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Eastern Cape

Grosvenor wreck, Port Grosvenor (Wild Coast)

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Gold

Gold

Coins and tokens

Coins and tokens

Sea pottery

Sea pottery

Also reported: cannon balls, glass, brass.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1782 East Indiaman

East Indiaman wrecked 4 August 1782; an 1880 report said numerous gold and silver coins were picked up on the beach, and a 1999 permitted excavation recovered about 5,000 artifacts including Venetian ducats.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

heavy Wild Coast surfRock gullies, remote

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