Searching Remote Islands For Pirate Activity

[@kkamas1]

I vote for the skull being from a raccoon! Good job. It's always great when you can have fun and laugh with someone. Glad you have a friend to go on these hunts with!!

[@TakeTheRide]

You two are so nice to each other. Here, you want to dig it? This is how people should be. Kind.

[@hottubtimemachine1200]

Rabbit poop 💩! 🤣🤣 and we are still laughing. 😆 Looks like no one picks up their brass. Have fun stay safe. Raccoon/muskrat skull.

[@melissadiaries]

The rabbit poop story was funny lol that’s what siblings are for. What a bunch of fun finds!

[@elizabethbennet4791]

lol my brother is such an a$$…he threw my mini aquarium of sea monkeys all over me. they landed all over my front… gross!!!

[@michellepierson54]

Musket loaders are still being used. Those musket balls are probably from the same person doing target practice on the island. Also your friends pointy looking “fired bullet” is actually a fishing weight. I enjoy watching your explorations and learning from you guys. Thanks!

[@billharriss4463]

probably 00 buckshot

[@Ozai75]

Exactly. Way too perfectly round for older musket balls and *way* too small. They're almost always 50 caliber +

[@jameskotansky9398]

00 or 000 I could see that or Early 2 or 4 gauge.

[@mrobertson188]

I was going to comment the same then I saw your reply

[@weekendsatgrandmas8437]

I thought that as well

[@PracticalKen]

The smaller lead balls are buck shot. You can tell by the flat spots where they were compressed together in the shotgun shell. It only takes a few buck shot shells to really scatter a lot of small lead balls.

[@markmiller897]

You are correct. I was saying that too. The "pistol Musket balls" are all buckshot. Even small pistol bullets were at least 45 caliber. They were known as squirrel guns if they were under. 50 caliber. In muskets anyways.

[@benmccrady2152]

Those round balls may be buckshot ,look for rifelings.

[@rogerclaiborne6815]

Or round balls from modern black powder pistol carried for snakes or practice shooting. Balls seemed a bit too shallow and the lead doesn't look oxidized enough to be hundreds of years old.

[@rosec8622]

"00" buckshot likely

[@Elsureel]

@@rosec8622 Yup, 00 buck is 0.33" in diameter

[@Thelostgoldhunters]

The first two for sure...

[@Jon-so8kh]

Yeah definitely buckshot..it's too small to be a musket shot.🧐🤔🧐

[@crazydaizy2745]

I like hearing the sound of the detector detecting.

[@tombecker2955]

Congratulations on winning an awesome detector. Happy Hunting

[@theodorerooseveltcharlesto1555]

People did a lot of hunting in Florida back in the late 1800's just for feathers for the Ladys feathered hats.

[@zachiiary4257]

You're the man brotha, love the great finds and the give backs to the lost!:)!

[@RyoshilovesKabosu]

Also, those shallows that you're wading in, around the islands, at one time were high and dry. Treasure could have been buried where there is now water.

[@GarysMetalDetecting]

I found one muskketball in Pendleton, South Carolina. And then I found another one. I was so excited to find something from the Civil War. It's very cool, those are probably 1860. Congratulations, very cool.

[@operatorglizzy4317]

I I’m from there cool to see another SC

[@SheRantsAlot420]

With all the plants that have grown since the pirates.. Have you searched the over grown trails, detecting in sunken areas in the over growth?

[@netamorton4832]

That’s so cool that your Hobby takes you on land and in the water! Very neat finds Shawn!

[@o.o4566]

Native removal didn't end in Florida and the southeast until the 1920's.. but in the mid century there was an increased interest in "pioneer" and "cowboy" style things including weapons. My father tells me about being a child in the 50's and 60's and shooting muskets in the florida panhandle.

[@AL-vo2uh]

Love your friend's support and enthusiasm. That's a lot of finds. I hope there is a local museum you can visit too. There's actually an episode of Expedition Unknown with Josh Gates where he explores some of these islands. (Season 3, ep 23).

[@elizabethbennet4791]

omg Im obsessed with your channel lol it’s my new obsession!!! I cant wait to get metal detecting! I still havent gotten to it yet, have a couple life projects to work on fi

[@RyoshilovesKabosu]

Since water levels have been rising throughout history, even the tiniest Islands may hold treasure, because whatever is left of that island was the highest point of that Island, where you were more than likely to find treasure because people prefer to occupy high places for defense purposes. Does that make sense to anybody else?

