[meteorite-list] Buried Treasure - OT with Links that work
From: Tom AKA James Knudson <peregrineflier_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Oct 4 23:03:35 2004 Message-ID: <012201c4aa87$e4b34fc0$2d107918_at_Michelle> 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" <nlehrman_at_nvbell.net> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> 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 <gmhupe_at_tampabay.rr.com> 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 > > > > 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. > > > === message truncated === > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Received on Mon 04 Oct 2004 11:03:27 PM PDT |
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