Re: [meteorite-list] Buried Treasure - OT with Links that work
About 6 weeks ago the US Navy and allies concluded RIMPAC, the annual war games conducted in the waters around Hawaii for several weeks. During that time, we saw a Sea Stallion leading a destroyer through the Auai Channel between Maui and Lanai. Periodically, the helicopter would dunk a sonobuoy in the water; obviously the exercise du jour was to locate an 'enemy' sub in the area. We also saw a LA class sub go tearing out of Lahaina harbor at what must have been 35-40 knots, then the skipper opened her up. Possibly you found something from one of the many sonobuoys that must have been deployed in the area, although I'm fairly sure the Navy does a good cleanup job on their toys. It could also be a tracking device from marine research; biologists love to tag whales, seals, turtles, and anything else that moves through Hawaiian waters. Tracy Latimer Here's a link to the picture: http://tektitesource.com/pictures/offTopics/BeachBug1.jpg (you'll have to copy this and past it into your address line) Anybody have any ideas??? I'm thinking it would serve as a great starting place for a novel (for all I know it's still broadcasting right now and secret agents are converging on this location) Cheers, Norm Lehrman _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! hthttp://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Buried Treasure - OT
Dear list members, I found buried treasure! I know that many of you enjoy treasure hunting as much as I do. In fact, meteorite hunting is one of many forms of treasure hunting so I thought I would share one of my latest adventures with you. After 23 years of serious thought and planning of treasure hunting the Florida coast, I finally found some. While in high school, I had dreams of traveling to the Florida Treasure Coast in search of lost riches from the ill-fated Spanish 1715 Plate Fleet. It is called the Plate fleet due to the abundance of silver (Plata in Spanish, hence the name, 'Plate'). The fleet of 12 Spanish galleons sank off of the east coast near Vero Beach and Ft. Pierce, Florida after a violent hurricane over took the unsuspecting mariners. After high school I had planned to fly to the Florida east coast after a hurricane in search of gold and silver, which washes up onto the beach after serious storms and hurricanes. Much is buried under several feet of sand, which is stripped away after such acts of Mother Nature. I suppose it is her way of giving some back after taking it nearly 300 years ago. I would plan to use a metal detector for the task. I had waited over 20 years without any hurricanes hitting the area directly. Who would have thought that after moving to Florida a few months before that a succession of hurricanes would devastate Florida, two of which hit Vero Beach and the surrounding areas dead on within weeks of each other! I now had two occasions to drive the 2-hours it would take to get to one of the richest galleon wrecks sites known. During the wait for a hurricane to hit the area, I did extensive research on the Internet about where the wreck sites where. I settled with directions and coordinates from a web site that looked good. The first trip was a few days after Hurricane Frances tore through the area. I went three times during a 2-week period and found many modern U.S. coins and a few artifacts from the site, mostly bronze rivets and possibly one very weathered Silver Half Real. I will have to take that one to the local museum to verify. Click here to see damage created by Hurricane Frances That's me on the right holding metal detector Click here for picture of artifacts The second hurricane, Jeanne, would do even more damage and expose more of the older layers of beach. I made two trips to the coast and didn't find anything, not even a penny, during six hours of searching the first day. The night before my second outing, I decided to compare coordinates and landmarks from the web site and from a book written by one of the original finders of these wrecks. I discovered that the web site missed a large southern area of one of the wrecks closest to the beach. I decided I would try the area from the web site first and then go to the southern area overlooked by his notes. Click here to see up to 8-feet of sand removed by hurricane After my research for the night was over, I decided to watch the movie, Pirates of the Caribbean for good luck, or as the saying goes, Good Luck equals Preparation plus Opportunity. I would find out the next day just how true that is. The next morning, after 2-hours of detecting the well-searched area of the web site location, I went to the southern area I wanted to investigate. After approximately 30 minutes, I found my first Spanish Silver Real in excellent condition. I couldn't believe it, here in my hand was a 300-year old piece of Spanish treasure! I was elated and looked around me to see if there was anyone who saw my body motions or heard my voice exclaiming in delight. No one was around so I felt confident nobody realized I had found a good spot. Click here for a picture of the Silver Real at the beach Notice damaged dock in background Click here for a picture of the Silver Real I jotted down notes and made a detailed map for future searching. I continued in a grid pattern to search the site very carefully and was rewarded with a small caliber musket ball from an old pistol. This, too, was from the 1715 fleet. Another few minutes and I found my second coin, which was not in as good of condition. Click here for image of musket ball Click here for picture of encrusted coin I continued my search, when after another hour, my metal detector blared out the alert of another find. This time I found a gold ring in very good condition. It was still in its perfect circle-shape but the outside was dulled from the many years of abuse from sand abrasion. The inside had some coral growth but revealed brilliant gold along the areas of encrustation. Click here for picture of gold ring at the beach Notice damaged dock in background Click here for picture of gold ring I feel very fortunate to have found such pieces of history. It is amazing to hold these objects after being lost for nearly 300 years. I will continue to search the area in the upcoming weeks. I hope you
