A 'GREAT' TREASURE HUNTER
I don't claim to be.....but:
'GREAT' TREASURES, I HAVE FOUND'
There have been a few 'pinnacles' in my treasure hunting life.
I FOUND WISDOM! Rex Woodmore 2023
If you believe it can be found:
ANYONE CAN FIND WISDOM
It is NOT ones intelligence or old age that makes one wise.
I'm 78 yrs old. For five decades, I worked hard and to the best of my ability, at many levels, from menial to managerial, in a diverse range of industries that included Mineral Exploration, Offshore rig roustabout, Horticulture and environmental management. I retired in late 2009 to pursue the even more interesting aspects of life, which for me includes not just my production and promotion of my artworks, but also research and writing about treasure and possible treasure sites, metal detecting, mineral prospecting and delving into stories about Shipwrecks, lost treasure and so on.
I'm 78 yrs old. For five decades, I worked hard and to the best of my ability, at many levels, from menial to managerial, in a diverse range of industries that included Mineral Exploration, Offshore rig roustabout, Horticulture and environmental management. I retired in late 2009 to pursue the even more interesting aspects of life, which for me includes not just my production and promotion of my artworks, but also research and writing about treasure and possible treasure sites, metal detecting, mineral prospecting and delving into stories about Shipwrecks, lost treasure and so on.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. James 1:5
Rex Woodmore [email protected] Your emails are most welcome!
Wisdom has taught me to be discerning with sharing knowledge.
I always do background checks before I respond to messages.
Wisdom has taught me to be discerning with sharing knowledge.
I always do background checks before I respond to messages.
ENJOYING THE SEARCH FOR TREASURE
No Experience Needed to Find It!
There are many far more experienced and far more successful treasure hunters than I am. But I doubt that many would be more enthusiastic or enjoy this hobby more than I do. I get great satisfaction finding, what to me, are treasures.
The things I find may not have a lot of value in dollars* but they have great therapeutic value for someone like me who agrees with professional very successful underwater treasure hunter Mel Fisher. *I reckon my metal detecting gear has paid for itself three times over with the things I have found and sold on Ebay. |
THE SEARCH FOR ATOCHA
Sometimes life really does mirror the fictional tales that we enjoy.
Sometimes life really does mirror the fictional tales that we enjoy.
in 1622 a Spanish galleon sunk off the coast of Florida containing a fortune in treasures on board, but remained elusive until 1989, when explorer Mel Fisher finally located its whereabouts. Called the Atocha, this program charters the search for the missing ship, and shows Fisher showing off some of the incredible riches he found on board. An incredible story.
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SPANISH TREASURE
Sam diving for sunken treasure on the Atocha.
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http://www.melfisher.com/
Diving for Sunken Treasure in Key West, Florida with Mel Fishers crew on the McGruder. The Atocha, which was loaded with spanish gold, silver and emeralds, sank off the coast of Key West in 1622. |
A TRULY 'GREAT' TREASURE HUNTER
Always the optimist Mel Fisher's motto was “Today's the Day!
his 'PINNACLE' was the ATOCHA TREASURE
Mel Fisher (1922 - 1998) was a very enthusiastic, professional & extremely successful American Underwater Treasure Hunter. Best known for finding the 1622 wreck of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha.
http://www.melfisher.com/default.html |
I often quote Shipwreck Treasure Hunter Mel Fisher:
''The search takes on a meaning of its own
and anything else is a bonus!"
''The search takes on a meaning of its own
and anything else is a bonus!"
SALVORS INCORPORATED
Mel Fisher and his company
On July 20, 1985 Mel Fisher and his company ‘Salvors Incorporated’ discovered the 1622 wreck of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha and recovered treasure worth around $450 million. The treasure included precious Colombian emeralds, gold and silver artefacts, a quantity of gold coins, 1000 silver ingots and 114,000 Spanish silver "pieces of eight". In all there was 40 tons of gold and silver.
Amazing as that may seem, more amazing is the fact that this was only about half of the treasure that was lost with the Atocha. They did not find the ships the stern section, containing a heap more treasure including 8 bronze cannons and 300 silver bars.
Fisher's company also found several other shipwrecks in Florida waters, including, another 1622 wreck, the Spanish galleon Santa Margarita (Atocha's sister ship) and the wreck of a slave ship the Henrietta Marie.
