1956 photo of Bermuda treasure hunter

[Cruisin]

Do any of you remember the treasure hunter Teddy Tucker from Bermuda? I was organizing my old family photos and came across this photo of him. It was taken in 1955, I think, on his boat in Bermuda. He's the guy holding the bug. I'm the little girl at the lower right of the photo. When he found that ship full of treasure his daughter & I actually played in piles of coins & jewelry. Now that's an awesome childhood memory! The photo is fuzzy because my scanner wasn't working so I took a photo of the photo. I'm surprised it came out as well as it did. If I remember the name of the ship he found I'll post it later.

 

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[Cruisin]

The San Pedro, I think . A gold & emerald cross from the ship was on the cover of National Geographic.

 

[mad4wrecks]

Yes, it was the San Pedro. Thanks for sharing the awesome photo and memories!

Tom

 

[CaribbeanDiver]

Thanks for the GREAT photo.

What a priceless memory for you. Thanks for sharing

 

[wwwtimmcp]

I learned alot from teddy tucker and how he found the wrecks by snorkeling over the bottom. besides charles garrett once I got a metal detector he was the most influential person in how I work a wreck site.
he was way ahead of cousteau . I think it was teddy that said look for straight lines and perfect circles because nature doesn't create them very often. that is a good clue to something being manmade.

thanks for the memory, I got to visit burt kilbride on his private island in 1986, he took us diving on several wrecks including the san ignacio on anageda reef. that memory is burned into my mind like few others. cannon balls,bar shot,and one 1700's bottle made it home with me thanks to him. that was way more fun than any theme park could ever hope to be.

 

[Chagy]

I learned alot from teddy tucker and how he found the wrecks by snorkeling over the bottom. besides charles garrett once I got a metal detector he was the most influential person in how I work a wreck site.
he was way ahead of cousteau . I think it was teddy that said look for straight lines and perfect circles because nature doesn't create them very often. that is a good clue to something being manmade.

thanks for the memory, I got to visit burt kilbride on his private island in 1986, he took us diving on several wrecks including the san ignacio on anageda reef. that memory is burned into my mind like few others. cannon balls,bar shot,and one 1700's bottle made it home with me thanks to him. that was way more fun than any theme park could ever hope to be.

wwwtimmcp,

welcome to the forum, looking forward to hearing more of your stories.....

All the best,

Chagy.......

 

[ivan salis]

nice bug too -- loot comes in all forms --- fun getting to play "pirates" with real treaasure coins instead of the plastic ones huh? Ivan

 

[Cruisin]

Here's a coincidence: Two of the people in this photo are direct descendants of the survivors of the Sea Venture. They guy climbing into the boat is Ed Downing who's ancestor was on the Sea Venture. We sold our boat to Ed when we left Bermuda & the next year Ed found the wreck of the Sea Venture. My ancestor was also aboard the Sea Venture & later traveled to Jamestown on the Deliverence. Pretty weird, our ancestors knew each other, hung out together, etc. Three hundred + years later we're back at the same place hanging out together.

 

[wwwtimmcp]

thanks for the kind words chagy. I'll be sure to relate a few of my treasure tales soon since old man winter is just about to close down my metal detecting for awhile. burt was A++ number one in my books he would gladly talk to us about treasure diving or anything else that caught our fancy.

he told us about a greek ship that plowed into anegada reef in the early 1800's. the captain hung himself instead of facing the owners board of inquiry. I guess the greeks are rather harsh in punishment for the loss of one of their ships. or maybe he just saved them the trouble.

 

[wreckvalle]

Teddy found the majority of the known wrecks off Bermuda.

Check out http://www.aquaexplorers.com/Bermuda_shipwrecks.htm

For some historical info and images.

Below is a photo of Teddy with cannon shot.

Safe Diving
Capt. Dan Berg
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