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Treasure awaits you in the ground, in the sea and in Heaven.
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IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER
Oztreasure is produced as entertainment and my art promotion.
I tell my own true stories as I remember them to be.
Other stories gathered from research or told to me, are reproduced in good faith and it can only be hoped that they too are truthful.
I tell my own true stories as I remember them to be.
Other stories gathered from research or told to me, are reproduced in good faith and it can only be hoped that they too are truthful.
(Don't sell your house to go looking for treasure!)
*Please consider the information presented here on Oztreasure to be
as reliable (or as unreliable)
as stories told around
a flickering campfire.
*Please consider the information presented here on Oztreasure to be
as reliable (or as unreliable)
as stories told around
a flickering campfire.
BEFORE WE GO LOOKING FOR TREASURE
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February 2024 - I haven't been treasure hunting
or painting for quite awhile.
I have been busy working on a new horticultural invention!
(I will let you know how it goes!)
SHIPWRECK NEWS 27th November 2022
Relics, quite possibly from the 1656 'Gilt Dragon'
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In 1656 a Dutch ship, the Gilt Dragon, was shipwrecked off the west coast of Australia. The survivors and the treasure they brought ashore vanished without trace. Earlier this year some campers fossicking along the shoreline made an amazing discovery, raising hopes of solving one of the nation's great maritime mysteries.
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I WAS MENTIONED in HOLLAND FOCUS MAGAZINE
Gilt Dragon NEWS 13th August 2022 I have just found out,
my shipwreck treasure hunting and my painting 'Dragon Drowning' were in 2015 mentioned in Holland Focus Magazine with a whole lot about my diving on the Gilt Dragon.
my shipwreck treasure hunting and my painting 'Dragon Drowning' were in 2015 mentioned in Holland Focus Magazine with a whole lot about my diving on the Gilt Dragon.
TIPS FOR WOULD BE TREASURE HUNTERS
Enjoy the journey and not just the destination, but remember:
*The best way to make a small fortune is to start with a large one!
*Don't sell your house to search for treasure mentioned here on Oztreasure!
* Don't blindly accept what others say.
* Just because it is on the net, it is not necessarily true.
*Do your own research!
THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME
In the 1960’s, as one of the youngest members of the UEC (Underwater Explorers Club) I was in the right place, at the right time in history, to be able to enjoy the excitement of diving on newly discovered shipwrecks including the first of the Dutch ships that wrecked on the coast of Western Australia.
'THE GILT DRAGON'
A 300 year old Dutch Shipwreck Treasure
Found on the coast of Western Australia in the 1960's
The treasure on the 1656 wreck of the Gilt Dragon included hundreds of valuable artifacts including Six chests of silver coins ('Pieces of eight, four and two') Ivory tusks, Large Iron Cannons, Earthenware jugs, Candle stick holders, piles of ballast bricks and on the North end of the wreck, a single bronze deck canon (which I saw and touched, but is not recorded by Western Australian Government archaeologists). I suspect that it was the cannon found years later, that had been hastily jettisoned in Shark Bay before authorities searched a Queensland salvage boat :-)
THE SEA and Me
South Coast of Western Australia 2022
In 1964 as a 19 yr old, I was diving on the Gilt Dragon's treasure
when I almost drowned and was circled by a shark that 'sniffed' my scratched and bleeding legs....I thought my time on Earth was up!
I never could have imagined, 58 years later, I would still be snorkeling and still be enthusiastic about looking for treasure !
when I almost drowned and was circled by a shark that 'sniffed' my scratched and bleeding legs....I thought my time on Earth was up!
I never could have imagined, 58 years later, I would still be snorkeling and still be enthusiastic about looking for treasure !
I WAS MENTIONED in ‘THE AUSTRALIAN’
News Paper article 30th April 2022
(I wondered why there was a surge of visitors to Oztreasure)
Author Gideon Haigh wrote:
"Former diving partner Rex Woodmore pays Robinson homage with a website, oztreasure...."
Meet Alan Robinson: Australia's most infamous treasure hunter
The Australian. After years of research and exploration, Australia's oldest shipwreck, Trial, was located 17km west-north-west of Western Australia's Montebello Islands on May 3, 1969"
"Former diving partner Rex Woodmore pays Robinson homage with a website, oztreasure...."
