| Location |
24° 55.46 80°
28.53 |
The San Jose was carrying almost 7
million pesos in gold when she sank, and was salvaged by both
Spanish and modern day salvors. Due to the archaic methods of the
early, salvors and the scattered remains found by modern salvors, it
appears the treasure will never run dry for the weekend potluck
hunters of today. Most recoveries were made directly S. of the
wreck-site, but the area to the N. of the wreck has been largely
unexplored, and the backside of the hurricane that hit this fleet
(moving west) was driving survivors and remnants of the ship due
north. For the pot-hunter, the northern sand patches and areas next
to reefs may pay off with recoveries of passenger's personal items. |
