Unusual silver artifact recovered on Cabin Wreck
Captain Jonah Martinez and the crew of the M/V Bottomline made a spectacular find on 1715 Fleet-Queens Jewels’ Cabin Wreck site this past week. Carrying out methodical excavations in 4-to-6 feet of sand and shell overburden, diver Grant Gitschlag found an amazing, intact silver frame. The frame is quite large and is footed with two figures of birds, possibly eagles. It is in an overall remarkable state of preservation. The frame may well have been used for a painted picture o
Rare bronze scale weight recovered
C apt. Jonah Martinez and the crew of the M/V Capitana continue to find the archaeological clues that are helping to define the northern, surf zone areas, of the 1715 fleet Corrigan's Wreck debris field scatter tract. Several days ago Capitana diver Grant Gitschlag recovered this rare bronze scale weight. Marked with a 4M which may stand for 4 Marcos. A Marcos was a common unit of measure used by the Spanish of roughly 230 grams or one half pound Avoirdupois. Interestingly, t
Capitana recovers Mexico two escudo and scattered artifacts
Captain Jonah Martinez and the crew of the M/V Capitana continue to recover a variety of treasures and artifacts within the debris field of Corrigan's Wreck, including scattered silver coins, musket balls, Olive Jar sherds, spikes and encrusted objects. On Monday new diver Grant found his first gold coin, a Mexico two escudo circa 1714. Congatulations to Grant, Jonah, and the crew of the Capitana! #DiverGrantGitschlag #QueensJewels #Capitana #CaptJonahMartinez #1715GoldCoins
8 Reales and other artifacts found by Capitana
The first silver coins of the 2017 field season were recovered this past Saturday by Capt. Jonah Martinez and the crew of the M/V Capitana. Two silver eight reales were found, with new Capitana crew member Grant Gitschlag making his first silver coin find. Along with the silver coins musket and pistol shot, lead sheathing, Olive Jar body sherds and encrusted objects were also recovered. The making of new discoveries within the debris field of a highly dispersed shipwreck lost
Capitana brings up artifacts
Capt. Jonah Martinez and the crew of the M/V Capitana continue to define dispersal patterns within the debris field of the 1715 Corrigan's Wreck, as the 2017 field season gets under way. New diver Ryan Johnson finds 6 musket balls his first time on the 1715 sites. But he didn't stop there. They finished up the day with more musket balls, Olive Jar body sherds, and encrusted artifacts. #2017 #DiverRyanJohnson #Corrigans #QueensJewels #CaptJonahMartinez
