Cape Henlopen & Cape May

[creatmosfairy]

Hello !

I found this shipwrecks in that area:

-2 french ships
Aigle and Gloire
action on september, o5.,1782
near Lewes
cargo:treasure
links:wikipedia etc.

-spanish ship Matizaneros
off Turtle Cut Inlet, Cape May
in a gale on the shoals off the inlet, seven miles south of Cape May
cargo:gold&silver
research operation:result?

-spanish ship Gautamozin/Gatamoozin/Guatimozin
1798/January 1802
Seven Miles Beach, three miles off the coast of Townsend`s Inlet
cargo:gold&silver
research operation:result?

-spanish ship Montezuma
near Hereford Inlet
cargo:gold&silver bars
research operation:result?

-english sloop of war Wasp
somewhere off the coast of Pecks´s Beach , south Jersey
war of 1812
cargo:large amount of gold coins payroll
the british gov searched for her: result?

-spanish brig Delgardo
sunk off Lewes during a squalll in 1814
the privater which captured her was also sunk
cargo:gold
research operation:result?

-spanish ship Lazaredo
near Lewes
cargo:coins

-spanish ship
Hen and Chicken shoals just off the the beach south of the cape

-american brig
war of 1812
cargo:coins
upon a shoal lying out from Synepuxette
links : NUMA etc.


Hm, a lot of spanish ships wrecked in that area...
how many was salvage and the cargo was recovered?
and how many was not found and the cargo lying untouched on the seabed?


Greetings,
Creatmosfiry

 

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[smokeythecat]

Most of it is still out there. We find all kinds of odd coins, some going back to the 16th century on the Delaware Beaches. It is illegal to go in Delaware waters to look for shipwrecks and take out artifacts. The beaches are fair game. Best I got was a 1774 Gold Guinea from the Faithful Steward wreck. The mouth of the Delaware River was and is treacherous waters.