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| Anchor Found On Unexplored Part Of The Atocha Trail! |
| July 19, 2004 -- Kristen Kunas |
KEY WEST - Over the weekend, I hitched a ride with
Pat Clyne for a trip out to the Atocha site to meet up with Gary Randolph,
Captain of our search vessel R/V Pin Pointer and her crew Dale Jennings,
Cliff Sirman and Brian Flanigan to check out the Anchor that was just
recently located on an unexplored part of the Atocha Trail.
It was Friday afternoon, July 16th, when Gary Randolph (Captain of the Pin
Pointer) and Jose Nelson Garcia (Conservator) were out on the Pin Pointer
magging a yet unexplored part of the Atocha Trail where they got a
really intense “hit” from the magnetometer, so great that
they decided to dive and check it out right away. As they
were descending “We saw what appeared to be a crossbar, then
the shank of an anchor and then Papo saw the flukes after
that,” noted Captain Gary Randolph. The Anchor was found
with a broken shank which was reminiscent of one of the
Atocha Anchors found back in 1982 which also sported a
broken shank. That anchor is now prominently displayed at
the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum in Key West.
So, could this be another Atocha anchor? If it is, what can
it tell us? Things are really starting to stir around here,
so stay tuned- “Today’s The Day!”
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