[@elizabethbennet4791]

lol sure! Now youre thinking like an anthropologist! A better occupation pattern however, would be to think about how they were connected to wider land masses previously, making them not as remote. Recognize that these particular little islands on the west coast of florida (I live here and i also studied anthropology) are constantly changing! For example, even less than 40 years ago, the strait “hurricane pass” in Pinellas didn not exist!!! It was filled in with water when a hurricane passed through and eroded soil depositing itt elsewhere. A lot of the soil on these islands was not only connected to a much wider landmass originally, but some of them did not exist at all and are entirely made up of “newly” deposited soil and growth/flora&fauna. But yeah, a lot of these areas are new, and others weren’t as remote/small islands meaning they would have been traversed more often

[@justinhumphries1537]

I always love your episodes.

[@spaceman5563]

“ oh, it was sweet “! Lmao😂

[@scottmcclory8312]

Love following your adventures Shawn keep it up - hope to see you again soon

[@DetectFlorida]

Thanks Scott!! You as well!!

[@lisathomas1622]

Back in the late 80’s at Fort Sumpter, SC there are tons of bullets just on the surface of the dirt.

[@treasuretom13]

Looks like I'd be heading back to the islands..wish I could come along! 🍀

[@mwdjr3158]

That looked like a fun change from the norm.

[@DetectFlorida]

It was!!! I’m normally surrounded by hundreds of people. It was a little eerie being out there with just Chris!

[@comfortablynumb9342]

Those round lead balls are probably modern buckshot from shotguns. Remember that a lot of the islands in the bays of Florida were created by people in the 1900's when they dredged channels and made "spoil islands", and are too modern to have old ammo. They should be very oxidized if they're old.

[@dvereckis]

I enjoy casting my own round balls and plinking with them sometimes with homemade powders. I can imagine the stories created around the thousands of .45 and .50 cal rounds I've plinked. I have an ammo case with over 15,000 round balls ready to make a detectorist happy.

[@dodgerstone]

Great Time, Sean, I Was Detecting in the Snow Today in Ohio. I Got the Usual and a Leg-Lamp Charm from Christmas Story 😂 Always Fun to Watch You Detect. Keep Diggin'.

[@billweser8931]

Looks like snake Heaven out there congrats on the finds

[@kathyl5610]

I enjoy your channel very much, and your haircut looks great.

[@DetectFlorida]

Thank you!

[@martinlogan4813]

The thing you thought might be a screw is the leftovers of what was a ring shanked decking nail. The small round balls are probably 00 buckshot. The big round balls you found appear unfired. The ones that had the "nipple" on them were not fired, but probably cast near where they were found. The nipple part is called a sprue ant that is the leftover from the bullet mould. Those got trimmed off and put back the melting pot.

[@surfstarcc1]

So pretty much people have been shooting on that island for a long time. 😂

[@shirpom8577]

🤣 🐰 Fun little hunt! ❤👍😊

[@monkabuda]

Very cool musket balls!! I was hoping that high tone 90 was going to be a Spanish doubloon!!!

[@howiegrapek]

Awesome video Sean... looks like you two had fun. Good to change things out. ;) Bullets, musket balls, pirates, oh my! I assume you are out in the Bahamas? Funny story about your sister. I drove up to visit Diggin It Detectors this Saturday to see Terry and Fred talk about their treasure hunting and their finds over the years - it was super cool presentation and nice turn out! Then I hung out around Cocoa to do a bit of detecting and had to hit Ron Jon. Cheers, H

[@jillchumas-king3740]

Super cool!

[@mariontheantiquarian7849]

That was cool. Those islands can very interesting to explore… on both coasts of Fl

[@freightdawg6762]

Excellent!!

[@itsonlystace]

Love when ya post! 😊

[@atari3375]

Just saying hello buddy 👋, great video ,with spring and summer coming up fast I can't wait to get out there and hit the beach and for you're videos to ramp up, lucky/happy hunting

[@ritahasz7352]

Fun ammunition of a day😊

[@BrianRRenfro]

Some of those smaller buckshot sized balls could be from punt guns used to market hunt egrets and such. They used to just blast across islands in FL taking out whole swaths of birds. Hundreds or thousands in a day.

[@Jetski-Treasures]

Good stuff 👊🏴‍☠️

[@pineconey]

I assume you've searched the Treasure Coast beaches where the gold coins can wash up after a hurricane.

[@DetectFlorida]

I have, but finds are so few and far between, that you really have to be a local and hit the beaches hard to find something. No luck for me there yet

[@elizabethbennet4791]

i think those areas are good for the big treasurehunting ships tho that haul international artifacts

[@chrischaney9492]

Hello from Indiana.

