New wreck..1715?

[billinstuart]

Apparently the Polly-L will be at a spot they feel may be a potential 1715 fleet site..somewhere south of the nuke plant. Anyone know specifics? I did find a part of a keel on the beach near there after Wilma?..identified here as a 1895 wreck. Most of the beaches in that stretch have been renourished, meaning destroyed.

 

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[billinstuart]

The newspaper says they are working the "unknown" wreck site..

 

[PyrateJim]

Which "unknown" site? There are a few of them. Off what City/county area? Can you post a link to the article?

Thanks

 

[signumops]

That would be the UNKNOWN wreck, I think, as registered in the Fisher Lease agreements and is located as shown in the attached graphic.

 

[ScubaFinder]

You are correct Terry, they are a few hundred yards north of the Normandy Beach Access, and look to be just outside the 3rd reef. I'm not too familiar with the reef system out there, but they are a good ways offshore, which might explain the lack of survivors in the area.

The "unknown wreck" was more of a speculative lease, very little has been found in the area, and the lease was taken out based on calculating the leagues from known wrecks in the archives. According to survivors from other wrecks, something went down in that area, but little proof of an actual wreck site has been found. Hopefully Doug, Lynn and the gang will dig up something interesting for us to see.

 

[diverlynn]

Hey boys and girls...

Yes, we are blowing and diving!! NBC News team was out today, live at 6:00pm tonight...NBC

busy right now, bye bye

Diverlynn

 

[ScubaFinder]

Well, if the news team was out, I guess congratulations are in order?

 

[wreckdiver1715]

Does this mean that Lynn is going to be a TV star?

Good luck to Lynn and the crew of the Polly-L

Tom

 

[diverlynn]

Jason,
If you are at the museum in the morning, I'll see you there. Have "stuff" to bring in.

Diverlynn

 

[billinstuart]

Diverlynn, your location is EXACTLY where I recovered the keel section after the last hurricane.

 

[diverlynn]

Cool Billinstewart,

Heres a link to the video on NBC today
http://www.wptv.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=5812@wptv.dayport.com
also a photo of possible balast stone I found in the first hole
Lynn

 

[ScubaFinder]

Cool, see you in the morning Lynn, I'll have my hammer ready. We'll know what's in those encrusted pieces pretty soon. You guys have moved since I was down there spying on you...Doug is sneaky.

 

[billinstuart]

Thanks Lynn. Local knowledge from fishermen says that there is definitely something out there. Of course the keel is a dead giveaway, but it is more recent from its' construction.

 

[ScubaFinder]

Bill, you probably know this, but there is also an 1800's era British ship and a civil war vessel out there. I wonder if that keel section you found was from the British ship. I found a large chunk of the iron Civil War ship back behind the dunes a while back.

 

[billinstuart]

The wood was in excellent shape, and iron bolted. At the time a friend had removed the main keel section from the beach..about 60' long. You could clearly see the buildup, and the attachments of the ribs. Most of the rest of the stem and stern had washed up also. I recovered a small piece. State "archaeologists" identified it from pictures as a bridge. As such, all the pieces have since disappeared, except one. I donated it to the House of Refuge, which has probably disposed of it too.

 

[riobravo]

the best of luck to the crew of the polly l, let your skills and dreams guide your path........
god bless................