Ray family find Fort Caroline?

[JaxNative68]

Does anyone have any real information about what was presented today?

[cowford]

Keeping an eye on it.  Nothing so far.

[cowford]

From jacksonville.com

The original site of the long-lost Fort Caroline is now said to be in Jacksonville.
The 450-year-old site of Florida's first French colony is said to be in on a small island between Mayport and Queen's Harbour, Florida Rep. Ray Lake announced Tuesday.
The validity of the claim is still being tested, but Lake said he's confident about the site's location. The announcement comes five months after scholars said the original site was 70 miles north of Jacksonville on the Altamaha River in Georgia.
Finding the original site of Fort Caroline has been a hundreds-year-old mystery that Northeast Florida historians have long since trying to solve. The fort was established in 1562. It was attacked by Spanish soldiers from St. Augustine and ultimately abandoned.
Meredith Rutland: (904) 359-4161


Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2014-07-29/story/site-long-lost-fort-caroline-now-said-be-jacksonville#ixzz38sFoEAVE

[cowford]

From jaxdailyrecord.com

He's asked for the exact location to not be revealed to ensure it remains intact while his findings are investigated.

http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=543533

[cowford]

He found coal, pieces of what may be pewter dishes, and slag.

[JaxNative68]

Thanks cowford. I'm curious to see how this develops.

[spuwho]

My guess is its a semi attached island off Buckhorn Creek or in that area. That would fit with the Timucuan/meteor fire story off Colorinda Creek. Just my 2 cents. I hope this is for real!

[JaxNative68]

This sounds like an MJ kayaking expedition in the making!

[uga_jax]

Greenfield Islands just north of Queen's Harbor neighborhood looks like a possibility.

[Josh]

Greenfield Islands just north of Queen's Harbor neighborhood looks like a possibility.

Possibly. The Jacksonville.com article has been updated to reflect that the site they are investigating is between Mayport and Buck Island, and not Queen's Harbor.

[RiversideLoki]

Well, that was a little too easy. PROTIP: Do not base your proof images off of google maps images if you're trying to keep a site secret.



Which is here: 30.375426, -81.450881

[Tacachale]

Ha! Nice work, Loki.

[coredumped]

So does this put the "Ft Caroline was in GA" theories to rest?

[RiversideLoki]

No necessarily. Apparently archaeologists have checked that site before and not found much conclusive evidence that that is in fact Fort Caroline. While it fits the profile, it is going to take some more digging (see what I did there) to determine if that is a fact. Though, the profile of that island and the location does not lend itself to retaining much archaeological data, as it looks like it has been swept many times over (you can even see this going through the google earth past images.)

[Tacachale]

Loki, do you know when that site was investigated before?