[@Khusringoldminers]

Amazing very good ,good lucky

[@brucemattes5015]

In addition to the possibility of someone during the cartridge era having fired buckshot rounds out of some form of a shotgun; you should also consider the fact that until the 1920's it was still legal in most rural areas of the United States to own, shoot, and defend oneself with a small bore muzzleloading cannon. Small swivel guns with bores smaller in diameter than 1.75" were incredibly common items of trade throughout the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. These small swivel guns were most commonly installed in a pintle mount, which was a heavy-duty, U-shaped bracket that was attached to the round-shaped trunions that were cast into the sides of the cannon. The pintle hitch allowed the cannon to be raised and lowered for elevation corrections; and the large diameter male stud on the bottom of the pintle hitch, which resided in a matching female socket, allowed the cannon's muzzle to be swung from side-to-side for windage corrections. The female sockets were originally intended to be installed into the top perimeter walls of forts, into the bows and sterns of small sailing vessels, and really any location where it was anticipated that an attack by possibly overwhelming numbers of opponents might occur. The small diameter lead balls that you found were common items of trade for use in these small defensive cannons, as well as in .69 caliber to .80 caliber smoothbore flintlock muskets.

[@mplskillroy]

Hi from Rob and Patti from Minnesota. Ring shank nail is what that was. We are planning a treasure hunt up here if your interested.

[@DetectFlorida]

Hey guys!!! In Minnesota? After staying up there for a month and a half, I think I'll just stick with Florida lol!

[@mplskillroy]

There would be no walking or bicycling. We have cars lol.

[@elizabethbennet4791]

it is kind of weird to think of such a beautiful environs and then see bullets lol

[@HansZarkovPhD]

I detect myrtle beach regularly, lucky to find a stinkin lincoln.

[@JerryR1776]

I bet all the old coins are in the thick brush where other detector's can't reach....??

[@lukerancourt2907]

Hello, my wife and I are obsessed with your videos! So much so that you've inspired us to take this up as a hobby and return items back to their owners. We live in central Florida and would like to do this in fresh and salt water as well as on land. Since we are not pros but want the depth and range what machine would you recommend? Thank you for any help, keep up the good work and maybe we will cross paths someday to help folks out. Thanks!

[@DetectFlorida]

Hi!! The nokta legend is currently the most cost effective machine that performs well in saltwater. Reach out to my friends at digging it detectors in Cocoa, FL and they’ll hook it up. All of my subscribers get a discount

[@alisoncleeton877]

Pirates of Olde be like: No way! No fair!!😂

[@Elioslock]

At that level, those are more likely modern slingshot pellets.

[@JoeR203]

Might be some bodies buried under those bullets.

[@DetectFlorida]

Lol worst metal detecting fear! I’m always afraid I’ll find a dog collar with the dog still attached 😬

[@chad1121111]

All those musket bullets are 00 buck shot bro that's across from port charlotte Beach rite it's a good camp spot if u walk that path all the way it comes out end of roar by 3 hump bridges off edgewater all kinds of stuff out there

[@matt23405]

Hey man. Love the channel. What model metal detector are you using in the saltwater on the beaches in your other videos ?

[@paulwells782]

Wonder if that isn’t buckshot your finding? Given all the other modern ammo turning up

[@ohshtimbaked]

Have you tested Nokta the Legend on our swfl beaches?

[@DetectFlorida]

Not yet. I know that it’s a really popular machine, but I love my minelabs and XP’s

[@unclebeep]

Throwing Smart Pills

[@RandysWorld65]

Was that on the east or west coast of Florida? awesome finds!

[@bradsgold345]

I have an older Whites Gold Master about 20 years old. Can I use it for what your doing here or can you suggest a good starter machine?

[@DetectFlorida]

Yep! It should work just fine up on land

[@danreasoner-jo2tl]

I believe those balls are buckshot from shotgun shells

[@aaronfogelsanger2550]

Remember that one time I stood up for myself 😅 Oh boy did we have different lives

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

was out yesterday. with a group. ,watched a kid (no experience with a detector). we showed him what to do to find a piece of gold with a gold monster 1000. beginners luck is fact. have a good day.

[@ohshtimbaked]

Hi Shawn! Have you tried detecting near punta rassa or the cattle trail?

[@DetectFlorida]

Nope. I didn’t know that there was anywhere to detect at punta rassa. I used to live just a few minutes away

[@ohshtimbaked]

@@DetectFlorida wouldn't the stretch of beach between bunche and punta rassa be fair game? Or the large sandbar at low tide?

