1/16/18 Report - 16th Century Shipwreck Near Canaveral. International Dispute. Space X Rocket. Treasure Coast Beaches.

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

Space X Rocket From Cape Canaveral
Photo by Chris N.

Chris N. caught this nice photo of a rocket launch from the cape.  He also found a whale rib.

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For the last several weeks, the country with the most readers of this blog other than the United States was France.  I don't know why that is  Over the years France hasn't ranked that high.

I came across an article, which might or might not have something to do with it.  The article isn't the latest news, but I thought it might still be worth addressing.

16th-Century Shipwreck Off Florida Is Causing an International Dispute  That is the title of the article.  Below is an excerpt from the article found in LiveScience.

... "Classically, treasure hunters are supposed to be snatch-and-grab type of people, and they're only interested in shiny stuff — but that's not the case anymore," Sinclair told Live Science. "People who actually want to do this from the private sector have to come up to a pretty rigid set of rules, regulations and specifications to do the work that they want to do."

Even so, the judge in the case will probably rule that the sunken artifacts came from a French ship, likely Ribault's flagship Le Trinite, said Chuck Meide, an underwater and maritime archaeologist who heads the Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP) at Florida's St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum.

LAMP and the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum are funded, in part, by grants from the state of Florida, but Meide is not involved in the case involving France, Florida and GME.

"In my opinion, it certainly looks like it is the La Trinité," Meide told Live Science. "It's hard to know these things, but I'm cautiously optimistic that, when presented with the evidence, the judge will agree that this is one of those French Ships and probably the Trinité," he said.

Here is the link for the rest of the article.

https://www.livescience.com/60859-shipwreck-excavation-awaits-court-ruling.html

After reading the article I was even more convinced that Florida will not be issuing many, if any, new salvage leases  They'll just issue exploratory leases and learn what they can and then not issue a salvage lease.  They'll tie up the wreck or assign it to some foreign government or something.  That is my opinion.

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One time I posted a a note  from George of Loxahatchee who wanted to find some hunting buddies.  Steve in Sebastian contacted George and is glad he did.   I guess that worked out well, so if anyone else is wanting to find a hunting buddy, send me your email address, tell me where you are located and any other important information, and I'll post it.

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Surf At John Brooks Beach Monday Just Before Low Tide

Monday the Treasure Coast was getting some good north winds at something like 25 knots.

The beach there was mushy all the way down to the water line.

Below are a couple more pictures from the same beach and time.

Looking South From John Brooks Beach Monday Just Before Low Tide

There was one detectorist working the water line up towards the condos.

John Brooks Beach Monday Just Before Low Tide.

I didn't see any of the beaches anywhere else Monday.  Some could have been better than John Brooks.  The wind was pretty strong from the north.  The surf was more from the east at John Brooks.

I just got these pictures from Searape and Turtle Trails from Alberto S.  Thanks Alberto.

Searape Trail Around 4:45 Monday.
Photo by Alberto S.

Turtle Trail  Near 5 PM Monday.
Photo by Alberto S.

Alberto also said Wabasso was closed for dune restoration.


Tuesday the wind is still form the north but not a directly.  It doesn't seem to be as strong either.

The surf will be decreasing today.



Tomorrow or sometimes soon, I'll talk about the skills required for successful metal detecting.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net