[meteorite-list] Buried Treasure - OT with Links that work
Dear list members, I found buried treasure! I know that many of you enjoy treasure hunting as much as I do. In fact, meteorite hunting is one of many forms of treasure hunting so I thought I would share one of my latest adventures with you. After 23 years of serious thought and planning of treasure hunting the Florida coast, I finally found some. While in high school, I had dreams of traveling to the Florida Treasure Coast in search of lost riches from the ill-fated Spanish 1715 Plate Fleet. It is called the Plate fleet due to the abundance of silver (Plata in Spanish, hence the name, 'Plate'). The fleet of 12 Spanish galleons sank off of the east coast near Vero Beach and Ft. Pierce, Florida after a violent hurricane over took the unsuspecting mariners. After high school I had planned to fly to the Florida east coast after a hurricane in search of gold and silver, which washes up onto the beach after serious storms and hurricanes. Much is buried under several feet of sand, which is stripped away after such acts of Mother Nature. I suppose it is her way of giving some back after taking it nearly 300 years ago. I would plan to use a metal detector for the task. I had waited over 20 years without any hurricanes hitting the area directly. Who would have thought that after moving to Florida a few months before that a succession of hurricanes would devastate Florida, two of which hit Vero Beach and the surrounding areas dead on within weeks of each other! I now had two occasions to drive the 2-hours it would take to get to one of the richest galleon wrecks sites known. During the wait for a hurricane to hit the area, I did extensive research on the Internet about where the wreck sites where. I settled with directions and coordinates from a web site that looked good. The first trip was a few days after Hurricane Frances tore through the area. I went three times during a 2-week period and found many modern U.S. coins and a few artifacts from the site, mostly bronze rivets and possibly one very weathered Silver Half Real. I will have to take that one to the local museum to verify. Click here to see damage created by Hurricane Frances http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/GregZac.jpg That's me on the right holding metal detector Click here for picture of artifacts http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/relics.jpg The second hurricane, Jeanne, would do even more damage and expose more of the older layers of beach. I made two trips to the coast and didn't find anything, not even a penny, during six hours of searching the first day. The night before my second outing, I decided to compare coordinates and landmarks from the web site and from a book written by one of the original finders of these wrecks. I discovered that the web site missed a large southern area of one of the wrecks closest to the beach. I decided I would try the area from the web site first and then go to the southern area overlooked by his notes. Click here to see up to 8-feet of sand erosion by hurricanes http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/BankErosion.jpg After my research for the night was over, I decided to watch the movie, Pirates of the Caribbean for good luck, or as the saying goes, Good Luck equals Preparation plus Opportunity. I would find out the next day just how true that is. The next morning, after 2-hours of detecting the well-searched area of the web site location, I went to the southern area I wanted to investigate. After approximately 30 minutes, I found my first Spanish Silver Real in excellent condition. I couldn't believe it, here in my hand was a 300-year old piece of Spanish treasure! I was elated and looked around me to see if there was anyone who saw my body motions or heard my voice exclaiming in delight. No one was around so I felt confident nobody realized I had found a good spot. Click here for a picture of the Silver Real at the beach http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/real1a.jpg Notice damaged dock in background Click here for a picture of the Silver Real http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/real1.jpg I jotted down notes and made a detailed map for future searching. I continued in a grid pattern to search the site very carefully and was rewarded with a small caliber musket ball from an old pistol. This, too, was from the 1715 fleet. Another few minutes and I found my second coin, which was not in as good of condition. Click here for image of mushet ball http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/musketball.jpg Click here for picture of encrusted coin http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/real2.jpg I continued my search, when after another hour, my metal detector blared out the alert of another find. This time I found a gold ring in very good condition. It was still in its perfect circle-shape but the outside was dulled from the many years of abuse from sand abrasion. The inside had some coral growth but revealed brilliant gold along the areas of encrustation. Click