Amazing as that may seem, more amazing is the fact that this was only about half of the treasure that was lost with the Atocha. They did not find the ships the stern section, containing a heap more treasure including 8 bronze cannons and 300 silver bars.
Fisher's company also found several other shipwrecks in Florida waters, including, another 1622 wreck, the Spanish galleon Santa Margarita (Atocha's sister ship) and the wreck of a slave ship the Henrietta Marie.
The sandy wreck site of the Atocha in Key West, Florida, is only 22 feet deep.
The emeralds in the Atocha’s treasure are from the Muzo Mine in Colombia which produced the world’s finest emeralds in the world. Renowned for their colour, they are the standard against which all emeralds are judged. |
MEL FISHER'S QUEST FOR THE ATOCHA
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MEL FISHER on YouTube
FROM CHICKENS TO TREASURES The Fishers worked at treasure hunting for decades in the Florida Keys. Mel Fisher was born in Indiana and after he quit chicken farming he opened California’s first dive shop. His wife and business partner Dolores (Deo) Fisher was one of the first women divers and she set a women's record of 50 hours underwater. The Fishers had a daughter Taffi and four sons Terry, Dirk, Kim and Kane. Sadly, in 1975 their eldest son Dirk, his wife Angel and diver Rick Gage died when their boat capsized. |
TREASURE FINDERS LAWS
MUCH MORE FAIR in US than AUSTRALIA
In California 20% of historic shipwreck artefacts is claimed by the state.
California has a much more just system than that which treasure hunters work under in Western Australia, where one could receive only a couple of thousand dollars from the state, for a treasure worth millions.
The finder could also be stopped from ever diving on his find again, allowing government museum staff exclusive access to the wreck site and its treasures.
Western Australian Treasure hunter Allan Robinson said
In Australia, Treasure is not for the Finder'
UNDERWATER TREASURE HUNTING
Shipwreck Treasure Hunting in Western Australia
DETECTING COINS, JEWELLERY & ARTIFACTS
In Western Australia
Way back in about 1963 the first detector I used on the beach (without success) was a huge heavy thing, a borrowed WW2 mine sweeper.
In the 1980’s, in the Yalgoo goldfields I got my vehicle horribly bogged and after hours of digging it out I had to use a White’s Metal Detector to find the jack that had been swallowed up in the mud (that was all I found on that trip).
Sometime later on my first serious attempt at gold panning and metal detecting, I found the equivalent of two days wages in tiny gold nuggets, in about 3 hours in the rain, with a plastic bag over the detector.
In the 1980’s, in the Yalgoo goldfields I got my vehicle horribly bogged and after hours of digging it out I had to use a White’s Metal Detector to find the jack that had been swallowed up in the mud (that was all I found on that trip).
Sometime later on my first serious attempt at gold panning and metal detecting, I found the equivalent of two days wages in tiny gold nuggets, in about 3 hours in the rain, with a plastic bag over the detector.
MY CHOICE FOR TREASURE HUNTING
Garrett AT Pro Metal Detector
I use a Garrett AT Pro metal detector on land and underwater
(with garret waterproof headphones) to search the Swan & Canning Rivers, Metro beaches, parks and anywhere that I have the legal right, on the coast & outback of Western Australia & beyond.
(with garret waterproof headphones) to search the Swan & Canning Rivers, Metro beaches, parks and anywhere that I have the legal right, on the coast & outback of Western Australia & beyond.
GARRETT AT Pro Instructional video YouTube
PRO-POINTER
Instructional video YouTube
SEARCHING for MINERAL TREASURES
Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper & Zinc. Gems - Emeralds, Sapphires, Rubies, Zircons & Diamonds.
I have a reasonable knowledge of Geology & experience in prospecting.
Back in the 1980’s I completed a part time, 12 month formal study course in Geology & Mineral Prospecting and went on to be the founder & proprietor of Tracmin Mineral Exploration.
Back in the 1980’s I completed a part time, 12 month formal study course in Geology & Mineral Prospecting and went on to be the founder & proprietor of Tracmin Mineral Exploration.
PROSPECTING FOR RUBIES
Wheatbelt of Western Australia
In the Wheatbelt, not far from Perth,
after many years research I found Corundum crystals approaching gem quality sapphire & ruby. The history books might not tell you about my discovery of rubies in Western Australia, but the Department of Minerals and Energy have a confidential report on my findings. |
Email Rex Woodmore: [email protected]
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