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Blue Water Ventures has been finding rare gold coins on a 19th century wreck of the Steamship North Carolina off the South Carolina Coast.
Thanks to Dean R. for the lead on this story. You'll find it mentioned in several sources. Here are three links.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article235661717.html
https://rarecoininvestor.com/2018/11/05/divers-searching-for-extremely-rare-gold-coins-on-1840-shipwreck-off-south-carolina/
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/blue-water-ventures-international-and-endurance-exploration-group-announce-first-day-success-on-steamboat-north-carolina-1028570511
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I was trying to remember the metal detectors that I've used over the years and thought I'd make a list beginning with the first one I ever used and putting them in order, but I doubt that I got them all and I probably don't have every one in the correct order.
Radio Shack metal detector. Back in the 60s probably. Don't remember what it was called.
Whites CoinMaster. It was purchased from a Sears Roebuck catalog and returned for some reason after some useage.
Fisher Aquanaut 1280. My first submersible and the metal detector and the detector I was using when I got on the gold trail.
Tesoro Royal Sabre.
Tesoro Silver Sabre.
Garrett Pulse Induction submersible. I don't remember what that one was called either, I didn't keep it very long.
Steve Noga modified submersible Nautilus metal detector. I think I had three of those.
Herb MacDonald Aquasound metal detctors. Very similar to the Noga metal detectors. They were also modified Nautilus detectors in a Ikelite case.
Tesoro Stingray.
Minelab Excalibur.
Minelab Sovereign,
Whites PI Surf.
Garrett Ace 250.
Garrett GTX.
Minelab Equinox.
My most productive detectors were the Noga and MacDonald modified Nautilus detectors, which were great beach and underwater detectors.
Most of those detectors were pretty good at doing something. I used some of those a lot and others only a little.
Some of the later detectors were also very good, but it was when I was using the modified Nautilus detectors that I was detecting the most and finding the most. I lived in the Fort Lauderdale area at the time, and between consulting jobs and university teaching, I was able to hit the beaches pretty hard. I was doing 20 to 30 pieces of gold each month on average without going all out. As I recall, I was at around 130 pieces of gold one year and had more months to go when I lost track of my records.
I might comment on each metal detector some other time.
If the Radio Shack detector was a better metal detector, I would have started to metal detect more seriously a decade or two earlier.
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Looks like we'll have some nice surf Sunday night and Monday morning, but it looks like the wind won't be favorable.
The tides are more moderate now.
It isn't unusual to have a good storm in the fall. We can still hope.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
I might comment on each metal detector some other time.
If the Radio Shack detector was a better metal detector, I would have started to metal detect more seriously a decade or two earlier.
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Looks like we'll have some nice surf Sunday night and Monday morning, but it looks like the wind won't be favorable.
The tides are more moderate now.
It isn't unusual to have a good storm in the fall. We can still hope.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net