[WRECKING]

Cleaning and restoring artifacts can be fascinating.

One more about the "Henrietta Marie Slave ship"

We can surmise with certainty that there are the wrecks of several slave ships in Bahamian waters.
Could we find at least one of them?
How would we go about finding them?

Some brainstorming needed. After all, this is the forum of experts.

 

[Blak bart]

"The "Trouvadore" Project: The Search for a Slave Ship and its Cultural Importance on JSTOR" https://www.jstor.org/stable/20853147

Here's something for you. WRECKING !!

 

[Blak bart]

You guys like cannons so here's some more....there were many here spread out in an arc....they were dismounted in many hurricanes and are buried at this site. Many different guns from different ages....thought to be set up by pirates according to local islanders that have seen them. Ill post more pics later. At least 2 more are completely buried here....I think I found 8 in total. Archeologist from the states took a look and cleaned them off a few years ago....there conclusion.....old pirate fortification.....I think loyalist islanders defending against pirates with whatever guns they had ??