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Blak bart

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All Treasure Hunting
Weather changes my hunting style, and as the seasons change I make the transition from shallow water to beach. There are still opportunities to get underwater and hunt, but murky, rough, and windy conditions limit this time during the winter, so its off on the beach and island jungle hunts. First off I cant possibly capture everything I drag home from these hunts, but its a combination of beachcombing and metaldetecting mixed with jungle exploration. So here's a few of the latest finds that ive drug home from the depths of the ocean floor, to the mangrove jungles, to the sandy "cayo hueso" beaches !!
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did manage some gold and silver too.....I like to start down at "cayo hueso" or bone key....today its known as key west !! Ill work my way back north over several weeks hunting all the crazy hard to get to sites that most never realize are here. Everything from pieces of eight, to square groupers are possible 🤫 !! I got some crazy big dollar satellite fishing data bouys that are also used by cartels to track drug shipments!!
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These are pretty high tec and run about 1500-2000$ apiece....so pretty good finds. One is a "zunibal" and the other is an "Intelsat".
Boya Tuna8 Explorer - Zunibal https://share.google/hzYLAl3CLtYh1TmXy
Here's the tuna 8 explorer I found....totally amazing technology!!
I had good luck under the water too and got some good silver and gold also
here's a short of some underwater stuff. Silver chain, and Mahi pendant, and a gold heart charm !!
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Thers been all sorts of stuff in the jungle and beaches too buttons, ships spikes, silver coins and a cross and pendant !! All sorts of pottery and bones, even a gold ring !!

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greenies !!
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all the pottery and clad, and a few mysteries. even some bones from bone beach.
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cool piece of uranium glass too !! Ill have to add a couple shots in later this was a big post for me !!
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bones from bone beach, and 3 galleon spikes from the 1733 fleet !!
 
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Great mix of recoveries Bart. Just enough of everything to make it all real interesting in getting some of the history of your area. Congrats
A virtual buffet of time lines !! Ill take it....under the waves or above !! 🫡
 
Great and interesting finds, Bart! Thanks for posting!
 
Great and interesting finds, Bart! Thanks for posting!
Thank you ArfieBoy...its a great time of the year to get out and explore down here in the islands!!
 
Excellent bunch of finds! Congratz!! I lived in Marathon for a few years way back when, before I started detecting.
Thank you sir....got any tips or spots you used to try ?

Ooops....I see it was before you started detecting.
 
Wow! What a great haul from different centuries. Where do you keep everything? Dining room table and front porch? Hehe
Right now im in a state of chaos with to much stuff .... but ill get it all organized, and alot does stay out in an artifact "garden" my man cave is a small museum 😅
 
That is some nice finds!

Man, your posts always fire me up!
Going to be in Marathon all March again.
I really like hiking through some mangroves.
Find some things, but nothing like what you manage. :notworthy:
Maybe this year, I'll have time to play with my metal detector dangit.

I know this cool beach by some jet planes . . .
 
That is some nice finds!

Man, your posts always fire me up!
Going to be in Marathon all March again.
I really like hiking through some mangroves.
Find some things, but nothing like what you manage. :notworthy:
Maybe this year, I'll have time to play with my metal detector dangit.

I know this cool beach by some jet planes . . .
That's great...pm me when you arrive...ill come hunt with you !!
 
Outstanding Bart
Keep up the amazing work..
 

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