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Hi,
My name is Karen and I moved to the island of Vieques a little over a year ago from the Chesapeake Bay area.
For the past year I have spent most of it beachcombing, mostly finding beautiful beach glass and chaney. I would like to expand to metal detecting but have to be careful as to the unit I buy. Until May of 2003 Vieques was a live bombing range with many stray shells and we still have unexploded artillery. Most of these areas are closed but strays have been known to be found in civilian areas. Another concern that I have is since I am an infant at this I am hoping that reading previous posts and advice from the members on the board will help me choose the right detector. I am looking for a waterproof unit but one that can differentiate between plutonium, steel, iron, etc and get to the core of it i.e. gold, silver, copper, etc.
Vieques was a haven for pirates particularilly a PR pirate named Roberto Cofresi. There are many rumours on the island of his buried treasure but then every island has those rumors, don't they.
I am also wondering if anyone knows what types of stones were commanly used for ballast in the spanish galleons.
On an endnote, I have downloaded over a hundred old maps from 1506-1850's from various sources that show the original names of most of the islands from the Bahamas through the Caribbean if anyone would like me to look up and obscure name or spelling.
Cheers,
Karen
My name is Karen and I moved to the island of Vieques a little over a year ago from the Chesapeake Bay area.
For the past year I have spent most of it beachcombing, mostly finding beautiful beach glass and chaney. I would like to expand to metal detecting but have to be careful as to the unit I buy. Until May of 2003 Vieques was a live bombing range with many stray shells and we still have unexploded artillery. Most of these areas are closed but strays have been known to be found in civilian areas. Another concern that I have is since I am an infant at this I am hoping that reading previous posts and advice from the members on the board will help me choose the right detector. I am looking for a waterproof unit but one that can differentiate between plutonium, steel, iron, etc and get to the core of it i.e. gold, silver, copper, etc.
Vieques was a haven for pirates particularilly a PR pirate named Roberto Cofresi. There are many rumours on the island of his buried treasure but then every island has those rumors, don't they.
I am also wondering if anyone knows what types of stones were commanly used for ballast in the spanish galleons.
On an endnote, I have downloaded over a hundred old maps from 1506-1850's from various sources that show the original names of most of the islands from the Bahamas through the Caribbean if anyone would like me to look up and obscure name or spelling.
Cheers,
Karen
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