stevemc
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Feb 12, 2005
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- Location
- Sarasota, FL
- Detector(s) used
- Whites Surfmaster PI Pro and Whites Surfmaster PI, Minelab Excal NY blue sword. 2 White's Dual field pi, Garrett sea hunter pi II (but don't use it for obvious reasons) 5' x 3 1/2' coil underwater Pi
- Primary Interest:
- Shipwrecks
Yes, I have read that and several other translations or variations of the story. All state it was purposfully wrecked or scuttled. Some state it was burned to hide it, since it was still above water. None state that it ever moved when salvaging it. Some state that it was partially covered by sand on subsequent returns to salvage, and or that the floats were gone, but they found it quickly. There really arent any landmarks in that area to triangulate on, or werent back in those days. Sandy Cay is a ways down South, too far. I am sure they could position off it from a crows nest, but that is only 1 position. But could be estimated as a sort of position indicator. Memory Rock light was not there either of course. Just the rise up the bank. I am sure that a hurricane could move the 100s of tons of treasure around, as it has over the years, since the treasure has been found spread miles both North and South of the original find area. Chuck Boyd is a personal friend of mine, and he was the main diver for Herbo in the 80s when they worked it, and he said everywhere they went, there was treasure, they could move miles and still find it, there did not seem to be an actual motherload spot, although it seems 1 area held a lot more stuff than any othe area. And they were still finding treasure the day Herbos mom told them to come home. She was the money behind it all. The gulf stream current is not near as powerful near shore as in the actual stream itself. In fact on both the area of the Maravillas and at Jupiter inlet, when the tide stops (normal 4 tides a day tides,) or turns, the current also stops, there isnt much at all of the actual Northbound Gulf Stream current in those places, I have dove both areas many times. When you get offshore a few miles it starts getting stronger though. When on the Little Bahama Bank in the area of the Maravillas, the only current you feel is the incoming or outgoing currents of the tides. Like I said, when it stops, there is little to no current. Both sides of the Gulf Stream, the farther you go out, the stronger it gets.
