Treasure Hunting on the Treasure Coast with Terry Shannon!

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  • čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
  • In this video, I go treasure hunting near the Turtle Trail beach access on Florida's famous 'Treasure Coast' with the legendary treasure hunter and author, Terry Shannon.
    Share with me not only some candid conversation and treasure hunting tips from one of the last of the real 'old school ' Florida treasure hunters, but also the 'top secret' of one of the little known area treasure hunting locations from Mr. Shannon himself.
    BACK STORY: Late last year I attended a Minelab distributor event hosted by the Mel Fisher Treasure Museum and the Treasure Coast Archaeological Society in Sebastian, Florida. A raffle was held to benefit the Society, the grand prize being a treasure hunting outing with Mr. Shannon. I entered and I won. I also won a Minelab T-shirt on the test field.
    Due to timing and weather conditions, we waited until just recently for when the days were longer and the weather conditions were better. Since then we have become fast friends.
    I want to express my gratitude to Mr. Shannon, the Mel Fisher Treasure Museum, the Treasure Coast Archaeological Society, and Minelab for making this treasure hunt and video possible.
    www.paypal.me/fhill748
    www.patreon.com/frankshill

Komentáře • 56

  • @flamingomtn
    @flamingomtn Před 2 lety +5

    I love hanging out with Terry. He has the best stories EVER and he's so much fun to hunt with. I can't wait until he comes back in the fall.

  • @goldseaoutdoors4708
    @goldseaoutdoors4708 Před 2 lety +3

    Terrific video. It must feel good to detect side by side with the legend terry shannon. I would like to detect the treasure coast one day. Have a good one

  • @Discoveryquest
    @Discoveryquest Před 9 měsíci +2

    I have many good memories of my hunts down there around V marker and the surrounding beach back in the 90's. Some of us were hunting at 3 am in the morning during tropical storms. It took 10 trips before I found my first spanish coin. I met a guy named Frank down there in the 90's with a small pickup. He gave me other good locations.I found Spanish from below Wabasso to Indiatlanic. Biggist haul was from Chuck's on a Thanksgiving Day with 75 coins. I probably wouldn't go now unless the cut was around 6 feet.
    (aka Mbounty)

  • @pioneeringpeppers
    @pioneeringpeppers Před 7 měsíci +2

    I'm starting at Turtle Beach access in the morning and work my way north, hitting all spots up until Melbourne Beach

  • @ucfkid67
    @ucfkid67 Před 2 lety +2

    The bloke is a friggin legend

  • @jimmycrossbones5454
    @jimmycrossbones5454 Před rokem +3

    Thumbs up Frank, and Terry a very good friend. He will tell what you need to know. Sub to your channel. Good luck

    • @mikedavis2566
      @mikedavis2566 Před rokem

      Hey Jimmy! Get out there and find some gold!

  • @jameshabovick8949
    @jameshabovick8949 Před 2 měsíci +1

    You still hunting daily, was down today at Bonsteel beach this morning, found a good size congronmit, got it soaking in olive oil, hope to see you out hunting buddy,

    • @frankhilladventures3620
      @frankhilladventures3620  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Sounds great, hope to see you out there too.

    • @jameshabovick8949
      @jameshabovick8949 Před 2 měsíci

      @@frankhilladventures3620 found a very old gold ring at Bonsteel beach access in Melbourne beach, it’s was in about 8 inches of wet sand

  • @treasuretom13
    @treasuretom13 Před rokem +1

    Digging with Terry has to be a dream!

  • @jameshabovick8949
    @jameshabovick8949 Před měsícem +1

    How have you been buddy, how is your hunting going, I have been lucky lately hunting here on the space and treasure coast, it sure has been hot, Fireman Jim

  • @jameshabovick8949
    @jameshabovick8949 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Been hunting daily from Wabaso to bonsteel , finding lots of stuff

  • @therelaxedturtle8880
    @therelaxedturtle8880 Před 2 lety +2

    Hey Frank love your videos. Having Terry with you is awesome. I’m in Vero Beach following your footsteps. Thank you

  • @brotherskeepers111
    @brotherskeepers111 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I hunted for years with a Garrett AT Pro and I found a lot of great things but I have since upgraded to the Minelab Manticore. I know from experience you are at an extreme disadvantage using a Garrett on a salt water beach.

    • @frankhilladventures3620
      @frankhilladventures3620  Před 7 měsíci +1

      Thanks for your feedback. Being a hardcore Garrett fan, what can I say? I have five Garretts now, and my old AT Pro still gets the job done. I am also fond of the Sea Hunter Mark II; simple and rugged.

    • @Randy-ul5hy
      @Randy-ul5hy Před 3 měsíci

      Agree 100 %. I have used an AT Pro for 11 years and can say ATP is terrible in wet sand. Stick to the Sea Hunter or Minelab Excalibur for the beach or get Minelab Equinox or Manticore which will do it all.

  • @markc2036
    @markc2036 Před rokem +2

    Just found your channel and I enjoyed very much.

  • @gregsanderson2470
    @gregsanderson2470 Před 2 lety +1

    Terry its good to see you again. My wife bought me your book.
    All the best. G

  • @Whitebeard1715
    @Whitebeard1715 Před 2 lety +1

    What an Honor, Hunting that beach and with Terry. bucket lister for sure. Great video.

  • @abarcajose86
    @abarcajose86 Před 2 lety +2

    I'm enjoying your content.. keep at it!

  • @MetaldiggerWV
    @MetaldiggerWV Před 5 měsíci

    Hey Frank, love the videos and info shared. I recently move to south Florida from West Virginia. Have been detecting for awhile now, but new to the beach scene. Any tips ir tricks would be Greatly appreciated. Hunted Juno today, (no luck) but just to be there is luck enough. Thanks in advance and good luck in your future adventures.

