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numerous areas of unexplored material. As Berrier and Chaney found out, it takes a good metal detector and the braille system to locate artifacts. A good day of visibility is 6 feet, with the average about 2-3 feet. When the tide changes the only thing you can see is the nose inside your mask. 
    The wreck will always be a favorite "Treasure Divers" wreck site, because it has so much to offer in terms of treasure yet to be recovered. Systematic grid searching similar to MacAllaster 5 Colored Beach project should produce results. The area close to shore and north towards the McLarty Museum would be logical places to dig out sand holes. Somewhere there are still some boxes of K'ang Hsi porcelain, worth a small fortune on today's market and hopefully still in their box protected by straw and clay.

 

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References

"Sunken Treasure On Florida Reefs,"  by Robert "Frogfoot" Weller

For additional information see:  "Galleon Hunt,"  "Shipwrecks Near Wabasso Beach,"  "Salvaging Spanish Sunken Treasure,"  "Famous Shipwrecks of the Florida Keys."  by Robert "Frogfoot" Weller, 

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