Re: [meteorite-list] Buried Treasure - OT with Links that work
Great story Greg ! Thanks Tim Heitz - Original Message - From: Greg Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 8:48 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Buried Treasure - OT with Links that work Dear list members, I found buried treasure! I know that many of you enjoy treasure hunting as much as I do. In fact, meteorite hunting is one of many forms of treasure hunting so I thought I would share one of my latest adventures with you. After 23 years of serious thought and planning of treasure hunting the Florida coast, I finally found some. While in high school, I had dreams of traveling to the Florida Treasure Coast in search of lost riches from the ill-fated Spanish 1715 Plate Fleet. It is called the Plate fleet due to the abundance of silver (Plata in Spanish, hence the name, 'Plate'). The fleet of 12 Spanish galleons sank off of the east coast near Vero Beach and Ft. Pierce, Florida after a violent hurricane over took the unsuspecting mariners. After high school I had planned to fly to the Florida east coast after a hurricane in search of gold and silver, which washes up onto the beach after serious storms and hurricanes. Much is buried under several feet of sand, which is stripped away after such acts of Mother Nature. I suppose it is her way of giving some back after taking it nearly 300 years ago. I would plan to use a metal detector for the task. I had waited over 20 years without any hurricanes hitting the area directly. Who would have thought that after moving to Florida a few months before that a succession of hurricanes would devastate Florida, two of which hit Vero Beach and the surrounding areas dead on within weeks of each other! I now had two occasions to drive the 2-hours it would take to get to one of the richest galleon wrecks sites known. During the wait for a hurricane to hit the area, I did extensive research on the Internet about where the wreck sites where. I settled with directions and coordinates from a web site that looked good. The first trip was a few days after Hurricane Frances tore through the area. I went three times during a 2-week period and found many modern U.S. coins and a few artifacts from the site, mostly bronze rivets and possibly one very weathered Silver Half Real. I will have to take that one to the local museum to verify. Click here to see damage created by Hurricane Frances http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/GregZac.jpg That's me on the right holding metal detector Click here for picture of artifacts http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/relics.jpg The second hurricane, Jeanne, would do even more damage and expose more of the older layers of beach. I made two trips to the coast and didn't find anything, not even a penny, during six hours of searching the first day. The night before my second outing, I decided to compare coordinates and landmarks from the web site and from a book written by one of the original finders of these wrecks. I discovered that the web site missed a large southern area of one of the wrecks closest to the beach. I decided I would try the area from the web site first and then go to the southern area overlooked by his notes. Click here to see up to 8-feet of sand erosion by hurricanes http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/BankErosion.jpg After my research for the night was over, I decided to watch the movie, Pirates of the Caribbean for good luck, or as the saying goes, Good Luck equals Preparation plus Opportunity. I would find out the next day just how true that is. The next morning, after 2-hours of detecting the well-searched area of the web site location, I went to the southern area I wanted to investigate. After approximately 30 minutes, I found my first Spanish Silver Real in excellent condition. I couldn't believe it, here in my hand was a 300-year old piece of Spanish treasure! I was elated and looked around me to see if there was anyone who saw my body motions or heard my voice exclaiming in delight. No one was around so I felt confident nobody realized I had found a good spot. Click here for a picture of the Silver Real at the beach http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/real1a.jpg Notice damaged dock in background Click here for a picture of the Silver Real http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/real1.jpg I jotted down notes and made a detailed map for future searching. I continued in a grid pattern to search the site very carefully and was rewarded with a small caliber musket ball from an old pistol. This, too, was from the 1715 fleet. Another few minutes and I found my second coin, which was not in as good of condition. Click here for image of mushet ball http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/musketball.jpg Click here for picture of encrusted coin http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/real2.jpg I continued my search, when after another hour, my metal detector blared out the alert of another find. This time I found a gold ring in very
Re: [meteorite-list] Buried Treasure - OT
