Pirate ship or Cattle Barge?

Last May, David Carr was puttering along the mangroves across from Rumrunners in Cape Coral, when he saw something strange in the ochre shallows: rows of seaweed growing in straight lines. Looking closer, Carr noticed the plants were growing from what looked like a ship’s ribs; when he hauled up the anchor, a tarred plank came up with it.

Carr, 46, was convinced he’d discovered a British pirate ship, captured and scuttled by the U.S. Navy at the end of the Civil War. Never mind that last month, a team of state archaeologists concluded it’s a barge that once hauled cattle across the Caloosahatchee; Carr disagrees. He’s certain he found historic treasure.

Whatever it is it's certainly old and a piece of local history.

Here is the Fort Myers News press link to the full article:
http://www.news-press.com/article/20130903/NEWS0101/309030012/Is-Cape-Coral-wreck-sunken-treasure-merely-barge-

Wink News link:
http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2013-07-30/Sunken-pirate-ship-discovery-a-treasure-for-Cape-Coral#.UiXr3RTD_Vg