If only all wrecks were this easy...... !!

[BVI Hunter]

I guess then it wouldn't be as much fun

 

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[Talon]

Are those cannons sticking out of the sand on the upper picture?

 

[VERDE]

Hey BVI Hunter!! NICE Treasure Hunting Partner you have there!! Oh by the way the cannons and ship's hull are Neat Also!! He He!! Merry Christmas and GOOD HUNTING!! VERDE!!

 

[Showtime2385]

What would you do if you were walking along the beach and stubbed your toe on a cannon that nobody has noticed sticking out yet? lol

 

[smokeythecat]

I'd go rent a big 4wd truck and winch.

 

[BVI Hunter]

they sure are cannons!!!

exposed after a storm I believe!

 

[huntsman53]

It sure would be nice to make a find like that but the bigger question is, "who gets the finds, Florida or Spain"


Frank

 

[Jolly Mon]

The top picture is very interesting. The vessel in question obviously sank and was covered relatively quickly. That would seem to be the only logical explanation for the uniform angle of the cannons protruding from the sand.
Also interesting is the fact that the wreck is in the present day surf line---yet it was apparently unsalvaged. Lots of old derelict hulls wind up beached, but usually they are stripped and are mere hulks...I am not sure I have ever seen anything quite like this (of course my experience is severely limited).
It would be interesting to do some research to figure out what series of events got the vessel into that location more or less intact, yet also allowed erosion to uncover her.

 

[Army of 1]

Interesting wrecks , would like to know more history on these , surely they have since been salvaged .. cheers Mick

 

[silverlining]

Nice!

 

[SADS 669]

The first picture looks like Sao Tome and Principe west Africa, we used to see cannons at the bottom of escarpments in front of hill forts all the time..... Merry Christmas and happy holidays.

 

[Red_desert]

I thought in the 1715 Fleet story, one of the ships got beached whole, it was a ship after another where the deck came off.

 

[GatorBoy]

The Urca de lema..(Conception) ran aground and stayed basically intact but It was burnt after being salvaged by the Spanish.

 

[Red_desert]

That's kind of what I would have thought happened to it, except for burning the ship.

 

[GatorBoy]

The Spanish burned it themselves to conceal its whereabouts.. From British salvagers and pirates just to name a couple of the groups that were swarming the area

 

[Au_Dreamers]

Easy to find, a nightmare to excavate!