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The following is an ongoing account for the year 2008 regarding what is happening on each of
our 3 salvage vessels: The Magruder and The DARE on the Atocha wreck site and our sub-contractor
on the Margarita wreck site, The Blue Water Rose. Check back to see what the crews recover each
trip and what they are up to when they are stuck in port due to repairs or inclement weather.
For photos and more detailed information on items recovered visit our extensive artifact database.
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5/4/08 - 5/9/08
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The Magruder
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The Magruder was out at Emerald City this past week while our investors were in town to help on the trays. They were in a hot spot and spotted 35 beautiful, green emeralds. Also some unexpected items made their way up to the trays and 5 pottery sherds were found along with one possible silver coin. Great job guys and thanks to all of the investors who helped in the hunt!
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5/3/08 - 5/8/08
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The Blue Water Rose
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The Blue Water Rose was out for about a week on the Margarita site and found 479 ballast stones, 13 barrel hoop fragments, 30 pieces of lead sheathing, 37 olive jar sherds, 10 Eos; 3 of which are likely spikes, 6 spikes, 3 animal bones, 1 musket ball, 1 alababa sherd, 1 glazed olive jar sherd, 1 sharpening stone, 1 fire brick and they excavated 61 empty holes. Keep up the diligent work.
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4/20/08 - 4/25/08
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The Magruder
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After repairing the winch the crew headed back to sea. They dug 23 empty holes, found 3 square spikes and 5 EOs. Then they moved over to emerald city to prepare for the division week trips. The dredge was set up and the sifting trays are working great according to Andy. While setting everything up they came across a beautiful emerald! It looks like this trip to emerald city will be great.
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4/20/08 - 4/24/08
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The Blue Water Rose
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The crew of the Blue Water Rose found many artifacts on their trip out to the Margarita site. They recovered 185 olive jar sherds, 30 pieces of lead sheathing, 15 spikes, 39 barrel hoop fragments, 3 olive jar bases, 2 tacs, 1 olive jar neck, 285 ballast stones, 3 silver coins, 11 EOs, 1 silver object 3" in diameter, 1 sword handle, 1 blade, 1 animal tooth, 2 glazed olive jar sherds, one large bomb fragment, 1 group of fused artifacts containing 1 tac, 1 spike, and 1 possible coin. Also recovered was an animal bone, a silver bottle stopper and a spike fragment. Congratulations guys we are looking forward to an exciting summer!
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4/8/08 - 4/9/08
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The Magruder
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The crew searched 5 empty holes before having to head back to the docks to repair the starboard winch.
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3/11/08 - 3/15/08
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The Magruder
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The Magruder made it out in between fronts to recover 7 square spikes, 3 EOs and searched 23 empty holes. Keep up the hard work guys!
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3/5/08 - 3/9/08
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The Magruder
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The Magruder crew was able to get out for a few days before the winds really picked up. They found one silver coin, 2 spikes, 5 EOs and uncovered 9 empty holes. We can't wait until you guys can make it back out!
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2/8/08 - 2/9/08
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The Blue Water Rose
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The Blue Water Rose made it out for a brief trip but managed to uncover 60 Olive Jar Sherds, 8 EOs, 25 Barrel Hoop Fragments, 295 Ballast Stones, 12 pieces of lead sheathing, 1 spike, 1 bone fragment, 1 tack, 1 blade and 1 piece of glazed ceramic.
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1/30/08 - 2/8/08
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The Magruder
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The Magruder uncovered 4 EOs and 19 empty holes and was forced to spend 3 days of this trip anchored at the Marquesas due to high winds.
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1/11/08 - 1/12/08
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The Blue Water Rose
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The crew made a brief trip to the Margarita site and found 62 Olive Jar Sherds, 3 pieces of lead sheathing, 1 olive jar neck, 12 EOs, 11 Barrel Hoop Fragments, 3 Ballast stones and one animal tooth.
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1/9/08 - 1/15/08
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The Magruder
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The guys made it out for a pretty good trip for this time of year. The brought in a silver coin, 7 musket balls, 5 encrusted objects (one is likely an Auger), one olive jar neck and they also uncovered 12 empty holes. Everyone hope for calm winds so they can head back out soon!
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1/1/08 - 1/8/08
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The Magruder
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The crew was stuck in port due to high winds.
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12/20/07 - 01/4/08
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The Magruder
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The Magruder has been in port along with the Blue Water Rose due to very high winds in recent
weeks. The crew of Blue Water Ventures has been able to get in some magging which is an integral
part of the search. Look for an update on the DARE's progress in the boat yard in the next investor
newsletter.
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Archive boat happenings information for 2007 can be viewed at: Boat Happenings 2007.
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Archive boat happenings information for 2006 can be viewed at: Boat Happenings 2006.
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