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Gulf Hunt for Galleon Pays Off
Austin report details the second year of state funded underwater archaeology off South Padre Island recovering about 15 000 pounds of artifacts. Divers recovered a keel section gold bar anchors coins and clay sherds while archive work seeks passenger lists manifests and ship dates to augment scholarly understanding.
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Austin
South Padre Island
Fred Wendorf
Texas Antiquities Committee
Texas Gulf
Port Mansfield
Carl Clausen
Texas Historical Commission
J. Barto Arnold II
The
Historical Commission
Antiquities Committee
Gulf
State of Texas
Barto Arnold III
Arnold
Clausen
Texas Archeological Research Laboratory
Texas