Confederate Ship Off St. Augustine...

[jeff k]

http://www.staugustine.com/stories/062109/news_062109_066.shtml

 

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[Diver_Down]

http://www.staugustine.com/stories/062109/news_062109_066.shtml

Read about it in this morning's paper. Those kids definitely are having a cool experience. With such an old town and the fact the the inlet was very shallow with shifting shoals, there are bunches of wrecks still to be found.

 

[ivan salis]

humm capt of the privateer (raider) jeff davis was the infamous capt louis m coxetter * later of blockade running fame * - during the civil war --he was running the fanny and jenny --carrying a gold and jewel incrusted sword from british civil war backers to be given to robert e lee * when she was driven ashore and wrecked by union blockade vessels -- off of wilmington, north carolina .--the sword has never reportly been found .

 

[FISHEYE]

If the Archaeologists find that gold and jewel incrusted sword.The public will never see it in any museum.

 

[Sapper23]

I'm wondering about that too, will they show artifacts to the public, or
well they sit in a damp box in a building, on marine street. like many others artifacts.
Many of the true local's, been diving on that wreck since in the early 70's and 80's.
I just hope they do everything right, and let the public see everything!!!