New Treasure Found Off Wellfleet?

Rick · 7th July 2023, 03:13 AM

Every day I check the beach cams off the backside of Cape Cod just because I'm an old surfer. Yesterday I checked the Beach Comber webcam at Cahoon Hollow in Wellfleet. Usually you just see the ocean, the surf, maybe a few container ships way offshore.
(cam link)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3LjfzI7EIM

It's unusual to see a boat near to shore there. But there it was, a forty foot+ vessel loitering about 200 yards offshore. She's been there for two days now.
Looking closer I noticed that she had 'mailboxes' mounted on her transom; these are used to deflect the propeller wash directly down to the bottom. Barry Clifford used this method to find the pirate galley Whidah which has been the subject of discussion here before.
It seems a vessel (White Squall) with a cargo of tin ingots sank in this area during a storm sometime in the past. Tin is valued currently at $55 hundred+ per metric ton and it doesn't degrade in salt water.
I'll be keeping an eye on the hunt for this treasure via the live webcam.

Akanthus · 7th July 2023, 09:17 AM

Very interesting,let us know more......

fernando · 7th July 2023, 11:22 AM

This is absolutely off topic but, i never get an oportunity to show my intriguing find in the local harbour facilities (41º 22' 26'' N 8º 46' 02'' W). Actually it was my late brother (RIP) that had a glimpse of it, tangled in a lot of abandoned fishing nets. Obviously it was dragged by the nets in the sea bottom. But this Dog Tag being undoubtedly American, how come it was dropped (?) in the opposite side of the Atlantic Ocean ? Some USAF plane passing by during the (second) World War ? And how did it get lose from his bearer's neck?

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Rick · 7th July 2023, 09:19 PM

I've got a pentagon guy on it Fernando.

fernando · 7th July 2023, 09:24 PM

Good to know that, Rick

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Rick · 8th July 2023, 03:36 AM

In it to win it.
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7th July 2023, 03:13 AM	#1
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,268	New Treasure Found Off Wellfleet? Every day I check the beach cams off the backside of Cape Cod just because I'm an old surfer. Yesterday I checked the Beach Comber webcam at Cahoon Hollow in Wellfleet. Usually you just see the ocean, the surf, maybe a few container ships way offshore. (cam link) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3LjfzI7EIM It's unusual to see a boat near to shore there. But there it was, a forty foot+ vessel loitering about 200 yards offshore. She's been there for two days now. Looking closer I noticed that she had 'mailboxes' mounted on her transom; these are used to deflect the propeller wash directly down to the bottom. Barry Clifford used this method to find the pirate galley Whidah which has been the subject of discussion here before. It seems a vessel (White Squall) with a cargo of tin ingots sank in this area during a storm sometime in the past. Tin is valued currently at $55 hundred+ per metric ton and it doesn't degrade in salt water. I'll be keeping an eye on the hunt for this treasure via the live webcam. Last edited by Rick; 7th July 2023 at 03:26 AM.

7th July 2023, 11:22 AM	#3
fernando Lead Moderator European Armoury Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,649	If i may, Rick This is absolutely off topic but, i never get an oportunity to show my intriguing find in the local harbour facilities (41º 22' 26'' N 8º 46' 02'' W). Actually it was my late brother (RIP) that had a glimpse of it, tangled in a lot of abandoned fishing nets. Obviously it was dragged by the nets in the sea bottom. But this Dog Tag being undoubtedly American, how come it was dropped (?) in the opposite side of the Atlantic Ocean ? Some USAF plane passing by during the (second) World War ? And how did it get lose from his bearer's neck? . Attached Images

8th July 2023, 03:36 AM	#6
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,268	Not A Biography, But.......... In it to win it. Joined in 1942. Display Partial Records File unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records) in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946 - Record Group 64 (info). You searched for: Lue Bequette and any field. sorted by ARMY SERIAL NUMBER You found 1 partial record out of 8,706,394 total records in this file. View Record ARMY SERIAL NUMBER NAME RESIDENCE: STATE RESIDENCE: COUNTY PLACE OF ENLISTMENT DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL YEAR OF BIRTH View 37387931 BEQUETTE#LUE############ MISSOURI ST FRANCOIS JEFFERSON BARRACKS MISSOURI 42 Civil Life 22

7th July 2023, 09:17 AM	#2
Akanthus Member Join Date: Mar 2023 Posts: 73	Very interesting,let us know more......

7th July 2023, 09:19 PM	#4
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,268	I've got a pentagon guy on it Fernando.

7th July 2023, 09:24 PM	#5
fernando Lead Moderator European Armoury Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,649	Good to know that, Rick .