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Corpus Christi TX
Padre Island National Seashore, 1554 wreck coast
Tidal foreshore Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Nails and fittings
Sea pottery
Coins and tokensAlso reported: not beach finds.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
Three ships of the 1554 Spanish plate fleet wrecked on Padre Island; pieces still wash up or emerge from the sand.
NPS Padre Island: 'pieces of the 1554 wrecks and other historical events still wash up on the island or emerge from the sand'; asks finders to leave and report to Malaquite Visitor CenterView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
60 miles of 4WD-only beachNo services, storm debris, heat
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