Operation Lodestone: A Marine Archaeological Exploration Off Cape Canaveral and the Florida Keys Utilizing the Varian M-49A Proton Magnetometer to Determine the Locations of Early Shipwrecks

Author(s): Charles B. Harnett

Year: 1962

Summary

This report describes a marine archaeological project to locate certain of these wrecks in the above-mentioned areas and the information obtained from that survey.A proton magnetometer was employed in the survey to detect ferrous masses that would be present in the sunken remains of old shipwrecks. Operation Lodestone resulted in the discovery of one modern wreck, the possible discovery of some five early wreck sites, and the examination of the remains of a known early wreck, from which criteria were established for carrying out future searches of this nature and for correlating and assessing previously acquired data.

Cite this Record

Operation Lodestone: A Marine Archaeological Exploration Off Cape Canaveral and the Florida Keys Utilizing the Varian M-49A Proton Magnetometer to Determine the Locations of Early Shipwrecks. Charles B. Harnett. 1962 ( tDAR id: 458205) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8458205

Keywords

Culture
Historic • Spanish

Site Type
Shipwreck • Water-Related

Investigation Types
Historic Background Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station • Proton Magnetometer • Spanish galleons

Geographic Keywords
Brevard (County) • Cape Canaveral • Florida (State / Territory)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -80.89; min lat: 28.207 ; max long: -80.5; max lat: 28.743 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

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Record Identifiers

FMSF(s): 21946

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