Updated: Shallow water (1715 Fleet) practice photo

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Someone found another old thread with a comment Dell Winders made about shipwreck treasure locations.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/shipwrecks/292085-older-spanish-shipwrecks-3.html

In my opinion, what researchers fail to consider is the location of the shore line during the time period of their research. During the 1500's, 1700's the shoreline extended much farther out than the present day shore line. Wrecks that are now found a half mile off shore may have wrecked close, or washed up on the beach of the earlier shore line making it easy for the Indians to salvage it's cargo and relocate it. Dell​

 

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Makes perfect sense now, why you hear treasure hunters complain about not finding any shipwreck gold on Florida beaches. Gold is heavy, meaning it travels less in hurricanes, original beach is out a half mile.

 

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Bob Lanham with his brother Bruce dove 100yr old Toa Japanese hardhat in Kalama River May 22 2020. The water was still really cold, as you would expect. I never met Bob in person yet, but we have over the years, had continuous email exchange for 2-3 years at times. I think Bob and Bruce were introduced to LRLs about 1987 by other successful shipwreck hunters (who have all since passed over the bar). This video is short, just see Bruce going down into the water..

[video=youtube;7IgFHJTz3Ug]https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=7IgFHJTz3Ug&featur e=emb_lo go[/video]
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There might be 1715 Fleet artifacts back in the lagoon of Indian River, check this thread out. A very old dowsing thread, but can still remember getting hits in the lagoon for some type of artifacts.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/s...n-right-there-1715-treasure-indian-river.html

 

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Bob Lanham sent me this photo today, a dowsing find $5 piece.

 

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Kayak dowsing, Bob rigged up a mounting on dive boat for hauling along a kayak.

 

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This photo looks like Bruce holding a gold coin (or coins) he just had brought up.

 

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Bob Lanham sent me this photo today, a dowsing find $5 piece.

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I can't tell you how many gold coins, but more than you probably have touched in your life time!

 

[Martinm1]

Could these possibly be emralds? I found them this morning on the beach near wabasso

 

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Post it in the shipwreck board (if you haven't already).

 

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If your emerald came from a 1715 Fleet wreck, it would be of most likely the Muzo mine.
Muzo The Most Valuable Mine | Colonial Gemstones