Meet Alan Robinson: Australia's most infamous treasure hunter
The Australian. After years of research and exploration, Australia's oldest shipwreck, Trial, was located 17km west-north-west of Western Australia's Montebello Islands on May 3, 1969"
THE MAN WHO SAVED MY LIFE
[Allan Robinson, was one of my instructors in the UEC 'Underwater Explorers Club of Western Australia'. Allan was also my friend, dive mentor and the man who rescued me while diving on the treasure of the 1656 VOC Shipwreck 'The Gilt Dragon']
RIGHT: Allan Robinson, the man who risked his life to save mine, shown here in Perth (1960s), Western Australia, with what today is worth millions of dollars worth of Gilt Dragon shipwreck coins, returned to him after his treasure was wrongly confiscated by the CIB (Criminal Investigation Bureau) From then on, Allan was persecuted by powerful individuals in high places. Read the full story:
'Gilt Dragon - A Fair Fight? |
AN INTERESTING ABC PODCAST
5 February, 2010 9:24AM AWST
The shipwreck hunter By Andrew Collins
Dampier's Skipper Brad tells the story of the shipwreck hunter.
Alan Robinson is known as Australia's most infamous shipwreck hunter. He was very good at what he did, finding more than 80 wrecks throughout his life including some very famous ones in North West waters. Alan Robinson is known as Australia's most infamous shipwreck hunter. He was very good at what he did, finding more than 80 wrecks thorugh his life including some very famous ones in North West waters. On the downside he and the law didn't get on - with Alan dying eventually dying in Long Bay Jail.
Alan Robinson is known as Australia's most infamous shipwreck hunter. He was very good at what he did, finding more than 80 wrecks throughout his life including some very famous ones in North West waters. Alan Robinson is known as Australia's most infamous shipwreck hunter. He was very good at what he did, finding more than 80 wrecks thorugh his life including some very famous ones in North West waters. On the downside he and the law didn't get on - with Alan dying eventually dying in Long Bay Jail.
MY GILT DRAGON EXPERIENCE
A LIFE CHANGING EVENT
While diving on the 1656 Gilt Dragon shipwreck, I was suddenly hit and picked up by a series of six 'King' waves that hurled me, time and time again, onto the ragged rocks. My life, the good the bad, the beautiful and ugly, flashed like a movie through my mind and I found myself thinking:
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"I am on the way out of this world. Will I go to Heaven or Hell?"
I wasn’t sure if God existed, nevertheless in desperation, as many people do, I called out to Him for help! Instantly the waters calmed and although I was stunned, bleeding and exhausted and had a 3 metre Bronze Whaler shark circling and 'sniffing' my cut and bleeding legs, I lived to share my story with you today!! Read the full story: 'I called out'
I wasn’t sure if God existed, nevertheless in desperation, as many people do, I called out to Him for help! Instantly the waters calmed and although I was stunned, bleeding and exhausted and had a 3 metre Bronze Whaler shark circling and 'sniffing' my cut and bleeding legs, I lived to share my story with you today!! Read the full story: 'I called out'
OLD GUYS HAVE STORIES TO TELL (2023)
78 years on earth has given me many stories.
TREASURE HUNTING IN AUSTRALIA & BEYOND
Stories on Oztreasure include, but go way beyond, my own simple adventures and include great stories shared with me by people I have known, worked with or shared adventures with.
(Thanks to all those people in my life). People like my own Dad who, while in the British army stationed in India (1930),
looked for treasure beneath Jahnsi fort. |
Read the full story: Treasures of India
MY DAD WAS A BRITISH SECRET SERVICE OFFICER (Mi4)
The one who had the greatest impact on me was my own dad who, like his Dad (Captain Woodmore Snr), was an adventurer and hunter in India, a highly decorated military man, who retired as a Captain in the British army and then worked in the British War Office.
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As I was growing up, there was one thing that was only ever hinted at, but now, through the Freedom of Information Act, my brother Frank and I know it is true. Around 1940 my father was recruited by the British Secret Service Military Intelligence (Mi4) which is a branch of Mi6, which was the home base, of the fictional James Bond stories.
After the Second World War MI4 took responsibility for hiring of premises in various parts of the British Empire, disposal of armaments and military equipment no longer required and hence a division named "Hirings and Disposals" was established. Employees were transferred for short term assignments such as Cyprus, to procure tents and housing for Jews who were prevented from continuing a voyage to settle in Palestine.
