CAN SUM ONE HELP PLEASE

[Beefy (GARETH)]

RHOSSILI BAY, GOWER PENINSULA, SOUTH WALES
THE DOLLAR SHIP
Someone told me a bit about it......  That there was a wonman called Catherine of Braganza was the Portuguese princess who married Charles 11 in 1662. Local tradition in the Gower Peninsula mains that a galleon bearing Catherine of Braganza's dowry to Charles was wrecked in Rhossili Bay.      An immense quantity of spanish coins was briefly uncovered in 1807 by the action of the tide, and again in 1833............................  Thats all i was told....................

[Kev]

hi Beffy, DIG IT told me a good while back that a few of the portugese coins have been found by detectrists over the years !!!!!!

[Tafflaff (Rob)]

I'd heared that as well , Gold coins at that. They crop up occasionally in Bluepool along the coast.

[Jonola (Jon)]

King Charles II was restored to the English throne in May 1660, and 1661, he signed a marriage treaty to marry Catharine of Braganza (Catarina de Bragança), the Portugese Infanta. The royal bride arrived in Portsmouth on 13 May 1963, and in her dowry (which was considerable) included many treasure ships, a chest of tea, the port of Tangiers (in Morocco) and the port of Bombay (modern Mumbai, in India).


HOWEVER

As gold moidores were only minted from 1690 to 1722 it is unlikely the Catherine of Breganza link in genuine.

She married King Charles II in 1662.
King Charles dies in 1685 before any miodores existed
Catherine died in 1705

There is definitely a bullion carrying ship out there though.

[Stig(The)]

Not coins but still a National treasure !
Tea is the most English of drinks, it is for pleasure, when sick and always the first thing offered in times of tragedy. We have two women to thank for elevating the humble tea leaf from an insipid liquid to our national treasure.

It is Catherine of Braganza, the Portugese wife of King Charles II (1660-85), we have to thank for bringing the teapot to our shores. This simple pot elevated the drink from a mere soaking in hot water for 30 minutes, to a ceremony. 200 years later, Anna, the 7th Duchess of Bedford would often suffer from pangs of hunger in late to mid-afternoon and with dinner not usually until 8pm or later she took to partaking of a little light refreshment creating that most British custom of Afternoon Tea was born.

[DIGGA]

WOW  INTERESTING  INFO  ALL ,,,,,IVE  GOT  THE  TECTOR  AND THE  DIESEL   NOW  WHERE  WAS  THAT  BEACH  AGAIN          HAHA     NO  BUT  SOUNDS  INTERESTING  GET  A  DW  RALLY  ON THAT  BEACH   I WILL SIGN UP   NOW   

[Jonola (Jon)]

Here is a pic...I wanna go!
Seriously though, a lot of people are asking about a rally and the fields are not available. How about a DW rally on a beach? Not all beaches have loads of tourists on them.

[bymatt666 (byron)]

thats a great idea !........ ....a day at the beach and detecting too!.....i'm up for that !.... ....byron

[detectordave]

As you look at that pic the wreck is to the right i have searched this beach for years and never found a gold coin there but still live in hope.

[mole]

In the early nineteenth centuary after a fierce storm the wreck of the dollar ship was exposed the local squire and some of his men managed to fill a cart with silver dollars since then it as remained buried beneath the sands approximately in line with diles lake a fresh water stream that runs into the seamidway between the start of rhosilli and the worms head around the corner from the wormshead lies the bluepool here in the early nineteenth centuary whilst collecting shellfish a man noticed something glinting amongst the rocks in the morning sunlight he had found a portugese gold moidore coin so there must be a couple of treasure ships lying offshore waiting to be discovered

[KANE (DES)]

yea mole i;ve been told its not the main beach but the area to the left of worms headas you go down the steps

[Richy]

Surely with modern technology and the approximate known location of the wrecks these ships would have been found long ago?   

[daf.vinci]

I found this link if anyone is interested.

http://www.ggat.org.uk/cadw/historic_landscape/gower/english/Gower_008.htm

[coleggwent(phil)]

id like to have a crack at that beech and find one of them coins

[daf.vinci]

The minute i get my permit for beach detecting,i am going down there.Cant wait.