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Member Introductions
This is the place to introduce yourself. If you’re a new member, create a reply to this discussion topic by clicking the big yellow reply button to the right of this paragraph.
A new window will popup and you can start typing. We suggest adding the following information:
- Your name and Fleet Society member # (if you don’t know it – you can find it here)
- General location (just city/state or country – don’t put personal information like your home or work address)
- What you do (or did) professionally
- An interest fact about yourself
Here’s an example of a good, concise, member introduction:
Hi, I’m Craig Grella, member #22. I live in Pittsburgh, PA and I am the Fleet Society’s web admin. When I first became a Fleet Society member, I knew nothing about sunken ships, recovered treasure, or numismatics. I didn’t even know what the word “numismatics” meant. After designing the first Fleet Society Website back in 2015 I started learning more about the 1715 Fleet and its history, and through the years have read many books and articles about the Fleet and its sinking. Now, I consider myself a Fleet enthusiast, and enjoy reading and editing many of the articles and pages on this site!
There, it’s easy! Now you try. Hit that reply button and start writing! If you want to be notified if someone comments on your intro, click the check box at the bottom of the popup window to receive notifications! That’s it, your first post! Congratulations!
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Hi, my name is Craig Grella, member #22. I live in Pittsburgh, PA and I’m the Fleet Society’s web admin.
When I first became a Fleet Society member, I knew nothing about sunken ships, recovered treasure, or numismatics. I didn’t even know what the word “numismatics” meant.
After designing the first Fleet Society Website back in 2015 I started learning more about the 1715 Fleet and its history, and through the years have read many books and articles about the Fleet. Now, I consider myself a Fleet enthusiast, and enjoy reading and editing many of the articles and pages on this site!
My day job is creating marketing strategy for SaaS companies, and on the site I created a community and course teaching first time candidates how to run successful campaigns for local elected office. Most times, you can find me here on the Fleet Society website or at CampaignPlanner.org.
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This reply was modified 9 months ago by Craig Grella.
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Hello! I’m Lenore Wetzel and I’ve worked with the 1715 Fleet Society for a couple of years now. I’m the person to contact if you have any questions, need assistance with anything (really, anything!), or are experiencing technical issues.
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Hello,
I am SpegTacular and/or Jesse. Currently awaiting an assigned member #
I am from New Port Richey, FL and utilize the name Spegtacular on social media to help share my hobbies of coin collecting and precious metals stacking.
I’m fascinating by shipwreck history and hope to learn more each and every day.
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- Sal Guttuso, member #226
- Madison, Mississippi
- Operations Director for 1715 Fleet – Queens Jewels, LLC
- First started metal detecting at the age of 10 in the French Quarter of New Orleans
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Hello everyone,
– I’m Lewis (I haven’t received my member number yet).
– Currently living in Misawa, Japan. But I plan on moving back to the Space Coast area in a few years.
– Currently enlisted in the US Air Force.
– I’m designing my first tow-behind sonar system to explore a lake at a WW2 aerial attack/battle site.
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Welcome to the Society Matt! Your membership number is #229. 😃
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Thank you!
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Hello, I’m Dennis Ball member no. 235. I reside in Kingston, Tn., I grew up in Melbourne,Florida 1954-1969 and as a kid I found small round black/green rocks and skipped them back in the ocean not knowing at the time they were probably silver coins near the site of the McCarty site today. My professional career was of forty seven years service at the Y-12 Nuclear Complex in Oak Ridge, Tn. in various manufacturing/quality and in Human Resources as a Compensation Specialist. I enjoy reading about the history of the 1715 fleet and the discovery of artifacts and visiting the 1715 fleet wreck sites. Looking forward to my membership in The 1715 Fleet Society.
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Hello Everyone,
I’m Jim Tingen, joined today so I don’t have a member number yet.
I’m a historian, librarian, and researcher, professionally for 45 years. I retired to Palm Bay, Florida in 2018 and heard that this area was called the “Treasure Coast.” I decided to research and find out why. During that research I read an article that stated that most information about the 1715 Silver Fleet was from amateurs and treasure hunters and that a more scholarly publication was needed. Accordingly, I decided to tackle that history, which I am currently writing. I’ve started with Isabella I and Ferdinand II and the Reconquista of Spain, Columbus appearing before the Catholic Monarchs seeking funds for his planned voyage to find Cipangu (Japan), Hangchow, Quinay (China), and India, the Spanish conquest of the “New World” and the treasure brought from there, the development of the Spanish Treasure Fleets, the lost ships of the Spanish Treasure Fleet, the 1715 Silver Fleet – voyage to Vera Cruz and Cartagena and on to Havana and the Casa de Contratación, the smuggling of treasure, then the fateful journey which ended during a hurricane on Colonial Florida’s east coast, the salvage operations, the pirates, and lastly the treasure hunters and underwater archeology. I have bit off a substantial chew and having fun researching and writing. Currently up to around 400 pages, expect the project to peak out at around 600 pages.
I’d also like to share some of what I’ve discovered through a presentation to the Society. I’m looking forward to being a member of the 1715 Fleet Society.
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