Posted on 11/15/2004 10:32:55 PM PST by uglybiker
***Marine archeologist Duncan Matthewson of Florida said Nova Scotia's southern and eastern waters are full of wrecks because of the low shoal that follows the rugged shoreline.***
Nonsense! Anyone with an ounce of brains knows that the cause is the evil Nova Scotia Triangle that sucks ships in and sinks them just as the evil Bermuda Triangle does the same!
Doomed I tell you! Doomed!
Sarcasm off.
--Boot Hill
What a letdown... c'mon back... what's your handle, good buddy?
I can't think of any New England gold coinage from the 1700's, most of it wasn't gold, and what was gold wasn't made by the colonies/states.
The History Channel did some stuff about that subject. I believe we took our own sweet time getting the U.S. Mint off the ground. It was nigh on the mid-nineteenth century before we had enough of our own coinage that we stopped accepting spanish reales and british shillings.
BTTT
regards,
Ping
Wouldn't it be interesting if something looted from the White House when it was burned turned up in one of these wrecks?
Ping!
Probably mighty cold diving!
Semper Fi
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Cool. Something not many know, this is a hobby of mine. I even worked as a salvage diver for part a summer for one of Mel Fishers sub companies out of the Keyes. Dove the Atocha wreck site!
10% is cheap. Usually it's "the Kings fifth (20%)" or like Florida, they want the whole thing.
Kwitcherbellyaichin'.
omg.....I recognize this word!!! lol!
They are working in the area of the "Andrea Gail". I hope that they find her, so that crew may come home finally.
BTTT
Monday, November 15, 2004 Back The Halifax Herald Limited Contributed These gold coins and cross were found off Sable Island from the French frigate HFM L'Africaine, lost May 16, 1822. The ship was bound for France with a full cargo of Latin American gold and silver bullion, worth three million pesos at the time. The Grand Cross, given by Louis the 15th of France, belonged to Jacques IV Gouyon de Matignon who was onboard with other officers.
It's been a couple of years since i've been to hoserland...
Hopefully the dollar will be gaining soon. Last week I had to pay $1.37 per Euro.
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