Please dowse for lost silver coins. (GE shipwreck location)

[olivuur]

Hi all dowsers.

Would you please dowse this GE image.

History:

The 'Het Huis Te Kraaiestein' was an East Indiaman that ran aground here on 27 May 1698. Her cargo consisted of 19 chests of silver coins (pieces-of-eight?) of which three are still unaccounted for. Two bronze cannons were salvaged from her in 1868 and several cast-iron cannon are still present on the site today.

This site is dived regularly and within easy reach from shore. Not sure how good the chances are that the silver is still there.

Thank you.

 

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[deepsecrets]

Might be out of luck finding anything.....

"The Het Huis te Kraaiestein was built at the Zeeland Yard in Holland for the Dutch East India Company. It left on 1 February 1698 on its maiden voyage outward bound from Wielingen to Batavia (now North Jakarta, Indonesia).

On the foggy night of 27 May 1698 the vessel was lying at anchor off Oudekraal. The rope holding the anchor broke and it drifted, becoming wedged between rocks. No lives were lost and the ship stayed caught fast for three weeks until 25 June 1698 when it was broken up by a Cape storm.

The cargo included 19 chests of pieces-of-eight (approximately 57,000 pieces). Sixteen were saved, one plundered by seamen and two went into the ocean."

 

[okiedowser]

olivuur yes there some silver left, this is the path it been taken my strongest hit is in front of rock, stay in the green you find coins you just have to get a few at a time.

 

[Red_desert]

In checking for silver coins, didn't get much of a hit, until checking for individual silver coins or just silver. So, I've marked with a blue circle the silver attractions, but checking all of them....seem to be coins. Green Xs for archaeological type hits, could be anything from the wreck including ship parts.

 

[olivuur]

thankx a big bunch Oki and Red for your time and effort and thanx DS for some good info.
Olivuur

 

[deepsecrets]

considering that the record does not specify where the two missing chests of silver went into the sea - possible that they were lost overboard while being taken ashore? - I would suggest that you post a larger area for dowsing that would include the shoreline - perhaps the crew buried them on shore for later recovery?

 

[teleprospector]

Hi olivuur,
When do you need this done by?
Jon

 

[olivuur]

Deepsecrets

I seem to vaguely recall reading somewhere that the chests were stored in the captains cabin (don't know if that was normal practice?) and that they ended up in the drink by going through the stern? (hole/windows).

Teleprospector

No rush at all. when you get to it is fine by me. thank you for the time and effort.

Johan

 

[teleprospector]

Hi olivuur,
Dowsing revealed in the green rectangle area scattered silver coins.
Green arrows indicate silver coins scattered across the rocks.
Thanks for posting your picture,
Jon