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[mad4wrecks]

If the ship pulled out of line and started sailing east before the storm approached, there is a good chance they missed the heaviest of the winds. (the Grifon did this and made it back to Europe) Of course too, the gulf stream carries the ships north anyway. No one is claiming the ship wrecked off the Treasure Coast and floated north 150 miles. Of course, the historical records from that period could be all wrong.

 

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[wreckdiver1715]

The same storm that destroyed the fleet, also did major damage to the Spanish settlement to the north as the hurricane skirtted north up the coast of Florida.
So it is plausible that one or more of the missing ships could have been placed that far north before she went to the bottom.

 

[TNBob]

Back to Vero Beach but concerning the 1715 fleet. For you guys that have hunted the beaches of the 1715 wrecks, what are the beach conditions like there now. I heard that the last big beach cutting storm was in October with that Tropical storm. Where are some good local beaches to detect for modern treasure like gold rings and jewelry. I wanted to hit Sabastian Inlet State Park. Thanks, Bob

 

[Holiday]

This place would not let me loggin for...months! I am Holiday and I was wrong. Here is the brief update. Taffy was grandfatherd in, down to "Walton Rocks"...just S. of the FPL power plant...NOT the keys! AND...it seems the state has not issued a 'true" lease to anyone else, in over 20 years! YES...this is correct. Although the State 'does' grant permission to "search"... it asks for 100% of whatever is found.

Salvage companies are now working together and have approched this issue with the 'Florida State Attorney Generals Office', who appeared to be stunned over this unmasking. This office is now posturing its placement of heavy pressure on the "under-office" to grant salvage permits.

I would suggest that those who are "TRUE" Treasure hunters...or those who, just for one time in their life, make a 5 minute stand...call the A.G. Office at 850-245-0140.

Ask for the Attorney General. [He will be busy] Tell his assistant [or if you get him] something like this...

"" My name is...And I want the Att. Gen. to know we are behind his decision to open up Florida waters in the Atlantic Ocean for 'Historical Exploration and Salvage'. "Why" has Florida quietly denied this exploration for 20 years? Can you tell us?

This is a "Slap"... not only to to [1] Florida History, but [2] Global History. It costs Florida 'nothing'... and will produce a sizable income to our State!!

What is the problem?""

Lets get our coastline open.

 

[ivan salis]

ah me bucko's -- time to put a old 1715 myth to bed -- the amelia island wreck in nassau sound for one *****-- this wreck is a spanish "barcalonga" --(a about 60 ft single masted vessel ) you see once word of the 1715 fleet was sent to havana and got there several "rescue and recovery vessels" of this type were sent to the fleet wreck sites--- one of them was to pick up vip's and "important" treasure and take them directly onward to spain *** it is this vessel that was loaded vip's and treasure at the wrecks sites that wrecked in nassau sound while in route to spain (between talbot and amelia islands)----(thus the vessel was carrying 1715 treasure fleet type items like those found in nassau sound over the years)

now pray tell what historical proof "backs" this tale I tell ?

none other than the oct 24th 1715 letter from the govenor of virginia to the british home sec . stanhope -- in the PS of the letter this information is clearly spelt out --in detail too great to be mere guess work --so how did spotswood know this information was "fact" -- thats easy --spotswood was dealing with "silver raiding" english pirates "under the table"---the same as the govenor of jamaica was - the place where the wreck occured (nassau sound) is along the normal route the pirates would take to and fro from the spanish silver recovery camps to virginia -- while along the way to the camps to raid them---the pirates ran across the survivors who "spilled the beans" of who and what they were not knowing these were pirates --once the "pirates" knew the truth of the matter --that they alone now had the location of a valuible wreck that the spanish had no knowledge of ---the "survivors were survivors no more"-- however the pirates did not like to do salvage work themselves (they would much rather just rob the silver salvage camps after all the hard work was done for them)---so they figgered to do a deal with the govenor of virginia -- with it being a spanish vessel in spanish claimed waters --spotswood was covering his tail by asking for the royal ok to "salvage" the vessel. make sense now?