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[BVI Hunter]

Could'nt work out why this lump of coral (in 2 ft of water) at the beach kept "hitting"?

brought it home and it started to fall apart in my bag - WOW!!!

just need to identify them and work out how to save / clean them

any ideas

thanks!!

 

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[HenryWaltonJonesJr]

You fixed them BVI looks good from here.

 

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[BVI Hunter]

Ha! Bloody Treasure Hunter!! HE took the 1000th post! So he wins the prize!

 

[sponge]

Man I love that pic of the stack of silver. Its like I just got a prehunt pep talk. Alright mates now get out there a dig some treasures. Im freakin goin huntin sanded in or not theres gold out there. Damit Jim

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Ha! Bloody Treasure Hunter!! HE took the 1000th post! So he wins the prize!

Not 1000 for me since mods see all posts in thread even deleted ones...

 

[catherine1]

Thanks for the pics/sharing BVI. Those are amazing artifacts. WTG!!!! Stay safe!!!!

 

[BVI Hunter]

Any missing pics are a result of a glitch on the server - sorry!

I can repost if requested

 

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[coinman123]

Waiting for something like this....

If I could find one ingot for every shotgun shell I have found, I'd have every ingot and be rich, and still have another 500 shotgun shells left over. LOL.

 

[Jeff95531]

BVI, I just caught up on your thread. It kinda reminds me of when I went fishing for and caught a huge Halibut off the coast of Alaska. I thought I knew what it would be like to catch a fish that size and it turned out it was NOTHING like I thought it would be. All he** broke loose for about an hour, learned as I went, got it in...absolutely memorable. This thread and my own gold prospecting adventures has taught me to play my cards close to my chest. I'm very happy for you and that you got professional help before it was too late...which we all know came very close. Anyhow congrats and thanks for anything you can give us!

 

[UnderMiner]

Your story has reached legendary status where I'm from, it's even been embellished some and turned into something of an educational story:

"There was once a guy who was metal detecting a beach and suddenly he gets a signal - he digs it up but it turns out to just be a rock. So the guy leaves the rock and continues metal detecting. He doesn't find much that day besides the occasional piece of costume jewelry. Eventually he gets back to where he had started and he detects the rock again. Eventually the man decides to pick up the rock and put it into his bag even though he was quite certain it was worthless.

When he got home that evening he opened his bag to an amazing sight. Amongst all the worthless scraps of metal and fake jewelry he had collected he was shocked to see dozens of 16th century Spanish doubloons glistening within. The worthless rock he had picked up had in fact been a stack of silver coins from a treasure ship that had wrecked in a storm hundreds of years earlier. The treasure had been in the water for so long that coral had formed around it. The coral had encased the treasure for hundreds of years until one day it broke loose from the sea floor and washed up onto the beach. While in the man's bag the coral dried out and disintegrated - spilling the coins.

The moral of the story is: things aren't always what they seem. Something that looks like a worthless rock could be a treasure, and vise-versa something that looks like treasure, like the bits of costume jewelry the man found, may in fact be worthless. So when you go out in the world - just remember this. Don't judge people for what they look like on the outside until you know what they're like on the inside."

 

[BVI Hunter]

Wow, thanks!

Glad my experience is finding new audiences!

I am in NY next week,,maybe I should do a "show and tell" !!!

 

[BVI Hunter]

BVI, I just caught up on your thread. It kinda reminds me of when I went fishing for and caught a huge Halibut off the coast of Alaska. I thought I knew what it would be like to catch a fish that size and it turned out it was NOTHING like I thought it would be. All he** broke loose for about an hour, learned as I went, got it in...absolutely memorable. This thread and my own gold prospecting adventures has taught me to play my cards close to my chest. I'm very happy for you and that you got professional help before it was too late...which we all know came very close. Anyhow congrats and thanks for anything you can give us!

Thanks!

 

[calisdad]

Well it's only been a year and a half- what have you done LATELY ? ( kidding- kidding -- I myself can't wait until we get to see your find in it's entirety. What a ride this must have been for you. Savor the experience- we can only dream.)

 

[BVI Hunter]

its been amazing! met some great people thru this find and learnt a hell of a lot!

 

[COASTCOMBER]

Hope the new year is treating you well and bringing you many good finds.
I wish you all the best BVI and look forward to the "whole story"
Jeff

 

[sutphin]

What can I say since everyone has said it for me.vanzutphen

 

[Msbeepbeep]

BVI your BVI'ing it, find after find after find! Hope it all comes together for you so we can get a look at the load, and dream!

 

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[BVI Hunter]

BVI,

You're very quiet, you off island or something?

Yeah, I'm holed up in a dodgy hotel on the beach.
Nice and quiet except for the weird person who keeps knocking on the door? I'm sure a bottle of whiskey will make him go away......