Wednesday, April 13, 2016

4/13/16 Report - Blockade Runner Found. St. Augustine Well. WW I Ships Investigated Using Drone. Eight or Nine Foot Surf Predicted.


Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.



WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, was the Confederacy’s last port. During the Civil War, blockade runners that evaded the Union navy were one of the Confederate army’s few lifelines. But maneuvering a small, fast ship in the dead of night was hard as it sounds, and many of them didn’t make it. Archaeologists now think they’ve found the shipwreck of one of those long lost blockade runners off Wilmington: theAgnes E. Fry...

Here is the link for the rest of the article.

http://www.wired.com/2016/04/sonar-may-turned-long-lost-civil-war-ship-agnes-e-fry/

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An 18th century well was uncovered in St. Augustine.

Here is the link for more about that.

http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2016-04-12/coquina-well-walls-found-mill-top-excavation#.Vw7r-vkrLIV

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NavyNews reports

A tiny drone has scanned the wrecks of two German WW1 warships – forgotten and mostly buried by the sludge and mud at the southern end of Whale Island.

Marine archaeologists hope to bring the two vessels - one a veteran of Jutland - back to life in 3D computer model form as part of centennial commemorations of the Great War...


Here is the link for more about that.

https://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/14705

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I added a new poll to the blog.  I noticed that a lot of treasure hunters are very religious or spiritual.  I want to investigate that, but first wanted to see if my impressions are correct.

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Current predictions have the Treasure Coast surf building this weekend, perhaps up to eight or nine feet by Monday.  That should be interesting.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net