How much ferrous metal is on an average Spanish shipwreck?

[enrada]

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I am at the Apple store and figured out how to add the map, then we went on the website and found out that Salvor6 was way ahead of me.
More importantly you got the info. I still thing you might try and get the generic operation manual from Geometrics if they still publish it. Some chapters are really technical and you can just bypass them but the rest is very good info for a mag operator.
Good luck, keep us posted.

 

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[enrada]

What a great website Treasurenet is. The only place a shipwreck searcher can get a PHD in shipwreckology in one week!!!!!!!!

 

[Marine Archaeology Int.]

What a great website Treasurenet is. The only place a shipwreck searcher can get a PHD in shipwreckology in one week!!!!!!!!

Thank you guys. Our model shows that a 2nT anomaly is well within range of a fix wing application. If we are successful deploying this new technology, we can change the future of marine magnetometers surveys for ever. We can cover 20 sq. miles in one day at a fraction of the cost. This will apply to historical shipwrecks in up to 40' of water.

 

[enrada]

When I first read your post I was thinking that the application would have to be in shallow water flying over sand cays or reefs. How do you keep the drone flying at the same height(auto pilot?) above water and still in sight?

 

[Marine Archaeology Int.]

When I first read your post I was thinking that the application would have to be in shallow water flying over sand cays or reefs. How do you keep the drone flying at the same height(auto pilot?) above water and still in sight?

Enrada, when I said fixed wing, I meant an airplane (that is why we can cover such a large area in only one day) with a stinger attached to it. We are working with drones, but due to our location an airplane would be our primary application for a general survey. I guess the drones will come later as we try to fine tune the search. There is no doubt in my mind that drones, both aerial and underwear, are the future of the industry, but you need to be close to you location to deploy them.

 

[enrada]

Ok now I understand. I asked about diurnal drift in an earlier post. Are you using a base station mag to take care of that in post processing?
Maybe be like Robert Ballard who used military equipment to find the Titanic and just borrow a P3 Orion with the stinger(mag) hanging out the back!!
Hope to meet you sometime, enjoyed the thread.

 

[Marine Archaeology Int.]

Ok now I understand. I asked about diurnal drift in an earlier post. Are you using a base station mag to take care of that in post processing?
Maybe be like Robert Ballard who used military equipment to find the Titanic and just borrow a P3 Orion with the stinger(mag) hanging out the back!!
Hope to meet you sometime, enjoyed the thread.

Yes, we will use either our own base station or in this case or work with the Puerto Rico station to compensate for diurnal drift (it is far, but not too far to our area of operations, which is literally in the middle of nowhere).

We are in the process of analyzing putting together our own stinger on our airplane vs hiring someone that's already done it and is ready to go (pros and cons on both cases). Hanging it in the back is definitely the best set up Enrada... I'll keep you posted on how it goes.