Hurricane Unearths 1800s Shipwrecks

[Steve Herschbach]

“Ships that washed ashore on Dog Island during the 1899 Carrabelle Hurricane were unearthed completely by Hurricane Michael's vicious storm surge last week in Franklin County, Florida.

Of the 15 ships that were grounded on the barrier island during the storm 119 years ago, it's unclear which or how many were unearthed by Michael.”

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[fredmason]

I would love to work the east coast after a Hurricane...I often wonder how many emeralds and diamonds are laying around for someone with a sharp eye....

fred

[alaskaseeker]

Rough emeralds from Columbia have been found after hurricanes on a certain Fla beach. Years ago I was looking thru one of Mel Fishers museums there and during a conversation with one of the employees he told me this story about a lady beachcomber that had brought one there trying to find out what the green stone was she had found... Guess it was a slug.