Floating barrel of emeralds from the Atocha?

[vor]

Oceanic Research & Recovery, Inc (ORRV): Ok Trueblue, read away. Here is the brief.

 

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[stevemc]

My brain hurts from reading all that, and trying to figure it all out. Thanks for posting that.

 

[maipenrai]

Yeah, I kind of got a head ache too, so had to give it up, but probably import for people with the need to know.

 

[Salvor6]

OK, here are the facts, right from the horses mouth: When I was working the Atocha at "Emerald City" I asked Mel Fisher about the source of the emeralds. There were no emeralds listed on the ships manifest so they were obviously being smuggled to Spain without paying tax. Mel's researcher found a letter in the archives from a count on King Philip's court to one of the crew salvaging the Margarita. It said "keep watch for emeralds that belonged to Count..... There are two chests weighing 79 pounds."
The captain of the supply ship sailing from Spain to Havana would open everybodys mail and read it. When he saw this letter he reported it to King Philip. The King had the Count arrested and hanged him, his wife and children! So there is no "barrel" of emeralds. They were contained in two chests weighing 79 pounds. At the time (1994), Mel and his crew found a total of 5 pounds of emeraldes so there is much more still out there.

 

[trsrseeker]

Great post Salvor6!

 

[bay pirate]

Looks to me like just what he said, Motivator is just grasping at straws and yes, a headache