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  1. #1
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    discovering & preserving our past for future generations

    Dec 2004
    Jupiter, Florida
    Aquapulse, DetectorPro Headhunter
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    One of the greatest sunken treasure recoveries ever made.......

    ...by one diver in a single day. (in one hole!)

    This isn't news, but it is legendary. It's mind boggling. It's what dreams are made of.

    Bill Moore's recovery of 165 lbs of gold in 77 bars (!!!!), 7 disks and 7 chains from the Atocha in 1985.

    Just goes to show you what you can find in a very small area on the bottom of the ocean.

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    us
    Your Answer is YES, I am a Recovering Brain Donor

    Jul 2010
    South East Coast
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    Re: One of the greatest sunken treasure recoveries ever made.......

    Quote Originally Posted by mad4wrecks
    ...by one diver in a single day. (in one hole!)

    This isn't news, but it is legendary. It's mind boggling. It's what dreams are made of.

    Bill Moore's recovery
    And he is still at it

    http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...e-museum_N.htm

    http://www.myhometownnews.net/index.php?id=71225

  3. #3
    us
    Mar 2006
    Florida
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    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: One of the greatest sunken treasure recoveries ever made.......

    That probably came from the stern castle.

  4. #4
    us
    May 2011
    88

    Re: One of the greatest sunken treasure recoveries ever made.......

    Was Bill Moore, aboard Bobby Jordan's boat, when this Treasure was recovered? Humble

  5. #5
    us
    discovering & preserving our past for future generations

    Dec 2004
    Jupiter, Florida
    Aquapulse, DetectorPro Headhunter
    1,993
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    Shipwrecks

    Re: One of the greatest sunken treasure recoveries ever made.......

    Bill's pile of gold came from near the main pile of the Atocha.

    If memory serves me, Bobby Jordan was long out of the picture by then. And Bobby's recoveries came off the Santa Margarita anyway.

  6. #6
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    Sir Dives-A-Lot

    Jul 2006
    Jupiter, FL
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    Re: One of the greatest sunken treasure recoveries ever made.......

    Great post Tom! Bill is truly a unique individual. When I got the opportunity to work with him for several months in the lab, I quickly realized just how talented (and ingenius) he truly is. Aside from being a treasure recoverer, I saw him do high-level math, database design, video editing, website designing, and artifact conservation....in one day. On top of that he's a genuinely nice guy.

    He is one of the good ones, I know lots of us know him so tell him thanks next time you see him. His relationshp with the archaeologists in Tallahassee is part of what lets us do what we do here in Florida, especially on the 1715 Fleet.

  7. #7
    Charter Member
    Want to treasure dive in gin clear waters at Jupiter!

    Nov 2006
    Jupiter, Florida USA
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    Re: One of the greatest sunken treasure recoveries ever made.......

    GREAT POST! Mad for wrecks......

    We are back from our emergency road trip to the Smokey Mountains
    of North Carolina..... We have been following the great news of finds
    by one of the sub contractors at our Jupiter Historic Shipwreck Site early this season....

    Lets go out soon and see if we can come close to matching Bill and this
    posts - finds.....

    P.S. It will be nice if we can do it in one day as well..... at today's fuel costs!
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    Since 1987 our Jupiter Wreck has continued to yield coins but the question, "Where's the rest of the Ship?" has remained unanswered...  There are 2 layers of shipwreck scatter and we are equipping the "Enterprise" to excavate the primary treasure layer.  Join with us this year!

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    us
    Mar 2009
    White's Surf PI Pro Dual Field/Minelab Sovereign Elite
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    Re: One of the greatest sunken treasure recoveries ever made.......

    AMAZING !!!!! Thanks for sharing the pics!!

  9. #9
    us
    Aug 2007
    Tavares,FL.
    59
    Shipwrecks

    Re: One of the greatest sunken treasure recoveries ever made.......

    great pics..thanks

  10. #10
    us
    May 2012
    Key West
    Fisher, Tesoro,White's and an joc box
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    All Types Of Treasure Hunting
    Bill Moore's hole... it looks like a hard pan bottom instead of sand

  11. #11

    Jan 2008
    Melbourne Florida
    Minelab Excalibur 1000
    128
    I heard Bill left a few weeks ago anyone know where he is going next?

  12. #12
    us
    Dec 2010
    back on the 1715!!
    437
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    Anchor Research & Salvage

    Anchor Research & Salvage

    Some good stuff going on in the DR
    Psalm 107:23-24
    They that go down into the sea in ships; and make working in many waters.
    They saw the works of the Lord; and his marvels in the depth. (And they saw the works of the Lord; and his marvelous deeds in the depths of the sea.)

 

 

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