[@garypfluger9766]

Greetings from Texas. I love your videos. What is your favorite beach detector? Thanks

[@DetectFlorida]

Currently it’s between the Xp deus 2 and the minelab manticore. Both machines have their advantages and both are a delight to swing

[@jameskotansky9398]

A large party of drunken pirates shooting at everything.

[@charlestravis9798]

Not pistol bullets but 00 buckshot

[@SheRantsAlot420]

I use to live in Tampa.. dated a guy who scuba died and explored for treasure. He told me on one of the islands that the pylons sit from one of the bridges? Is sitting on a sunken ship. He said he found 2 Spanish coins on the island. I don't quite remember? Maybe the gandy?

[@andrewsock1608]

That’s buck shot from shot guns

[@jas57264]

You stumbled on a Pirate Firing Squad location???? LOL

[@moonuni]

Look for small clay balls might we'll have gem stones in em

[@kokomon5]

Were u in Charlotte Harbor?, is this the same machine you use in the water ? How long it take u to remember which i.d. s, for the different metals,, what was the price of your machine

[@DetectFlorida]

I was 😂 Yes, I use that machine in the water. Its an XP Deus 2. The price depends on what accessories you want with it. If you order from Digging It Detectors, they give all of my subscribers a discount. The code at checkout is: Florida diggingitdetectors.com/

[@froggers-0369]

ARRRRGH THEY BE A’SEARCHIN FER BOOTY

[@tamismith4244]

The musket balls are not necessarily old. My ex had a newer gun that shot musket balls and it sounds like something him and his buddies would have done- gone to an island a shot guns.

[@lMaster900]

hello, where did you buy it carbon fiber for Deus? Very nice, I must have it, greetings from Italy.

[@DetectFlorida]

It’s from Steve’s detector rods here in America

[@lMaster900]

@@DetectFlorida you can send the link

[@stevetaterus8303]

I just bought a detector from diggin it with your code

[@DetectFlorida]

Awesome!! What did you get?

[@Bellinghamimager]

I was hoping for a doubloon.

[@DetectFlorida]

You and me both!

[@gioiahaviland1872]

Cook hot dogs and marshmallows on that fork.

[@JohanSidell]

What program on the D2 did u run in this video?

[@MrMastertekken]

royal crown can from the 60s

[@xmarks-spot]

Those musket balls are so small, I would be afraid to shoot it for fear it would only tick-off whoever I was shooting it at! 😂

[@Ozai75]

It's because it's buckshot from a modern shotgun.

[@RyoshilovesKabosu]

The highest point on each island will be your best bet. Pirates would want to be able to see from all sides. Find any large rocks or Coral heads? They could be landmarks that pirates would use to come back to their treasure. I would search around any large rocks, coral heads, or even trees and tree stumps, and since pirates probably buried their treasure, why don't you use a bigger coil?

[@joelbrown4110]

Ring shank nail?

[@dj.m7098]

Pretty cool videos bro, you should try doing KZbin short videos as well you’ll get much use of the regular maybe , twice or triple viewers .

[@KelmieJBigelow]

The coke can is from the '60s

[@GrandmaEllen]

Marshmallow skewers.

[@ethanmcdowell9677]

Where'd that scoop come from? I want one....

[@DetectFlorida]

Its from Xtreme Scoops in Texas xtremescoops.com/scoops/

[@jakecross6940]

What’s the best waterproof wired headphones that’s loud?

[@DetectFlorida]

I’m currently using the aqua teks, and they’re SUPER loud

[@leannaerickson9745]

13:05 hang bolt?

[@DetectFlorida]

I think you're right

[@michaeljameson221]

Those small balls are 00 buckshot out of modern shotgun shells 100%

[@randymccracken2722]

Not a screw a petrified worm. Haaaaa

[@jimmclaughlin5930]

I'm still looking for Gaspars missing treasure and only I know where to look here is a hint devil fish key that's all I'm giving up.

[@Howardhandupme]

Pretty sure that round ball was buck shot double 00

[@testingtesting4534]

The problem is, the Islands aren’t in the same locations from 2 hundred years ago due to storms and the natural earth movement. Take Sanibel Island, it originally was where Fort Myers’s is today. Look at the old maps, all of it has changed do to storms. The last one really changed the maps of all of the Florida coastline.

[@dzymslizzy3641]

When you're searching in the water, did you ever actually find a suspected pirate coin?

[@DetectFlorida]

Its high up on my bucket list! The East coast of Florida is better for shipwreck coins

[@maureen14]

Do you have any relatives in Massachusetts?Because you look exactly like one of my doctors. Even your voice is very similar to his.

[@DetectFlorida]

Nope! I have a veryyyy small family

[@williamwaychoff8710]

You ever see those Pythons on those islands?