Greg, Thought you might enjoy this link http://www.thetreasuredepot.com/cgi-bin/surfandsand/ss_config.pl?read=45548 Several people have been reporting turning up gold escudos after the hurricanes. I own over 100 pieces of eight from the 1715 fleet, gold rings (I'm assuming your ring is very small, as, for some reason, they were very small framed people), some cannonballs from the 1733 fleet, and several coins from the Atocha and Santa Margarita. Regards,Martin- Original Message - From: "Greg Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 20:36:48 -0500 To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: [meteorite-list] Buried Treasure - OT Dear list members, I found buried treasure! I know that many of you enjoy treasure hunting as much as I do. In fact, meteorite hunting is one of many forms of treasure hunting so I thought I would share one of my latest adventures with you. After 23 years of serious thought and planning of treasure hunting the Florida coast, I finally found some. While in high school, I had dreams of traveling to the Florida "Treasure Coast" in search of lost riches from the ill-fated Spanish 1715 Plate Fleet. It is called the "Plate" fleet due to the abundance of silver (Plata in Spanish , hence the name, 'Plate'). The fleet of 12 Spanish galleons sank off of the east coast near Vero Beach and Ft. Pierce, Florida after a violent hurricane over took the unsuspecting mariners. After high school I had planned to fly to the Florida east coast after a hurricane in search of gold and silver, which washes up onto the beach after serious storms and hurricanes. Much is buried under several feet of sand, which is stripped away after such acts of Mother Nature. I suppose it is her way of giving some back after taking it nearly 300 years ago. I would plan to use a metal detector for the task. I had waited over 20 years without any hurricanes hitting the area directly. Who would have thought that after moving to Florida a few months before that a succession of hurricanes would devastate Florida, two of which hit Vero Beach and the surrounding areas dead on within weeks of each other! I now had two occasions to drive the 2-hours it would take to get to one of the richest galleon wrecks sites known. During the wait for a hurricane to hit the area, I did extensive research on the Internet about where the wreck sites where. I settled with directions and coordinates from a web site that looked good. The first trip was a few days after Hurricane Frances tore through the area. I went three times during a 2-week period and found many modern U.S. coins and a few artifacts from the site, mostly bronze rivets and possibly one very weathered Silver Half Real. I will have to take that one to the local museum to verify. Click here to see damage created by Hurricane Frances That's me on the ri ght holding metal detector Click here for picture of artifacts The second hurricane, Jeanne, would do even more damage and expose more of the older layers of beach. I made two trips to the coast and didn't find anything, not even a penny, during six hours of searching the first day. The night before my second outing, I decided to compare coordinates and landmarks from the web site and from a book written by one of the original finders of these wrecks. I discovered that the web site missed a large southern area of one of the wrecks closest to the beach. I decided I would try the area from the web site first and then go to the southern area overlooked by his notes. Click here to see up to 8-feet of sand removed by hurricane After my research for the night was over, I decided to watch the movie, "Pirates of the Caribbean" for good luck, or as the saying goes, "Good Luck equals Preparation plus Opportunity". I would find out the next day just how true that is. The next morning, after 2-hours of detecting the well-searched area of the web site location, I went to the southern area I wanted to investigate. After approximately 30 minutes, I found my first Spanish Silver Real in excellent condition. I couldn't believe it, here in my hand was a 300-year old piece of Spanish treasure! I was elated and looked around me to see if there was anyone who saw my body motions or heard my voice exclaiming in delight. No one was around so I felt confident nobody realized I had found a good spot. Click here for a picture of the Silver Real at the beach Notice damaged dock in b ackground Click here for a picture of the Silver Real I jotted down notes and made a detailed map for future searching. I continued in a grid pattern to search the site very carefully and was rewarded with a small caliber musket ball from an old pistol. This, too, was from the 1715 fleet. Another few minutes and I found my second coin, which was not in as good of condition. Click here for ima
Re: [meteorite-list] Buried Treasure - OT with Links that work
Greg, Thanks for the great story! ---and for opening the thread. Coincidentally, I also just returned (this morning) from a bit of treasure hunting in Hawaii and found a mystery object that I wanted to ask the diverse experts on the list about-- My stuff was all modern, but did include a gold ring, a diamond earring, a sapphire navel stud, a gold earring, a woman's wrist watch, and a bunch of coins. But the weirdity was some sort of tracking or bugging device. It's a little screw-top cylinder with a plastic dome showing a microchip and its associated circuitry. Inside are two hearing-aid batteries. There are no external contacts. Not visible on the attached photo is a faint inscription on the circuit board reading SH002A. Here's a link to the picture: http://tektitesource.com/pictures/offTopics/BeachBug1.jpg (you'll have to copy this and past it into your address line) Anybody have any ideas??? I'm thinking it would serve as a great starting place for a novel (for all I know it's still broadcasting right now and secret agents are converging on this location) Cheers, Norm Lehrman http://tektitesource.com P.S., the metal detector is really for the meteorite search in Nevada, but so far I've found nothing but gold nuggets. Oh well, maybe someday --- Greg Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear list members, I found buried treasure! I know that many of you enjoy treasure hunting as much as I do. In