Michigan Badger
Gold Member
My last shipwreck purchase was some wood from a Great Lakes shipwreck that had been collected back in the 60's. One of my first questions asked was "did you take any pictures during the recovery?" The expected answer was "no" and I wasn't disappointed.
This guy, who was (now retired) a well known Great Lakes diver and ship locater, never took pictures! Absolutely unbelievable!
How did Mel Fisher get buyers to pay thousands (more or less) for a single silver cob that most unknown divers couldn't get $200 for off ebay? Publicity, that's how.
Have you seen the prices they get for anything they find? You might be able to buy a shipwreck copper Maravedis cob for $500 but I doubt it.
I don't do diving but I do land hunt. I've dug and sold coins and tokens worth $1 to maybe $10 for $10 to $200 on ebay. How did I do it? I take photos of my finds being dug whenever possible. I even show some on YouTube (the bigger finds). When I run these on ebay with a link to the recovery video the bidding goes nuts.
Not long ago I sold a nasty looking dug Brit token worth $5 at best for $127.
Most people today buying shipwreck or land found treasures aren't looking for a piece of metal or wood, they really want a feeling, a story, a sense of living in the past. Almost everyone today is bored with the present.
Take pictures.
Badger
This guy, who was (now retired) a well known Great Lakes diver and ship locater, never took pictures! Absolutely unbelievable!
How did Mel Fisher get buyers to pay thousands (more or less) for a single silver cob that most unknown divers couldn't get $200 for off ebay? Publicity, that's how.
Have you seen the prices they get for anything they find? You might be able to buy a shipwreck copper Maravedis cob for $500 but I doubt it.
I don't do diving but I do land hunt. I've dug and sold coins and tokens worth $1 to maybe $10 for $10 to $200 on ebay. How did I do it? I take photos of my finds being dug whenever possible. I even show some on YouTube (the bigger finds). When I run these on ebay with a link to the recovery video the bidding goes nuts.
Not long ago I sold a nasty looking dug Brit token worth $5 at best for $127.
Most people today buying shipwreck or land found treasures aren't looking for a piece of metal or wood, they really want a feeling, a story, a sense of living in the past. Almost everyone today is bored with the present.
Take pictures.
Badger
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