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Baron Hutton Pulitzer Photographer. The definitive Encyclopedia of Treasure Symbols has been published. From the halls of the Cacheology Society of America and the Cacheology Society and Institute of the United Kingdom comes the definitive work on decoding ancient symbols to locate Lost Treasures. Originally this volume of protected information was the course materials for becoming a Certified Cacheologist, The definitive Encyclopedia of Treasure Symbols has been published.

Originally this volume of protected information was the course materials for becoming a Certified Cacheologist, but now this highly valuable treasure trove of knowledge is being made available to amateur treasure hunters and the treasure hunting and treasure legend loving public at large. Published by National Treasure Society first published August 12th To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Commander's Cacheology Encyclopedia of Treasure Symbols , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia.

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Mel had iron bars welded around the mailbox to keep people and objects away from the propellers. It was impossible to communicate with divers working below in those days so it was imperative that these safety screens be installed. They are in common use today by underwater treasure hunters. Another method of moving sand is by the use of an air lift. This device is simple to build and is noth- Spanish coins found underwater on a shipwreck site. A fitting is welded to the work- settled into the sand. Compressed air is sent Getting to them would either have Santa Margarita sites he brought into the hose which creates a ven- to wait until ocean storms pushed along his young son.

He es were engaged. The diver uses his treasure hunting vessels. Once in place the vessel could be anchored fore and aft so it would not move when the propeller was engaged. The invention was called a mailbox. Not only was visibility improved by sending clearer surface water down below, the force of the down- draft of water from the churning propeller dug neat, round holes in the bottom clear down to the coral substrate. Divers heavily weighted down could work under the propeller wash and see clearly as treasures were uncovered.

Once you see it in operation, the mailbox is relatively simple. Ships with two engines and two propellers had two mailboxes fixed on the stern platform. It can be used above Magazine assigned one of their top water and underwater to depths up to feet. One diver water treasure detector with Spanish coins found had his arm sucked into the pipe.

Since the operation of the compres- sor was aboard ship, and he was working alone without any ability to communicate, he remained with his arm stuck in the vacuum until he was rescued. Arms, hands and fingers must be kept away from the operating end of air lifts, and care must be used to operate them in a manner so that valuable smaller objects are not sucked into the pipe and lost again out the open end.

Underwater treasure hunters all have their favorite metal detectors. In the early days metal detector tech- nology was from the mine detectors of World War II vintage. Adaptations had to be made to accommodate their use underwater.

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Inventors like Tony Spooner began working with Mel Fisher to develop effective underwater metal detectors that were practical and durable. Photo by Myriam Moran. When Mel Fisher and his team of divers uncovered uncut emeralds on the Atocha site the air lift sucked them up and spewed them out the open end. Divers had to grab the cascading green stones as they fell back onto the sand.

The power of surge pulls them off. Instead of beeping, and rather than trying to look at a meter in lim- ited visibility without having the inconvenience of ear phones, whose cables can tangle and be washed away, the device would vibrate when a hit occurred.


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I have used my Garrett underwa- ter metal detectors successfully over many years. When he saw the need for a waterproof detector that could with- stand pressure up to feet and be Metal detectors have various con- and bomb explosions, resulted in a practical underwater, Charles came trols. One sets sensitivity or discrim- lot of trash. Nevertheless the patient up with a state of the art underwater ination. I never use discrimination and methodical treasure hunter was metal detector and was able to sell underwater.

I do not care if I recover always rewarded. I want I watched with amazement as one nomically feasible for the average it all. Garrett now produces a water- to gather in more pop tops or alumi- There was nothing elegant about his proof detector that can be submerged num cans. Mo usually proof headphones. That was a high compliment from this veteran treasure finder that could locate coins where no one else could find them.

Modern technology has advanced search techniques. Magnetometers will detect ferrous objects underwa- ter. The objects have to be iron like anchors or cannons. Magnetometers will not detect bronze cannons, the kind the Atocha carried. Simply put it is a magnet dragged underwater connected to shipboard computers. Iron shipwrecks are Veteran treasure diver John McSherry aboard the Tailhook with the mailbox found even when buried under sand, as are anchors and anchor chains. Diver Myriam Moran with a Garrett scoop tant in locating shipwrecks. Veteran and underwater scooter that can be adapted diver and shipwreck historian Dr.

Lee Spence began flying lessons reveal coins. The boil was caused when the current sent plumes of silt up over a shipwreck, thus revealing the location of a sunken vessel. Today the use of drones has made aerial photography relatively inex- pensive.

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In the hands of a skilled operator, a drone can hover over a suspected shipwreck site returning images to a shipboard computer. This is especially valuable in clear and relatively shallow water. Even with the best innovations and inventions, the most important Side scan sonar has become one for Fryboys, although magging in of the latest innovations that treasure summer from a search boat is still hunters use to locate shipwrecks.

