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| Frederick Douglas Beach This Morning. |
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| Walton Rocks Beach This Morning. |
This morning the wind was coming from the east, and I went out to see if anything was starting to happen on the beaches. I checked a couple of beaches on South Hutchinson Island, and neither had changed much. If you go back and look at the last time I posted these beaches, you'll see they look about the same.
The surf is supposed to increase Sunday and Monday. I'll be watching to see what is happening.
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| Mystery Object Submitted by John C. |
I posted this mystery object some time ago. I didn't receive any guesses. My thought is that it is a lead melt. Whether it was melted accidently or intentionally is unknown. The chips or material on the bottom might be accidental too. Other than that I have no answer.
Melted lead is common. Lead was carried and made into musket balls and was used for a wide variety of other uses. Musket balls pounded or melted to be used for other things too.
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I posted the following before but thought it would be worth repeating today.
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| Toy Lead Cannon From Old Sedwick Auction. |
This toy lead cannon is from a mid-1800s shipwreck The reason it caught my attention is that I once found a similar lead item. For a long time I thought it was a finial, but now I am convinced that it is probably a soldier-art cannon.
The one I found (below) was found near an 18th century cannon emplacement on Pigeon Island.
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| Carved 18th Century Soldier-Art Cannon |
It is always fun to metal detect new places when you travel. It was a lot easier to travel with a metal detector before the 911 tragedy.
I would take my detector with me as carry-on luggage. Security would look at it, ask me what it was, I'd tell them, they'd scratch their heads and I'd walk on the plane with it.
St. Lucia is one island I visited a few times. On a couple of occasions I explored Pigeon Island, which is now connected to St. Lucia by a causeway.
There was a lot of history on the ground to see. There were a lot of historic ruins, and shards all over the place. I even eye-balled a grapeshot at the base of tree.
I left the grapeshot where it was. If it was taken on the plane and considered an explosive device, which I suppose would have been the case, the fine at the time, if I remember correctly, would have been something like $250,000. I wasn't going to chance anything like that.
Here is a little of the history of the Pigeon Island.
Pigeon Island was first occupied by the Amerindians, mainly Caribs. The island was later occupied by pirates whose leader was a Norman Captain called Francois Le Clerc. He had a wooden leg and was known to the French as Jambe de Bois. The French who owned the island in 1778 declared war on the British, who retaliated by attacking them in Saint Lucia and capturing the island. The British then built a Naval Base at Gros-Islet Bay, heavily fortifying Pigeon Island. From there they were able to monitor the French fleet in Martinique which resulted in the defeat of the French at the Battle of the Saints in 1782. Pigeon Island was therefore a key factor in the Battles between the British and the French. In 1909 a whaling station was established at Pigeon Island.
That came from the following web site.
http://search.aol.com/aol/search?q=st+lucia+pigeon+island+le+clerc&s_it=tb50-ie-aolmail-ab-en-us
If you look at the photos of the island, I think you will see that it is an interesting looking place.
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The salvage vessel Dare is deploying a hovering autonomous underwater vehicle equipped with an EM detector to scan the deep hard-packed mud and clay in search of new targets south of the Atocha's main pile.
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The surf is supposed to be up to 4 - 6 feet today and larger tomorrow.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
