Preserved on the seabed in the bay are the remains of several cargoes, stratified deposits and wrecks (5), one of which (T. S. Sabina 1) was excavated in 2007. This was revealed to be unique for the presence of elements of the upperworks, the chronology (beginning of the 4th century A.D.) and for the remains of a North African cargo (cf. 2009 report)

Very close to the latter lay the remains of another boat (T.S. Sabina 5), discovered in 1998, at a very shallow depth (1.70 m). Several metal artefacts from this boat were recovered along the sides of the bay by metal detector: seven helmets, four of which stacked and stuck together by concretions, a canon ball, various iron nails etc. The operations of sorbonatura intercepted a structure with juxtaposed timber and metal parts, 2.74 m long, circa 40 cm maximum height, orientated east-west. The timber beam constituting the central part had a quadrangular section (c. 15 cm sides). The lower face adhered to a metal element with an irregular form. At present it is not possible to confirm the initial attribution of the structure to a post-medieval wreck, nor propose other hypotheses regarding its identification or function, also due to the lack of associated material. Timber samples were taken for C14 dating by the CE.DA.D (Centre for dating and diagnostics) at the University of Salento.

During the 2010 investigations continued at the foot of the western bank of rock at the foot of the submerged reef/cliff (area B). This is the site of the stratigraphic sequence made up of several dispersed cargoes or partial cargoes mixed with clear traces of dockside unloading activities. A trench was laid out across the north-south channel/paleo-riverbed, in which the depth and stratigraphy of the deposit is conserved – below about two metres of sandy sediment – in greater quantity and quality with respect to that encountered at the base of the scarp.

The aim was to define the sequence, documenting any other presences beyond the two overlying cargoes (T. S. Sabina 4, late Republican and T. S. Sabina 3, late Archaic) and check the incidence of materials from the unloading activities. During the excavation a small column drum was recovered and a quarry block was exposed. Layer US 1 was again exposed, with local and Aegean amphorae (Rhodian and Cnidian), opercula, coarse and fine ware pottery, clearly relating to a late Republican cargo.

Lastly, a survey was undertaken along the western ridge of the trench towards the north, as far as the Tower and at a depth of 6-7 m. It was seen that a substantial removal of sediment had revealed, among the stones at the base of the rock bank, a large quantity of pottery fragments, often concentrated in small pockets. This vast area of dispersion showed the usual predominance of local Adriatic productions (Greco-Italic, transitional forms between Greco-Italic and Lamboglia 2, Lamboglia 2), in line with the presence and composition of the late Republican cargo from the Torre Santa Sabina 4 wreck.