MI4 officers were also sent to Cairo, their main role being to dispose of postwar Military equipment, including demountable camp sites, and armoured vehicles. The role of the officer was to ensure that the buyers of ex-military equipment were not likely to use it against British interests in the region. In 1948 - 52 there was usually only one full-time MI4 officer stationed in each locality including Egypt, Mauritius, and Kenya. (My Dad was that fulltime officer with Mum, my brother Frank and me living for 1 year in each of the countries mentioned)
My brother Frank and I can now understand why Dad always carried a hand gun (Webley service revolver. Standard issue for Mi6) When we were boys, we lived an unusual life for about five years in several countries including Egypt, Cyprus, Mauritius, East Africa (where I started school) UK and finally, when Dad retired, we became a 'normal family' here in Western Australia.
My parents both wrote their own fascinating memoirs. They were also both from British military families and their fathers (My grandfathers) were both army Captains. Mum & Dad met and married in India and later went on to have some amazing adventures with Frank and I 'dragged' along with them.
My father, Philip Reginald Woodmore (1890-1971) served in both WW1 and WW2. He was a firearms expert and he always carried a hand gun (even as a civilian..if one could consider his work in the British War Office as a 'civilian' position ).
My mother, Mabs Woodmore, was a very resilient woman with talents that the average British lady did not usually possess. She was a good shot with a revolver and rifle and like dad, was a linguist.
Mum had an uncanny ability of turning any sort of dwelling, no matter if it was a mud hut, shack or shanty into a comfortable home for her two sons, husband and the various types of dogs (often Dalmatians) that we had from time to time. Here in Australia we lived for three years in a fruit packing shed and I saw Mum turn a couple of wooden boxes into attractive curtain fronted cupboards and a brick barbecue surrounded by sacking and rocks, became a functioning kitchen in which she cooked her own home grown vegetables, eggs and chicken. She milked the cow and the goat and made cheese their milk. Her bread was 'unusual' and more like scones but nevertheless was very tasty.
My parents both wrote their own fascinating memoirs. They were also both from British military families and their fathers (My grandfathers) were both army Captains. Mum & Dad met and married in India and later went on to have some amazing adventures with Frank and I 'dragged' along with them.
My father, Philip Reginald Woodmore (1890-1971) served in both WW1 and WW2. He was a firearms expert and he always carried a hand gun (even as a civilian..if one could consider his work in the British War Office as a 'civilian' position ).
My mother, Mabs Woodmore, was a very resilient woman with talents that the average British lady did not usually possess. She was a good shot with a revolver and rifle and like dad, was a linguist.
Mum had an uncanny ability of turning any sort of dwelling, no matter if it was a mud hut, shack or shanty into a comfortable home for her two sons, husband and the various types of dogs (often Dalmatians) that we had from time to time. Here in Australia we lived for three years in a fruit packing shed and I saw Mum turn a couple of wooden boxes into attractive curtain fronted cupboards and a brick barbecue surrounded by sacking and rocks, became a functioning kitchen in which she cooked her own home grown vegetables, eggs and chicken. She milked the cow and the goat and made cheese their milk. Her bread was 'unusual' and more like scones but nevertheless was very tasty.
ALLAN ROBINSON, SHIPWRECK HUNTER
Others who influenced my life greatly include, one of my instructors in the Underwater Explorers Club (UEC)
Read the full story: Gilt Dragon Treasure
Then there are all the other treasure hunters, gold, gem and Precious
metal prospectors, geologists, metal detectorists, archaeologists and adventurers, all with their own yarns and tales of treasure hunts and adventures around the world.
metal prospectors, geologists, metal detectorists, archaeologists and adventurers, all with their own yarns and tales of treasure hunts and adventures around the world.
MY BROTHER FRANK WOODMORE
Frank (5 years my senior) has had many of his own adventures in business and recreation. A property developer and in 1982-1984, the President of the Western Australian Real Estate Institute and developer of the, now closed (but very successful at the time) Christmas Island Casino.
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When Frank lived in Darwin he was a member of a spearfishing club and back in Perth he introduced me to snorkeling.
Frank also shares with me a love of camping in the Australian Outback and mineral prospecting. Back in the 1980s we claimed a huge area in WA for Lead, Copper, Zinc and Silver. Our claims became the basis of a mining syndicate and a mining company called 'Century Metals and Mining' with a $2 million public float.
Frank also shares with me a love of camping in the Australian Outback and mineral prospecting. Back in the 1980s we claimed a huge area in WA for Lead, Copper, Zinc and Silver. Our claims became the basis of a mining syndicate and a mining company called 'Century Metals and Mining' with a $2 million public float.
SEARCHING FOR TREASURE
Enjoy the journey and not just the destination!