  • @mikedavis2566
    @mikedavis2566 Před rokem +1

    Good hunt! Keep swinging.

  • @AndrexT
    @AndrexT Před 6 měsíci

    Terry is such a nice man. I have seen him many times on the Monday CZcams Live Streams of 'Treasure Talk' and I have one of his books.

  • @metaldetectingqueensland1233

    Don't forget to do the walkways going and coming out of the beach, it's a major drop zone that many people overlook 🙂 subbed mate 🙂👍⛏🍺

  • @loriannwieland2734
    @loriannwieland2734 Před 2 lety

    That was cool, so happy your back at it. Stay safe, keep hunting....

  • @DetectDigSmile
    @DetectDigSmile Před 2 lety +1

    Hello 😀 Thanks for sharing

  • @scorpio11bw
    @scorpio11bw Před 2 lety

    I can wait to get back out there. I'm in vero for week . I've been searching these beaches for several years now with my garrett 400 . I haven't found the good stuff yet. I got Terry's book a year ago and started watchhis videos . I hope to meet him one day out metal detecting.

  • @Randy-ul5hy
    @Randy-ul5hy Před 3 měsíci +1

    I find my AT-Pro terrible in the wet sand. Very unstable and unreliable. Too many of those 'Ghost Targets' you refer to. I use my Equinox 600 on the beach and the Pro for woods and parks.

  • @MetalDetectingwithPete

    Great video. I will make it over there one of these days to give it a try. Thanks for the video

  • @JOE4077
    @JOE4077 Před 2 lety +1

    When the signal disappears, dig another scoopful and it should come back again.

  • @jameshabovick8949
    @jameshabovick8949 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Ha frank, is terry still hunting here in Melbourne beach

    • @frankhilladventures3620
      @frankhilladventures3620  Před 5 měsíci +1

      Haven't hear from him since late last year, actually. He is a snowbird, so he may have already gone back up north.

    • @jameshabovick8949
      @jameshabovick8949 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Thanks buddy

    • @jameshabovick8949
      @jameshabovick8949 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Went hunting today at bonsteel beach in Melbourne beach, got a strong target about 12 deep in the wet sand, dug it out, it was a carpenter square, crazy find, thought you might get a laugh out of that.

    • @jameshabovick8949
      @jameshabovick8949 Před 5 měsíci +1

      You never know what you can find, that’s why I love this hobby

  • @jerrytalley802
    @jerrytalley802 Před 2 lety

    You got a ghost target because you’re trying to use a garret on salt, lol. Not against Garrett, just no single frequency machine works like a multi-frequency as you probably well know. How cool to spend time with Terry

    • @frankhilladventures3620
      @frankhilladventures3620  Před 2 lety +1

      Actually, we get these ghost targets here because many of us, myself included, turn the iron settings almost all the way up. You never know when you are going to go over a cannon ball that is a couple of feet deep. With these settings, small pieces of iron that have dissolved into the sand leave a trace and can be read as a hit and on these beaches, you dig everything. This happens even with Minelab machines and besides, I have been using Garrett machines for thirty years now, and I swear by them. In fact, my AT Pro seems to do quite well in the salt and sand.

    • @jerrytalley802
      @jerrytalley802 Před 3 měsíci

      @@frankhilladventures3620I bet if you’re still hunting in Florida, you have changed over to multi-frequency. Terry was using what looks like a Minelab, he has since gone tho Deus 2, SMF, and light weight.

  • @stevennary6996
    @stevennary6996 Před rokem +1

    Is this area open to hunt for everyone?

  • @FlTreasureHunter
    @FlTreasureHunter Před 9 měsíci

    Look at the 2 of you braking the law and you were smart enough to film it! Evidently you didn’t look up the treasure laws down there before sold the farm and moved to fl!

    • @frankhilladventures3620
      @frankhilladventures3620  Před 9 měsíci +1

      This from the guy with no content. Jealous, much? Oh, and by the way, I am a native Floridian. LOL!

    • @FlTreasureHunter
      @FlTreasureHunter Před 9 měsíci

      @@frankhilladventures3620 funny how you dont find crapola and skirt the issue that you were braking the law! You should take up shuffleboard.

    • @frankhilladventures3620
      @frankhilladventures3620  Před 9 měsíci +4

      @@FlTreasureHunter Looks like I was right about you, you seek only to insult. First, we have wet sand/dry sand rules here. If it's on the beach, it's yours. If it's in the water, you have to report it. Secondly, I do play shuffleboard, thank you, and I'm good at it, too. Maybe you should get a life.

    • @FlTreasureHunter
      @FlTreasureHunter Před 9 měsíci

      @@frankhilladventures3620 you need to put your glasses on a reread the rules! You can only hunt for the high tide line to the dunes from Mel beach to fort pierce.

    • @jacquelinemassaro454
      @jacquelinemassaro454 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@chipperkins6255 GD , what a poosy. Keep crying 😢😢😢 wah wah. Nobody gives a flying F that the corrupt greedy government thinks they have a claim to land and water.

  • @jimjustice581
    @jimjustice581 Před 2 lety +1

    Love your video. But, please, less talking and more swinging. You spent almost half of your video talking. Put those batteries in, fire up that coil, and start swinging!

    • @frankhilladventures3620
      @frankhilladventures3620  Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah, well, I have worked that stretch of beach many times, and I have found stuff there, too. This time, however, it was all more about learning from Terry than it was about actually finding anything.

  • @c.h.u.d
    @c.h.u.d Před 6 měsíci

    "detector head"?? Its called a COIL 😂

  • @loriannwieland2734
    @loriannwieland2734 Před 2 lety

    That was cool, so happy your back at it. Stay safe, keep hunting....