1715 fleet Shipwreck and worked Spanish glass

[GatorBoy]

On July 31st 1715 11 Spanish galleons went down in one day in a hurricane just off the shoreline close to my home.
Interaction with the Natives was inevitable for the survivors.
Some Natives.."the Ais" tribe even helped them salvage the wrecks.
Tons of gold and silver bound for Spain went down with them...but so did alot of the first glass the Ais had ever had access to..or Mabey ever saw.
Here is some examples of what they did with it.

 

[GatorBoy]

 

[Tnmountains]

They is great to show Gator, History in the making, Thanks for sharing. I never get to see stuff like that Thanks!

 

[GatorBoy]

Yeah man.. rare stuff to find.
I got lucky..the site has a condominium on it now.

 

[Mekong Mike]

I remember on the beach in miami i used to find glass trade beads sometimes. They were always green, blue or red. really small like the size of a grape seed.

Thanks.

 

[GatorBoy]

I remember on the beach in miami i used to find glass trade beads sometimes. They were always green, blue or red. really small like the size of a grape seed.

Thanks.

I know the ones you mean.
I will have to add photos of some I have found.

 

[Talon]

That's pretty cool, were glass points strong enough for hunting?

 

[GatorBoy]

Well..this one is from the thick bottom of a kicked up hand blown bottle. This one is.

 

[NC field hunter]

 

[cantcatchafish]

Very nice my friend....

 

[NC field hunter]

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Gator sent these to me. My words didn't go through on my last post.

 

[GatorBoy]

Glad you like

 

[GatorBoy]

Very nice my friend....

Thank you.

 

[painterx7]

Great stuff thanks for posting it !!!

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[monsterrack]

Cool stuff Gator

 

[GatorBoy]

Thanks guys.

 

[Jon Stewart]

That older glass makes some nice arrowheads. For some reason better than the newer stuff.

 

[GMD52]

Great to see the worked glass.....thanks Gator

 

[bci101tractors]

Some bad A#$ glass GB, thanks for sharing it...
Steve

 

[Americus]

That is very interesting. Thanks for sharing.