Beautiful

lokie

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An interesting perspective from a different view.

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Durdle Door is one of Dorset’s most photographed and iconic landmarks. It is part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. It is an extremely popular beauty spot and is currently experiencing high numbers of visitors during the Covid-19 pandemic. Advice is to think twice about visiting right now and come back later when the beaches are quieter, or alternatively, find another beach to visit where parking will be easier and social distancing can be maintained.

 

GreatwhiteNorth

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After literally years of looking I finally found my Nuestra Señora de Atocha piece of eight that I had to have.
Still waiting for the Silver stud link anchor chain necklace to hang it from, but damn, this girl is pretty!

BTW, it took this long as I wanted a museum quality, mounted properly with a provenance cert.
All the boxes checked!


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injinji

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I saw a strange aberration this morning walking out from the river house.

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The high point of the driveway. The rate of rise has really slowed down now. About 1/2 an inch an hour. Yesterday it was coming up 1-2 feet per hour. I'm good for about 40 more inches before it gets in the low end of the house. Forecast calls for 5 more feet. Hoping they are wrong.

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BudmanTX

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After literally years of looking I finally found my Nuestra Señora de Atocha piece of eight that I had to have.
Still waiting for the Silver stud link anchor chain necklace to hang it from, but damn, this girl is pretty!

BTW, it took this long as I wanted a museum quality, mounted properly with a provenance cert.
All the boxes checked!


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nice

the Mel Fisher treasure???

aren't they still finding coins to this date too? just curious?
 

DarkWeb

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There has been much recovered but the bulk of the treasure remains beneath the water.
I remember the divers describing silver ingots stacked like loaves of bread on the bottom.

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"It is understood by experts that the sterncastle, the part of the ship that would hold most of the gold and rare Muzo emeralds, is still missing from the shipwreck. "

It's a heck of a story!
I started reading about it after your post. Pretty cool indeed.
 

injinji

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The river crested this morning almost five feet lower than predicted, so I'm in the clear. Should fall out at least a foot a day for the next few days. (a little slower than the 12 feet in 12 hours when it was coming up)

There was a crest about 0500, then it came back up a little and crested again at 0900. This was a little after six, so close to as high as it got.

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