Sonic pulses Aerial observations are impor- are emitted from the head. When they strike an object the signal is Treasure diver John McSherry with a silver tumbaga bar. Tumbaga is a Native returned and interpreted by a com- American word for mixed. The bar contains mixed contents of precious metals. When a hit is obtained the site was rough cast and sent back to Spain before silver and gold were properly refined is marked. The tumbaga bars were recovered by John McSherry on an unidentified shipwreck site.

Today it is unnecessary to throw over marker buoys. Global Positioning Systems GPS as part of the computerized location technolo- gy mark the place automatically. In the old days Mel Fisher put an observer on a platform set on pilings in mid-ocean. It was an unpleasant job in the brutal Florida summer sun.

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Too often I have seen novice divers immediately take cameras below. When the difficulty of the dive is more than their skill level can accommodate the camera only adds another burden. I have had to help rescue overburdened divers. Until skill and experience brings divers to a point where they can handle other tasks beyond diving, Author John Christopher Fine with treasure recovered it is best not to carry extra gear from shipwreck sites using underwater detection tech- below.

Do not exceed your limita- nology. Learn to dive from experi- enced instructors and dive safely. Safety is paramount in any underwa- hunters agree on is the need for care- Buy the best underwater metal ter treasure exploration. Have fun and remember Mel ful research. Leave ers and the motto of Lost Treasure archive materials provides eyewit- fabrication to experts. I no longer Magazine: In many cases locations try to improvise or make my own Sources: I rely on the tions, although the research may technology Charles Garrett devel- and testing of equipment described. It has been tested and refined John Christopher Fine is a marine biologist and Master Scuba Instructor Lakes and libraries go together.

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Local historical societies maintain Underwater treasure hunting and Instructor Trainer. He has dived records of early settlements. People requires skill and patience. Like on shipwreck projects all over the created their communities along underwater photography, I teach div- world. It provided transportation avenues, food resources and irrigation. Towns and cities may be gone now - settlements long ago removed by progress. River banks may have shifted, lakes drained, and creeks dammed. Ocean storms may have covered or uncovered beaches where once ships foundered and were washed up on shore.

Research is key to finding trea- sure. Once on location, having good tools is tantamount to success. The real cost is mounting an underwater treasure hunting expedi- tion. Getting there only to have an underwater metal detector fail to operate is a grave disappointment. On one expedition I checked my detector on the airplane and my bag- Diver Myriam Moran after a successful find gage was lost.

The delay was impos- in shallow water off the Florida Keys. I was able to call the Charles underwater scooter can be turned around Garrett company in Texas and, with- and its propeller wash used to move sand. Plus you will have the good, solid, how-to articles of Treasure Facts featured in the opposite half.

Half of this extra large book is loaded with valuable information and enter- taining stories, released for the first time for your enjoyment and as a source of leads to many treasure caches. It is currently on display at a Pasadena Library and from there will be going on loan to the Baytown Historical Preservation Association. In the Southwest source—which has been known to Turquoise is an icon of the desert archaeologists since the s—to Now an assistant professor at Southwest, with enduring cultural remap the area and collect new sam- Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, significance, especially for Native ples.

Thibodeau did her UA dissertation American communities. Yet, rela- on isotopic fingerprinting of geolog- tively little is known about the early There, they found evidence of ical sources of turquoise throughout history of turquoise procurement and previously undocumented mining the Southwest. In addition, the researchers mea- guished by measurement of major Their findings suggest that the sured ratios of lead and strontium lead and strontium isotopic ratios. The isotopic analysis was con- ducted in the lab of UA College Their samples matched artifacts of Science Dean Joaquin Ruiz in that had been uncovered at sites the Department of Geosciences by throughout much of east-central Arizona—some more than kilo- www.

Their samples matched arti- in archaeological assemblages. Building on other archaeo- lives in Tempe, Arizona. Submitted by David Hyde. TSthreorneg chuarvrentbse,etynphporontessatsndotvsuer- pnlaamnsis,byfotrheexDaomvperlep, ohrtavaeuthdorarimtyatio- dcarelldygcehtahnegreedtothime purnodveerwthaetesrhtieprprianign cwhhaenrneetlheangdallaelosno seaxntkra. I This is how our internal reward sys- will also put my metal detector on Million To Charity tem works.

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I want to help the poor He found a large number of families. Maybe becoming rich overnight. I deserved better, too, or maybe this The coins he found appeared to be is why I had to struggle for — to help Jared Hadaway worked as a from Catalunya, and they are thought everyone else. Hadaway speaks about how he As for the million he donated, the When asked what he will do with money will be used to renovate some developed an interest in using a his money, the young gardener spoke apartments and pay for the medi- about a well-deserved vacation and cal bills of children suffering from metal detector since he was a child, giving half of his newly found trea- leukemia.

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