Seeking a Salvager Interested in the Treasures of a Freshwater Lake?

[FLauthor]

In my youth, I yearned to find Lost Treasure like Mel Fisher and I scoured the area around where I lived since I lived in Central Florida and not on either the East or West coast of Florida. I'm pushing 60 and I'll probably one day put all these treasure sites into a form of a book. Many of them are already in my book, "Where to Metal Detect in Central Florida". But some I retained as too valuable for that book as the treasures still retain value.
I'm looking for a TH'er who has a trailerable boat with a GPS/Side Scan Sonar and knows how to use it. They should have knowledge of SCUBA or Hookha and know about Black Water diving. I know the laws have changed in Florida about salvage and I'll have to do some checking up on them.
Send me a resume' and how to get in touch. I found one shipwreck, a 70 foot Sternwheeler named the "Emmie" that was burned to the waterline by Hobo Tramps in 1900. Site was pointed out by a local resident who has since passed away. Site is guarded by a 16 foot alligator who will swim by and give you a "eyeballing". And you think sharks are a problem. The only treasure its yielded were old bottles, fire bricks, brass spikes and a homemade copper steam pipe condenser. While this ship is visible, other "TH'ing" sites remain underwater. A aircraft savalger named Tohill told me about a P-39 Airacobra wreck in the lake but little was left as the plane had gone straight in. But the Manufacturers Plate still has immense value. You can buiid a full scale P-39 from the ground up and its a experimental reproduction but when you place that Manufacturers Plate on it then it become an Authenic P-39 worth many more times its construction value. Unfortunately he didn't reveal its location. What would parts for a PBY warbird be worth today? A 1944 Jeep? 1930's Jamaican Rum or Bourban? Those are just samples. Not Gold or Silver but collectibles and there is a vast market for collectibles, just check eBay.

 

[Cappy Z.]

But some I retained as too valuable for that book as the treasures still retain value.
(FlaAuthor)

You sound like a true treasure hunter!

I wish you all the best.

For me a 16 foot gator and black water are not my cup of rum.

Godspeed.

 

[Dirt Fishin Dale]

Way cool! But all I have is a bass boat. I love old stuff, what ever it is.
Good luck!

 

[deepsix47]

Talk to Aquanut. He hangs out on the Shipwrecks forum and has all of the equiptment, experience and expertise you need.

Deepsix

 

[FLauthor]

Thanks, I'll look up Aquanut. As for the chap interested in Gator Hide boots, try Lake Jesup, not the same lake but it has the most alligators in Central Florida and many of them are over 16 feet. Just go fishing in that lake and hook a tough fighting catfish and see how many of those Big Ones cruise toward you looking for a easy meal. Better be in something bigger than a kayak, lol.