fact, meteorite hunting is one of many forms of treasure hunting so I thought I would share one of my latest adventures with you. After 23 years of serious thought and planning of treasure hunting the Florida coast, I finally found some. While in high school, I had dreams of traveling to the Florida Treasure Coast in search of lost riches from the ill-fated Spanish 1715 Plate Fleet. It is called the Plate fleet due to the abundance of silver (Plata in Spanish, hence the name, 'Plate'). The fleet of 12 Spanish galleons sank off of the east coast near Vero Beach and Ft. Pierce, Florida after a violent hurricane over took the unsuspecting mariners. After high school I had planned to fly to the Florida east coast after a hurricane in search of gold and silver, which washes up onto the beach after serious storms and hurricanes. Much is buried under several feet of sand, which is stripped away after such acts of Mother Nature. I suppose it is her way of giving some back after taking it nearly 300 years ago. I would plan to use a metal detector for the task. I had waited over 20 years without any hurricanes hitting the area directly. Who would have thought that after moving to Florida a few months before that a succession of hurricanes would devastate Florida, two of which hit Vero Beach and the surrounding areas dead on within weeks of each other! I now had two occasions to drive the 2-hours it would take to get to one of the richest galleon wrecks sites known. During the wait for a hurricane to hit the area, I did extensive research on the Internet about where the wreck sites where. I settled with directions and coordinates from a web site that looked good. The first trip was a few days after Hurricane Frances tore through the area. I went three times during a 2-week period and found many modern U.S. coins and a few artifacts from the site, mostly bronze rivets and possibly one very weathered Silver Half Real. I will have to take that one to the local museum to verify. Click here to see damage created by Hurricane Frances http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/GregZac.jpg That's me on the right holding metal detector Click here for picture of artifacts http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/relics.jpg The second hurricane, Jeanne, would do even more damage and expose more of the older layers of beach. I made two trips to the coast and didn't find anything, not even a penny, during six hours of searching the first day. The night before my second outing, I decided to compare coordinates and landmarks from the web site and from a book written by one of the original finders of these wrecks. I discovered that the web site missed a large southern area of one of the wrecks closest to the beach. I decided I would try the area from the web site first and then go to the southern area overlooked by his notes. Click here to see up to 8-feet of sand erosion by hurricanes http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/BankErosion.jpg After my research for the night was over, I decided to watch the movie, Pirates of the Caribbean for good luck, or as the saying goes, Good Luck equals Preparation plus Opportunity. I would find out the next day just how true that is. The next morning, after 2-hours of detecting the well-searched area of the web site location, I went to the southern area I wanted to investigate.
Re: [meteorite-list] Buried Treasure - OT with Links that work
Norman wrote; It's a little screw-top cylinder with a plastic dome showing a microchip and its associated circuitry. Inside are two hearing-aid batteries. There are no external contacts. Not visible on the attached photo is a faint inscription on the circuit board reading SH002A. Here's a link to the picture: Looks like a radio transmitter. Us falconers use them about that size and smaller for tracking lost falcons. Thanks, Tom peregrineflier IMCA 6168 http://www.frontiernet.net/~peregrineflier/Peregrineflier.htm - Original Message - From: Norman Lehrman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Buried Treasure - OT with Links that work Greg, Thanks for the great story! ---and for opening the thread. Coincidentally, I also just returned (this morning) from a bit of treasure hunting in Hawaii and found a mystery object that I wanted to ask the diverse experts on the list about-- My stuff was all modern, but did include a gold ring, a diamond earring, a sapphire navel stud, a gold earring, a woman's wrist watch, and a bunch of coins. But the weirdity was some sort of tracking or bugging device. It's a little screw-top cylinder with a plastic dome showing a microchip and its associated circuitry. Inside are two hearing-aid batteries. There are no external contacts. Not visible on the attached photo is a faint inscription on the circuit board reading SH002A. Here's a link to the picture: http://tektitesource.com/pictures/offTopics/BeachBug1.jpg (you'll have to copy this and past it into your address line) Anybody have any ideas??? I'm thinking it would serve as a great starting place for a novel (for all I know it's still broadcasting right now and secret agents are converging on this location) Cheers, Norm Lehrman http://tektitesource.com P.S., the metal detector is really for the meteorite search in Nevada, but so far I've found nothing but gold nuggets. Oh well, maybe someday --- Greg Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear list members, I found buried treasure! I know that many of you enjoy treasure hunting as much as I do. In fact, meteorite hunting is one of many forms of treasure hunting so I thought I would share one of my latest adventures with you. After 23 years of serious thought and planning of treasure hunting