Gold Rosary Remnants
Captain Levin Shavers (Pictured), who is running Dan Porter's salvage vessel the M/V Seatrepid, and his crew made a discovery at Corrigan's wreck a few days ago of several remnant pieces of a gold rosary. The area was first excavated by Mel Fisher and his crew in the late 1960's. They found several pieces of a rosary and a few gold coins. In the early 1980's Captain John Brandon was able to relocate the area where Mel made his discoveries, after considerable effort, and recov
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
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
