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As you know by now, the portions of the Florida Panhandle got hit hard by Hurricane Michael. I have not doubt that some old things will be uncovered up around Alligator Point and Dog Island, where nice old Spanish coins have been found before.
If you want to become a little more familiar with the shipwrecks of the area, here is a link to a lengthy and detailed archaeological report.
You will find a lot of interesting information in that report.
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You will find a lot of interesting information in that report.
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In the 1950s, Father Charles Spellman, a priest and archaeologist in St. Augustine, made a historic discovery at the Mission Nombre de Dios.
Spellman uncovered the remnants of what is thought to be the first stone building and shrine dedicated to Our Lady of La Leche, a building believed to have been constructed in 1677. He discovered artifacts and made a map of the site, but he never shared his discovery with the archaeological community...
Archaeologists have rediscovered the site and will be trying to learn more about it. Here is the link.
http://www.staugustine.com/news/20181009/mysterious-17th-century-building-being-uncovered-at-mission---
Dean R. and SuperRick sent links to this story.
The father-son duo spent years combing this bit of Pennyslvania wilderness with high-end metal detectors, drills and other tools to prospect for a fabled cache of Civil War gold. They felt certain they'd discovered the hiding place of the long-lost booty, leading the FBI to the mountainous, heavily wooded area last March.
Now, at the end of the court-sanctioned excavation, the FBI escorted the treasure hunters to the snow-covered site and asked them what they saw. They gazed at the pit. Not so much as a glimmer of gold dust, let alone the tons of precious metal they said an FBI contractor's instruments had detected.
"We were embarrassed," Dennis Parada told The Associated Press in his first interview since the well-publicized dig last winter. "They walk us in, and they make us look like dummies. Like we messed up."
Since that day, however, neighbors' accounts of late-night excavation and FBI convoys have fueled suspicions that the agency isn't telling the whole truth. The Paradas are challenging the FBI's account of the dig, insisting that something had to have been buried in the woods near Dents Run, about 135 miles (220 kilometers) northeast of Pittsburgh..
Here is the link.https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/09/treasure-hunters-challenge-the-fbi-over-a-dig-for-legendary-gold.html
A lot of questions to consider in this one.
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Here is an article about the map Columbus might have used.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture-exploration/2018/10/columbus-map-discovery-secrets-new-world/
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Well, Michael has left Florida but continues to cause problems.
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov |
Remember those in the Panhandle.
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