the Florida coast, I finally found some. While in high school, I had dreams of traveling to the Florida Treasure Coast in search of lost riches from the ill-fated Spanish 1715 Plate Fleet. It is called the Plate fleet due to the abundance of silver (Plata in Spanish, hence the name, 'Plate'). The fleet of 12 Spanish galleons sank off of the east coast near Vero Beach and Ft. Pierce, Florida after a violent hurricane over took the unsuspecting mariners. After high school I had planned to fly to the Florida east coast after a hurricane in search of gold and silver, which washes up onto the beach after serious storms and hurricanes. Much is buried under several feet of sand, which is stripped away after such acts of Mother Nature. I suppose it is her way of giving some back after taking it nearly 300 years ago. I would plan to use a metal detector for the task. I had waited over 20 years without any hurricanes hitting the area directly. Who would have thought that after moving to Florida a few months before that a succession of hurricanes would devastate Florida, two of which hit Vero Beach and the surrounding areas dead on within weeks of each other! I now had two occasions to drive the 2-hours it would take to get to one of the richest galleon wrecks sites known. During the wait for a hurricane to hit the area, I did extensive research on the Internet about where the wreck sites where. I settled with directions and coordinates from a web site that looked good. The first trip was a few days after Hurricane Frances tore through the area. I went three times during a 2-week period and found many modern U.S. coins and a few artifacts from the site, mostly bronze rivets and possibly one very weathered Silver Half Real. I will have to take that one to the local museum to verify. Click here to see damage created by Hurricane Frances http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/GregZac.jpg That's me on the right holding metal detector Click here for picture of artifacts http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/relics.jpg The second hurricane, Jeanne, would do even more damage and expose more of the older layers of beach. I made two trips to the coast and didn't find anything, not even a penny, during six hours of searching the first day. The night before my second outing, I decided to compare coordinates and landmarks from the web site and from a book written by one
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Go to this link, click fish, then body implants then the F1300, would explain finding it on the beach. http://www.atstrack.com/Products/ATS_Framed_Transmitters.html Thanks, Tom peregrineflier IMCA 6168 http://www.frontiernet.net/~peregrineflier/Peregrineflier.htm - Original Message - From: Norman Lehrman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Buried Treasure - OT with Links that work Greg, Thanks for the great story! ---and for opening the thread. Coincidentally, I also just returned (this morning) from a bit of treasure hunting in Hawaii and found a mystery object that I wanted to ask the diverse experts on the list about-- My stuff was all modern, but did include a gold ring, a diamond earring, a sapphire navel stud, a gold earring, a woman's wrist watch, and a bunch of coins. But the weirdity was some sort of tracking or bugging device. It's a little screw-top cylinder with a plastic dome showing a microchip and its associated circuitry. Inside are two hearing-aid batteries. There are no external contacts. Not visible on the attached photo is a faint inscription on the circuit board reading SH002A. Here's a link to the picture: http://tektitesource.com/pictures/offTopics/BeachBug1.jpg (you'll have to copy this and past it into your address line) Anybody have any ideas??? I'm thinking it would serve as a great starting place for a novel (for all I know it's still broadcasting right now and secret agents are converging on this location) Cheers, Norm Lehrman http://tektitesource.com P.S., the metal detector is really for the meteorite search in Nevada, but so far I've found nothing but gold nuggets. Oh well, maybe someday --- Greg Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear list members, I found buried treasure! I know that many of you enjoy treasure hunting as much as I do. In fact, meteorite hunting is one of many forms of treasure hunting so I thought I would share one of my latest adventures with you. After 23 years of serious thought and planning of treasure hunting the Florida coast, I finally found some. While in high school, I had dreams of traveling to the Florida Treasure Coast in search of lost riches from the ill-fated Spanish 1715 Plate Fleet. It is called the Plate fleet due to the abundance of silver (Plata in Spanish, hence the name, 'Plate'). The fleet of 12 Spanish galleons sank off of the east coast near Vero Beach and Ft. Pierce, Florida after a violent hurricane over took the unsuspecting mariners. After high school I had planned to fly to the Florida east coast after a hurricane in search of gold and silver, which washes up onto the beach after serious storms and hurricanes. Much is buried under several feet of sand, which is stripped away after such acts of Mother Nature. I suppose it is her way of giving some back after taking it nearly 300 years ago. I would plan to use a metal detector for the task. I had waited over 20 years without any hurricanes hitting the area directly. Who would have thought that after moving to Florida a few months before that a succession of hurricanes would devastate Florida, two of which hit Vero Beach and the surrounding areas dead on within weeks of each other! I now had two occasions to drive the 2-hours it would take to