Target 1 saw a number of “drops” or testing areas and was our most complex magnetic target, receiving the most amount of attention. North is towards the top left corner. You can see two areas of exploration here in this sonar image. Drop 1B, probed August 10th, is at the top left of the image, and Drop 1A is the asterisk or wheel-like series of probes at the center right. Shrimp trawling gear was found near the center of this target, the faint line above the ‘hub’ of the wheel at Drop 1A is a piece of modern line. Most of this gear was buried too deeply to determine whether or not it was simply a mass of modern fishing gear, or a shrimp net hung on an ancient wreck.
Image courtesy of the Search for the Lost French Fleet of 1565 Expedition, NOAA-OER/St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum. Download image (jpg, 118 KB).

Target 1 saw a number of “drops” or testing areas and was our most complex magnetic target, receiving the most amount of attention. North is towards the top left corner. You can see two areas of exploration here in this sonar image. Drop 1B, probed August 10th, is at the top left of the image, and Drop 1A is the asterisk or wheel-like series of probes at the center right. Shrimp trawling gear was found near the center of this target, the faint line above the ‘hub’ of the wheel at Drop 1A is a piece of modern line. Most of this gear was buried too deeply to determine whether or not it was simply a mass of modern fishing gear, or a shrimp net hung on an ancient wreck.

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