Underwater treasures are different, as well as treasure hunters. Someone spends a whole life trying to find a sunken old galleon with gold ingots and silver items, while someone trades along the Black Sea coast, collecting gold chains and rings from the bottom, lost by unlucky swimmers.
Not everyone descends into the abyss for treasure: someone wants to see exotic fish or bizarre corals, someone loves to wander through the underwater labyrinths of caves.
However, everyone who has ever gone under the water in search of any finds has returned with a small but prey. Because really - the water column keeps many secrets, and they are not available to everyone.
Underwater search gear
Everyone will select for themselves equipment and equipment according to individual characteristics. This will depend on the goals of the treasure hunter.
The simplest thing for a beginner search engine is a wetsuit that will protect you from the cold. Therefore, consider what time of year you want to hunt for the treasure. Under this request, and choose a suit.
The second thing is loading, or a special belt with weights. The specialist will advise on how much cargo you need to purchase. Of course, you also need fins and a mask. And no matter how funny it is - you need a shovel to dig up silt and sand at the bottom. Cheekbones are suitable for beach sand.
The most important thing for finding treasure is a metal detector. Here you will have to carefully understand the technical characteristics, depending on the purpose.
This equipment is for the simplest search at a depth of no more than three meters. The deeper they look for the treasure, the more seriously they choose the equipment.
Places where treasure is sought
The choice of location depends on the ambition and capabilities of the person. Over time, any diver begins to dream of a real treasure. And how can you not dream? After all, at the bottom of the Atlantic alone there are more than a hundred thousand ships carrying gold and precious stones! Why is there gold - any old bottle from the day of the sea is worth a fortune.
The Caribbean is even richer, so to speak. In the 16th century, Indian gold was transported by water to Europe in huge quantities, and many ships sank due to storms and pirate attacks.
Saint Helena, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion and many others - pirates constantly lived here and hid their treasures, often in underwater caves. These places can also be considered as potential for finding treasures.
If you look at things easier, you can wander along the coast of any beach with a metal detector. Of course, you won't find ancient coins and gold bars with amphorae there, but there you can find dropped gold. Some people do it as a regular occupation, and they find many interesting things.
Novice seekers
In our country, every treasure hunter collects his own equipment himself, while in other countries there are already metal detector rental points, such as, for example, in Florida. And there the number of found treasures is already counted in millions of dollars.
To seriously engage in treasure hunting, you need to obtain a special certificate and complete the initial diver's course. That is, you need to learn to scuba dive, and then master the search for treasures and their ascent to the surface.
You can also say that not only abroad they are looking for treasures - our Baltic Sea keeps the treasury of the Swedish king, the Ural lakes in Udmurtia - the treasury of Pugachev, Demidov's millions are hidden somewhere.
And finally - information for detente. US gold digger Scott Dixon makes money on his expeditions by catching golf balls from ponds - so he gets about $ 800. There are enough of them to go to the Bahamas in search of the sunken Spanish galleon. Let's hope he finds it.