get to one of the richest galleon wrecks sites known. During the wait for a hurricane to hit the area, I did extensive research on the Internet about where the wreck sites where. I settled with directions and coordinates from a web site that looked good. The first trip was a few days after Hurricane Frances tore through the area. I went three times during a 2-week period and found many modern U.S. coins and a few artifacts from the site, mostly bronze rivets and possibly one very weathered Silver Half Real. I will have to take that one to the local museum to verify. Click here to see damage created by Hurricane Frances http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/GregZac.jpg That's me on the right holding metal detector Click here for picture of artifacts http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/relics.jpg The second hurricane, Jeanne, would do even more damage and expose more of the older layers of beach. I made two trips to the coast and didn't find anything, not even a penny, during six hours of searching the first day. The night before my second outing, I decided to compare coordinates and landmarks from the web site and from a book written by one of the original finders of these wrecks. I discovered that the web site missed a large southern area of one of the wrecks closest to the beach. I decided I would try the area from the web site first and then go to the southern area overlooked by his
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Greg, Thanks for the great story! Treasure hunting can get into your blood worse than meteorites can. I suggest you get a good hooka rig and an underwater metal detector. During slack tide periods you can work in 10-20 feet of water for hours and find objects that the beach crowd can't ever get to. Having been a diver for a lot of years, I've heard many of the stories of the lost Spanish Fleet and particularly the Atocha. When the ships arrived in the Americas from Spain, they were using rocks for ballast. On the return trips home, a lot of the ballast was replaced with silver ingots and gold bars, chains and jewelry and a lot of it ended up in the shallow waters along the Florida coast. Find the right spot (like Mel Fisher did) and you'll become very familiar with the antiquities folks from the State of Florida. Of course, you can always learn to convincingly say, what gold bars? and they might leave you be. Good Hunting! JKGwilliam At 06:48 PM 10/4/2004, Greg Hupe wrote: Dear list members, I found buried treasure! I know that many of you enjoy treasure hunting as much as I do. In fact, meteorite hunting is one of many forms of treasure hunting so I thought I would share one of my latest adventures with you. After 23 years of serious thought and planning of treasure hunting the Florida coast, I finally found some. While in high school, I had dreams of traveling to the Florida Treasure Coast in search of lost riches from the ill-fated Spanish 1715 Plate Fleet. It is called the Plate fleet due to the abundance of silver (Plata in Spanish, hence the name, 'Plate'). The fleet of 12 Spanish galleons sank off of the east coast near Vero Beach and Ft. Pierce, Florida after a violent hurricane over took the unsuspecting mariners. After high school I had planned to fly to the Florida east coast after a hurricane in search of gold and silver, which washes up onto the beach after serious storms and hurricanes. Much is buried under several feet of sand, which is stripped away after such acts of Mother Nature. I suppose it is her way of giving some back after taking it nearly 300 years ago. I would plan to use a metal detector for the task. I had waited over 20 years without any hurricanes hitting the area directly. Who would have thought that after moving to Florida a few months before that a succession of hurricanes would devastate Florida, two of which hit Vero Beach and the surrounding areas dead on within weeks of each other! I now had two occasions to drive the 2-hours it would take to get to one of the richest galleon wrecks sites known. During the wait for a hurricane to hit the area, I did extensive research on the Internet about where the wreck sites where. I settled with directions and coordinates from a web site that looked good. The first trip was a few days after Hurricane Frances tore through the area. I went three times during a 2-week period and found many modern U.S. coins and a few artifacts from the site, mostly bronze rivets and possibly one very weathered Silver Half Real. I will have to take that one to the local museum to verify. Click here to see damage created by Hurricane Frances http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/GregZac.jpg That's me on the right holding metal detector Click here for picture of artifacts http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/relics.jpg The second hurricane, Jeanne, would do even more damage and expose more of the older layers of beach. I made two trips to the coast and didn't find anything, not even a penny, during six hours of searching the first day. The night before my second outing, I decided to compare coordinates and landmarks from the web site and from a book written by one of the original finders of these wrecks. I discovered that the web site missed a large southern area of one of the wrecks closest to the beach. I decided I would try the area from the web site first and then go to the southern area overlooked by his notes. Click here to see up to 8-feet of sand erosion by hurricanes http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/BankErosion.jpg After my research for the night was over, I decided to watch the movie, Pirates of the Caribbean for good luck, or as the saying goes, Good Luck equals Preparation plus Opportunity. I would find out the next day just how true that is. The next morning, after 2-hours of detecting the well-searched area of the web site location, I went to the southern area I wanted to investigate. After approximately 30 minutes, I found my first Spanish Silver Real in excellent condition. I couldn't believe it, here in my hand was a 300-year old piece of Spanish treasure! I was elated and looked around me to see if there was anyone who saw my body motions or heard my voice exclaiming in delight. No one was around so I felt confident nobody realized I had found a good spot. Click here for a picture of the Silver Real at the beach http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/real1a.jpg
