A gold item really looks like the day it was made, even after hundreds of years (like finger bars from the Atocha wreck -1622). But pure gold is too soft for everyday use, like dinner plates or jewelry. Other metals are added for strength. Question: Does that make the gold easier to dissolve in seawater?
Silver - yes - it really corrodes - coins get all stuck together.
So why do they get a reading of lots of gold?
Next - the wooden ships had ballast stones - smoothed from rivers. A big lump would give away the position. It is a good idea to barricade a ship before burning it- you can't control a burning ship.
Has a pile of stones been found? To really hide, you can take the stones out before burning a ship.
Last - the Halpern map is a copy - they are interested in the spot marked "Traffe" - a hatch. It might have been "trasse" using a long "s" which was the style back then - like in "Congress" at the top of the "Bill of Rights". So like means a trace, or remnant. A square hole was found there, which appeared to be what was left of something.
Silver - yes - it really corrodes - coins get all stuck together.
So why do they get a reading of lots of gold?
Next - the wooden ships had ballast stones - smoothed from rivers. A big lump would give away the position. It is a good idea to barricade a ship before burning it- you can't control a burning ship.
Has a pile of stones been found? To really hide, you can take the stones out before burning a ship.
Last - the Halpern map is a copy - they are interested in the spot marked "Traffe" - a hatch. It might have been "trasse" using a long "s" which was the style back then - like in "Congress" at the top of the "Bill of Rights". So like means a trace, or remnant. A square hole was found there, which appeared to be what was left of something.
