Santo Domingo/ some pics

[Chagy]

Thanks to Treasurenet I have been able to meet THunters from around the U.S. and around the world.....Not only meeting them but creating great friendships and been able to share great experiences like our unforgettable weekend with Scott and the Rio Bravo......On this trip to Santo Domingo I had the great pleasure to meet my new good friend Lubos...AKA....Bobadilla who is a new member of Tnet and the author of the book I am holding in my hand "Tesoros Escondidos y Perdidos en Santo Domingo"

I will also share some underwater pics of a cannon and anchor found by my friend Chris
Sorry cant give you the "X" spot

And other nice pics....ENJOY!!!!!

All the best,

Chagy........

[Chagy]

Old map from Espanola.....Galleon anchor....and...artifacts recovered from La Concepcion

[Chagy]

Now this is really cool!!!!! the tools of the mint and a coin form La Concepcion from the assayer Antonio de Erqueta 1676 ( I thought Scott might like it)

[Chagy]

And some nice French swivel guns....

[Antny]

Thanks for the pictures & the great post. You guys look like you had a good time! If anyone gets to Vieques P.R. this winter, look me up.
Anthony

[mnm]

Wow , hammering those coins looks labor intense . The diameter on the octagon shaped piece looks a little bigger in the top photo , then normal in the following . I can totally see the process more clear now , Thanks Chagy for sharing !!! Is this musuem in S. Florida

[Darren in NC]

Santo Domingo is in the Dominican Republic, next to Haiti.

Great pics, Luis! Good times - here we come

[Gypsy Heart]

Great Thread Luis....Thank you for sharing your adventure and the wonderful pics! Love it!

[Smithbrown]

Nice pictures, but not French swivel guns. Those are lantakas from SE Asia! You can easily tell them by the hollow cascable at the breech. Here are some real French swivel guns: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/a.../brescou-s.htm

Best wishes
Smithbrown
(with the fireworks from the day-before-Guy-Fawkes going off)

[Chagy]

Nice pictures, but not French swivel guns. Those are lantakas from SE Asia! You can easily tell them by the hollow cascable at the breech. Here are some real French swivel guns: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/a.../brescou-s.htm

Best wishes
Smithbrown
(with the fireworks from the day-before-Guy-Fawkes going off)

You are probably right our tour guide didn't know to much I had to correct him a few times I think I new more of the history than him.....when he showed me the coins recovered from La Concepcion he said they were unfinished coin.....I had to explain to him they were worn down from all the years underwater
but its OK he was trying to get a nice tip

All the best,

Chagy......

[SEAHUNTER]

Chagy
Those coins are beautiful.Wish they would come off the bottom looking that good.
Seahunter

[Leebo in SC]

Great pics. Thanks for posting.

Leebo

[Salvor6]

Hey those are some really neat pictures Chagy. Thanks for posting them. Is that a bottle of Corona on Chris's boat?

[Bobadilla]

Hello Chagy and all the others,

Once again, Luis,thanks for good moments we spent together in Santo Domingo. I hope that we will be able to repeat it in the future. Especially many thanks for the photo of all three of us, I look at least ten years younger there.....

Regarding post of Doc, I wrote him my experience from my last trip with two English divers but I wrote him this email like private. If I would have wanted to post it for everybody, I would have done it myself. I think that this experinece is not one that I could be proud of. I told this bad experience that I had with gold fever only to you, to my friend Mike and I sent it to Doc because he was very helpful to me with the datas about lost Bobadilla fleet. It was a reason why I did not post it so widely, because I do not consider it like topic for general discussion. So I am a little surprised to read it on forum now. DO YOU REMEMBER, CHAGY, OUR DISCUSSION in the hotel concerning your similar experience??!

I would love to share more time with you, guys, but my telephone line is still cut by tropical storm that passed here in Santo Domingo ten days ago so I have no internet at home. I am writing you now from one internet center (if I could call it like that...) where the computers were probably bought during the Second World War, according to the speed and reliability....

Best regards to all,

Lobo

[Bobadilla]

Doc,

I tried to put it clear that I do not wantr to discuss this unpleasant experience with divers´gold fever any further. So, please, just FORGET IT!

Yes, I admit that I made a mistake because I meant to send this information privately to you and suddenly it appeared on th HHI forum in nopen. My fault, I am nor familiar with this bloody computer system where to put answer in private and where it would appears in public. I feel myself much better under the water than in front of computer.

Regards
lobo

[Bobadilla]

OK Doc, no problem, still friends. Misunderstandigs should be solved right away. By the way, do you know anything about old shipwrecks they are said to be found by Christopher Columbus in Dominican waters during his first voyage?

Regards
Lobo