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Hi John and everyone who wrote to me, Thanks for the replies. I do plan to turn to the water eventually but, as I understand it, to search the areas I have been beach hunting, I will need to buy a lease from either the Fishers or their sub lessees in order to search in the water. I haven't looked into this in earnest yet. I would look forward to having those kind of problems with the State, that means I will have been successful. Best regards, Greg - Original Message - From: JKG [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Greg Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Buried Treasure - OT with Links that work Greg, Thanks for the great story! Treasure hunting can get into your blood worse than meteorites can. I suggest you get a good hooka rig and an underwater metal detector. During slack tide periods you can work in 10-20 feet of water for hours and find objects that the beach crowd can't ever get to. Having been a diver for a lot of years, I've heard many of the stories of the lost Spanish Fleet and particularly the Atocha. When the ships arrived in the Americas from Spain, they were using rocks for ballast. On the return trips home, a lot of the ballast was replaced with silver ingots and gold bars, chains and jewelry and a lot of it ended up in the shallow waters along the Florida coast. Find the right spot (like Mel Fisher did) and you'll become very familiar with the antiquities folks from the State of Florida. Of course, you can always learn to convincingly say, what gold bars? and they might leave you be. Good Hunting! JKGwilliam At 06:48 PM 10/4/2004, Greg Hupe wrote: Dear list members, I found buried treasure! I know that many of you enjoy treasure hunting as much as I do. In fact, meteorite hunting is one of many forms of treasure hunting so I thought I would share one of my latest adventures with you. After 23 years of serious thought and planning of treasure hunting the Florida coast, I finally found some. While in high school, I had dreams of traveling to the Florida Treasure Coast in search of lost riches from the ill-fated Spanish 1715 Plate Fleet. It is called the Plate fleet due to the abundance of silver (Plata in Spanish, hence the name, 'Plate'). The fleet of 12 Spanish galleons sank off of the east coast near Vero Beach and Ft. Pierce, Florida after a violent hurricane over took the unsuspecting mariners. After high school I had planned to fly to the Florida east coast after a hurricane in search of gold and silver, which washes up onto the beach after serious storms and hurricanes. Much is buried under several feet of sand, which is stripped away after such acts of Mother Nature. I suppose it is her way of giving some back after taking it nearly 300 years ago. I would plan to use a metal detector for the task. I had waited over 20 years without any hurricanes hitting the area directly. Who would have thought that after moving to Florida a few months before that a succession of hurricanes would devastate Florida, two of which hit Vero Beach and the surrounding areas dead on within weeks of each other! I now had two occasions to drive the 2-hours it would take to get to one of the richest galleon wrecks sites known. During the wait for a hurricane to hit the area, I did extensive research on the Internet about where the wreck sites where. I settled with directions and coordinates from a web site that looked good. The first trip was a few days after Hurricane Frances tore through the area. I went three times during a 2-week period and found many modern U.S. coins and a few artifacts from the site, mostly bronze rivets and possibly one very weathered Silver Half Real. I will have to take that one to the local museum to verify. Click here to see damage created by Hurricane Frances http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/GregZac.jpg That's me on the right holding metal detector Click here for picture of artifacts http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/relics.jpg The second hurricane, Jeanne, would do even more damage and expose more of the older layers of beach. I made two trips to the coast and didn't find anything, not even a penny, during six hours of searching the first day. The night before my second outing, I decided to compare coordinates and landmarks from the web site and from a book written by one of the original finders of these wrecks. I discovered that the web site missed a large southern area of one of the wrecks closest to the beach. I decided I would try the area from the web site first and then go to the southern area overlooked by his notes. Click here to see up to 8-feet of sand erosion by hurricanes http://www.lunarrock.com/treasure/BankErosion.jpg After my research for the night was over, I decided to watch the movie, Pirates of the Caribbean for good luck, or as the saying goes, Good Luck equals Preparation plus Opportunity. I would find