The Lost Treasures Of the Deep
Join Titanic discoverer Dr. Robert Ballard and his team on their latest undersea adventure! Far beneath the ocean's surface lies a world of mystery and lost treasure. But the laws of the sea can't end the debate over who may stake claim to these centuries-old Roman ships, Spanish galleons, and luxury liners.
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Join Dr. Robert Ballard and his team of experts as they embark on a remarkable maritime expedition to the Mediterranean Sea where, a half mile underwater, they discover and study ancient shipwrecks. And witness two generations of treasure hunters who make their living finding and selling silver, gold, and other riches from the ocean floor. You'll meet these fearless individuals - from explorers and archaeologists who profit from their finds - as they risk everything to uncover the great
TREASURES OF THE DEEP.
TREASURES OF THE DEEP.
METAL DETECTING
The cost of equipment might seem a bit daunting
But the value of my finds have paid off my equipment (threefold)
Items of value that I have found, while beach and river detecting, such as rings, are handed over to be held by the Western Australian Police for a period of two months and articles I suspect are of historical value, such as relics under the Marine Archaeology Act 1973, are brought to the attention of the W.A. Museum.
In all my activities I am careful to operate with integrity & confidentiality in a business-like, friendly and courteous manner, with care and respect for Private and Public Land, the natural and man made Environment, Historical, Aboriginal heritage sites and Maritime shipwreck sites. |
Read the full story: 'Detecting Projects'
MINERAL PROSPECTING
I have found geological treasures: gems and valuable minerals!
I have researched and searched for gems, lead, copper, silver, gold.
I found emeralds in the Yalgoo Goldfields and discovered corundum, near gem quality rubies and chrysoberyl in the W.A. Wheatbelt.
I found emeralds in the Yalgoo Goldfields and discovered corundum, near gem quality rubies and chrysoberyl in the W.A. Wheatbelt.
I have not done a lot of detecting for gold (Compared to many people that we see on YouTube) but with a combination of panning and metal detecting, I have found a few small nuggets.
Read the full story: 'Geological Buried Treasure'
IN SEEKING TREASURE - FIRST SEEK TRUTH
In finding it, you will find both!
Logic dictates there is only 1 truth. Anything else is a lie.
".....they laugh at me because I am different
but I laugh at them because they are all the same!"
If you see my faith as a 'problem' then please realize that it is my choice not yours! Are you shocked or offended?
Why? THE ANSWER!
Why? THE ANSWER!
WE HAVE A RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF CHOICE
We can believe whatever we want to believe.
But is what you believe, the truth?
I was in my early forties when people came into my life and pointed me in the right direction but prior to that I had little knowledge of the way to spiritual truth. In my search for wisdom, I wandered
down many paths that all lead to a 'dead end'
Interestingly no one was ever 'shocked' or repelled by my ideas and false beliefs. They were happy to discuss and debate, but today when I share the truth, they cringe. READ THE FULL STORY
down many paths that all lead to a 'dead end'
Interestingly no one was ever 'shocked' or repelled by my ideas and false beliefs. They were happy to discuss and debate, but today when I share the truth, they cringe. READ THE FULL STORY
I FOUND THE GREATEST TREASURE OF ALL!
And I am willing to share it with you! [email protected]
I haven't always believed what I now know to be truth: The greatest treasure mankind could ever imagine is nothing compared to the treasure that I found in the pages of ancient scripture and through my interaction with God's creation of all life, flora fauna and mankind, that we see all around us and in the sky, in the Outback, forest, desert, beach, the sea or even in our parks and home gardens.
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SOME PEOPLE 'TREASURE' MY ART
Invest in art while the artist is alive!
Invest in art while the artist is alive!
In 2009 when I retired from regular work, I re-invented myself as an artist . My art has since been published by University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia’s Artists Palette Magazine & on the cover of an Italian novel by Mondadorri - Italy’s largest book publisher. Today 100 of my original paintings have sold to clients around the world for up to $1500. (Not quite the price of a Van Gogh with five more zeros than mine), but Van Gogh only sold one painting in his entire lifetime!
Australian Fine Art By Rex Woodmore
Australian Fine Art By Rex Woodmore
PART OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF MY ART,
GOES TO PROVIDING THE GIFT OF FRESH WATER TO THE NEEDY.
GOES TO PROVIDING THE GIFT OF FRESH WATER TO THE NEEDY.
WATER: WE SHOULD TREASURE IT!
Water is more important to survival than silver & gold!
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Fresh drinking water is a precious commodity to us all! There are thousands of areas across the globe without a drop of clean drinking water. https://www.irelandoutreach.org/ |
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