Diver_Down
Silver Member
Jeff K said:FISHEYE said:Most likely the cannon was stored in the hold next to some chests of coins.Being the breach was open when the ship wrecked and the coins came out of their chests,or the chests broke or got crushed from debris from above they ended up in the breach of the cannon.
Or they were contraband hidden in the cannon.
Makes it all the more special that it could be contraband to avoid the King's tax. You can almost imagine the "cargo" getting offloaded in Spain... Just a cannon, nothing special here...