RECOVERING COINS FROM THE WRECK ,BY BLUE WATERS VENTURES INTL'

[buccaneer1961]

coins found...a joint venture

j/v between endurance and blue water ventures international

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392902/000151116417000771/f8k.htm

 

[Blak bart]

Pulaski shoals Ive fished that wreck. Silver dollars ??

 

[Goldfinger450]

Hmm, No Pics??

 

[Blak bart]

I see now. Not what I was thinking of but very cool and congratulations !! Good luck

 

[agflit]

Glad to see mention of this project on T'net!!

I was contracted to do the initial video/survey dives last spring..yeah..thats me... ain't life fun??


Am the dive supervisor for the ongoing recovery work progressing at this time. There's alot more going on, and we on the team are STOKED!!


Kudo's to Both Endurance and Bluewater...it's a tough site, and they're doing a great job in difficult conditions.

Ag

 

[buccaneer1961]

Glad to see mention of this project on T'net!!

I was contracted to do the initial video/survey dives last spring..yeah..thats me... ain't life fun??


Am the dive supervisor for the ongoing recovery work progressing at this time. There's alot more going on, and we on the team are STOKED!!


Kudo's to Both Endurance and Bluewater...it's a tough site, and they're doing a great job in difficult conditions.

Ag

what have you found so far? also whats expected to be on that wreck?

 

[agflit]

Sorry to have to say..but I cannot nor will I discuss.... specifics due to proprietary information concerns as well as NDA's etc etc etc.

Feel free to follow the project if you'd like. Both Endurance Exploration as well as Bluewater Ventures Intl have facebook pages with current and up to date information posted as the project evolves.

ag

 

[buccaneer1961]

endurance updated their fb page with pictures of coins and possible valuations...
nothing from bluewater,they are silent

 

[buccaneer1961]

$150k in banknotes and coin, $10k in watches and jewelry weren't recovered/saved from sinking per this article
its my contention/hopes that recovered from wreck coins are worth more than hand me downs especially from collectors

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/...ext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

What might “Pulaski Era – pre sinking 1838” American coins be worth?

Check out the Price Guides from Numismatic Guarantee Corp (NGC)

Silver Half Dollars:...
https://www.ngccoin.com/price…/united-states/half-dollars/…/


Silver Dollars:
https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/united-states/dollars/…/

Gold
https://www.ngccoin.com/…/united-st…/gold-quarter-eagles/55/

 

[buccaneer1961]

blue water ventures intl' pulling up coins from a wreck!

congrats,heres to hoping you get to that cargo hold or purse area near capts qtrs.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/b...-and-artifacts-from-lost-steamship-2018-01-03

 

[ropesfish]

If I recall the reports of the sinking of the Pulaski (and I do) she was said to have broken into "several pieces" and that her boilers and propulsion gear fell free of the wreckage shortly after the explosion. "She was broken in several pieces, the forward parts having drifted a mile from her stern"
Here is the link address to the Library of Congress copy of the news story from 07/03/1838.
The Pulaski had recently lost a race with another steamboat in May...a 47 hr trip from Charlestown to Baltimore to lose to the "Georgia" who made the trip in 46 hrs. It does make you wonder if the boilers had sustained damage in that earlier race. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026897/1838-05-31/ed-1/seq-3/

View attachment seq-2.pdf

 

[buccaneer1961]

that's true,the really could have abused them enough to compromise them,so that when in normal use they blew!

 

[buccaneer1961]

video of them getting the first coins

 

[buccaneer1961]

 

[buccaneer1961]

https://www.facebook.com/BlueWaterVenturesInternational/posts/1236275823175115

 

[Simon1]

Nice coins !

 

[buccaneer1961]

they are headed back out today,james Sinclair headed out with them

https://www.facebook.com/BlueWaterV...921780177196/1237770706358960/?type=3&theater

 

[ropesfish]

they are headed back out today,james Sinclair headed out with them

https://www.facebook.com/BlueWaterV...921780177196/1237770706358960/?type=3&theater

I hope they are standing watch to stay out of the way of maruading ice floes like this one:

 

[buccaneer1961]

JAMES SINCLAIR WORKING WITH BLUE WATER VENTURES INTL' PULASKI WRECK

https://www.facebook.com/BlueWaterV...772569692107/1237770706358960/?type=3&theater

Blue Water Ventures International added 2 new photos.

7 hrs ·
...
The Blue Water Rose is headed out this morning. Traveling with the BWVI crew is marine archaeologist James Sinclair. Fair winds and following seas ahead!
https://www.facebook.com/BlueWaterVenturesInternational/posts/1237772569692107

 

[Darren in NC]

Thanks for sharing, Buccaneer. It would be helpful to keep all posts in the thread you started already so we don't have to jump around. I wish all the best for Blue Water Ventures and Endurance Exploration.