Thursday, May 24, 2018

5/24/18 Report - Storm Forming. Drought in Southwest. More on San Jose Shipwreck


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

Souce: Ventusky.com
Here is the big new for me today.  Ventusky.com is showing a nicely formed storm with sustained winds of around 60 mph hitting the Florida Panhandle around Sunday (See picture above.).

Notice that if that is correct, the wind on the Treasure Coast will be from the south.  The surf will only be about two to four feet this weekend.

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Rivers and watering holes are drying up, popular mountain recreation spots are closing and water restrictions are in full swing as a persistent drought intensifies its grip on pockets of the American Southwest...

Here is the link for the rest of that story.

https://www.kob.com/news/drought-on-tap-to-intensify-over-us-southwest/4918667/?cat=642

I recently commented on how rain can help detectorists make finds. So can drought. When lakes and rivers drop more ground becomes accessible and things can be uncovered.
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Site of the San Jose
Source:msn.com (Link below)

The San José, the largest galleon and the flagship of one group of Spanish ships that started sailing in the 16th century, was big and — thanks to 62 bronze cannons engraved with dolphins — deadly enough to deter or destroy ships, whether pirates or rival nations.

Except when it didn’t. On June 8, 1708, during the War of the Spanish Succession, the San José’s gunpowder ignited during a battle with British ships, sending 600 doomed sailors to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean — along with gold, silver and emeralds from mines in Peru, a total haul valued at some $17 billion in today’s dollars..

And here is the link for the rest of that one.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-robot-submarine-found-the-‘holy-grail-of-shipwrecks’-it’s-worth-billions/ar-AAxIFK1?ocid=spartandhp

It seems like all the media outlets are doing a story on this one the past few days.


Happy hunting,
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