shipwrecks

Newsletter Published March 11, 2024. For all you who love rare coins, the treasures off the coast of South Africa certainly have their share. https://www.theheritageportal.co.za/article/shipwreck-gold-coins-south-africa Some photos of coins discussed: Gold Pardau (360 Reis) of Portuguese...

Looking to get ahold of Daryl Friesen as I have begun to hit dead ends in my research, not looking for easy answers, but I believe he can point me in the next right direction as I believe he has been down this road before. Based out of Campbell River and fulfilled my dream of purchasing a...

Years ago, a Spanish ship filled with silver treasure was found off the south coast of the Bahamas where I am staying. I have dived that site and found parts of the ship. Yesterday however, I believe I may have found a real gem! At first I thought it was an old bottle, but when I picked it up it...

Hey everyone! I joined this forum in the hopes that someone out there could help me with some research I'm doing into the late treasure hunter, Olin Frick. In the 1970s, Frick and his business partner, John Gasque, owned a company called Caribbean Ventures in the Florida Keys. The company was...

Have a look at the most comprehensive shipwreck news database at Lost Treasures of the Seven Seas in News Feed or else :2barsgold: PRECIOUS OLD NEWS I (July 1932 - June 2005) :2barsgold: PRECIOUS OLD NEWS II (Dec. 2005 - May 2008) :2barsgold: PRECIOUS OLD NEWS I (After May 2008) Enjoy ...

Wrecking is an important part of the history of the Bahamas. I am trying to find enough information about it, to write a book. Snippets, stories, evidence, books, newspaper articles and cuttings, location of documents etc. Snippets like: "When we happened on the shipwreck, it was evident that...

Large Treasure Hunter Finding Shipwrecks and Japanese Gold in Asia via Satellite MRI My name is Chris Faraday I am fortunate to be doing large treasure projects in Asia supported by Satellite MRI We have our guys team scan any area and identify specific metals and gems into a kmz (Google...

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I have been looking through forums to research. I have found a lot of old wreck sites and have even verified a few. Now with this being said.....I do not wish to disclose a location or area yet I know people look at these forums and the Florida law blah, blah. My question is has anyone used...

Fifty-five years in the making, Captain Billy Rawson's "Weed, Whackos and Spanish Treasure" is the 475 page memoir of one sea captain’s survival in a world where nothing is ever solidly grounded and the only border is the open horizon. Spanning the 1980s to the present, and set across the...

Hi Came across your fantastic website while doing some research for my latest book - You Owe Me, which is based on a Treasure Hunting guy by the name of Billy Ray Ballantyne (fictional character), who goes missing. He's recently (and unwisely) hooked up with a Miami mobsters trophy wife and...

"The Egyptian government announced Tuesday that archaeologists have uncovered three sunken, millennia-old shipwrecks off the country's north coast. The wrecks, filled with ancient artifacts, are Roman and date back when the empire spread over Europe and North...

50 shipwrecks looted in SE Asia... Scrapping is not fun ! The race to save up to 50 shipwrecks from looters in SE Asia

Happy Friday hunters, anyone know about a rumored wreck in Mid Florida (somewhere between Captiva and Sanibel Islands)? Appreciate any tips or insights :hello2:

Here's a nice summary of the Flor de la Mar sunken treasure story. Of course it quotes Sir Robert - he's been writing and talking about this one for many years. Somewhere around here I have an old Argosy with his story about it. The $2.6 Billion Treasure Still Lost at The Bottom of the...

A Genuine Treasure Chart - Sir William Phips' Concepcion Who says there are no genuine treasure maps? A Map of Terra Firma Guiana and the Antilles Islands by Herman Moll (London: 1745) Good luck to all, ~The Old Bookaroo

A few miles south of the Strait of Magellan near Cape Horn a long narrow channel named "St./San Sebastian" formerly flowed from the ocean 35 miles inland where it connected with the Strait of Magellan near Porvenir, Chile. Many wrecks went down in this channel prior to it's natural closure in...

Sir Robert Marx will be lecturing at the Florida Institute of Technology - Mon. Nov. 4th. Directions and campus map are on the college website. https://events.fit.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J4d6uLKDdqwgpkY2PlH44%2FqqTccE%2FYcOCFt5DeaF31NY2gcuMDtok4e#.UnVFkmY6Y5g.gmail...

I work in a Resort Hotel at Disney and found a Harper's Weekly newspaper framed on the 2nd floor of the Boardwalk Inn. It was the aftermath of a 1889 Hurricane that destroyed the water front of Atlantic City and also grounded a Sailing ship. I don't think it sank but merely grounded. I...

I can't believe I finished this thing finally... especially living in Hawai'i. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to stay inside. https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/33754 How I Became a Real Pirate (and what further crimes I intend to commit...) By: Michael T. Dodd - eBook - Kobo Enjoy...

Anyone from the Miami area interested in above and underwater detecting? I have the capabilities just need the crew. Boat. Underwater Hooka. Excallibur 2.

Let's take a look at the UNESCO convention manual, how it considers and recommends the ways to tackle the many aspects of shipwrecks. Any work around shipwrecks costs a lot of money. The treasure hunters way, based on thousands of years of tradition, has been to finance the search and recovery...

DR E Lee Spence's latest project Hi all, as you may well be aware Dr E Lee Spence has announced his new agreement with United Gold Explorations Limited, in which he plans to locate and salvage six historical shipwrecks. If you would like to find out more about this project please visit our...

Hi there - my name is Alex Emanuel from Darlow Smithson Productions, a TV production company based in London, England. I am looking for American treasure hunters to potentially take part in a new TV series for the US. I am looking for people who are searching for unusual and mysterious items...

Dear Friends of the Treasures and the Sea Friends and for those of you who don't know me, I research treasure sites and information, which in turn I share to help in your quests. While I used to land hunt and have a special fondness for the 1715 Fleet, I can no longer do that as an injury...

I think all sides can agree that the battle between treasure hunters and archaeologists is going to be fought for a long, long time. NPR “Morning Edition” Story just ran (May 4, 2011) an excellent story about the commercial recovery of a 9th Century shipwreck found in Southwest Asia and the...