Latest shipwreck story

[eagames]

Sounds like it might have some gold in it, I wonder if they'll get anything or if it's off limits there.

http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/nw_mich/Sunken-ship-found-in-Lake-Michigan

[Dick]

I would say the ship is worth more as an artifact, that the alleged gold, for an Indian treaty. Back then a payroll, could not have amounted to much, and what didithe indians want with gold? The tribes know that the "white man has always sought gold, and there is gold in the Dakotas. I wouldn't waste time trying to get the gold. The ship, being intact, is very possibly in condition to reise her, and make a historical museum.

[GarryN]

Very interesting. I hope someone checks to see if there is a safe. There could be some rare coins and ingots on board.

There is a really interesting poster that I have seen on Mackinac Island and in Marquette that pinpoints all the known shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. There are hundreds.

Speaking of shipwrecks, here is a link to a video. It might be the same.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/ship-search-gold-history-unearthed-from-deep-21491949

[eagames]

The Great Lakes have many neat wrecks and the cold water preserves them like a museum.


Just saw another shipwreck story. This one's not in the Great Lakes. Sounds like even more treasure on this one if they can get the platinum out:

http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=124836&catid=2

[Dick]

While I was at Boca chica, I was out with some froiends, and we spotted sone canons, in the deep , but clear water. There was what looked like a long lipe of "Ballast rock", and two canons, one laying on top of the other. It was not more than a couple miles, maybe even five. I made notes of the things we could see on the shore line, to use for references. There had been a storm in the area not long before, and it must have shifted the bottom sand, and uncovered the stuff. some time leter we went back to the general area, and the nottom was only about ten feet down. Not that it would have done any good to have been able to recover antything. it all belongs to the "Greedy State of Florida".