Searching Remote Islands For Pirate Activity

I didn't know what to expect when I was invited to search these islands! What we found was SO cool!!!
Gear used in this video:
Metal Detector - XP Deus 2
Scoop - Xtreme Titanium All Terrain Plus
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[@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

[@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.

[@melissadiaries]

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

[@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.🧐🤔🧐

[@hottubtimemachine1200]

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

[@theodorerooseveltcharlesto1555]

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

[@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!

[@tfrench4249]

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

[@zachiiary4257]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@tfrench4249]

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?

[@surfstarcc1]

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

[@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).

[@justinhumphries1537]

I always love your episodes.

[@netamorton4832]

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

[@lisathomas1622]

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

[@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.

[@shirpom8577]

🤣 🐰 Fun little hunt! ❤👍😊

[@treasuretom13]

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

[@billweser8931]

Looks like snake Heaven out there congrats on the finds

[@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.

[@ritahasz7352]

Fun ammunition of a day😊

[@tombecker2955]

Congratulations on winning an awesome detector. Happy Hunting

[@MhdkhusrinKemilauemas]

Amazing very good ,good lucky

[@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'.

[@freightdawg6762]

Excellent!!

[@CKyttle]

Good stuff 👊🏴‍☠️

[@chrischaney9492]

Hello from Indiana.

[@monkabuda]

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

[@jillchumas-king3740]

Super cool!

[@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

[@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!

[@waitingonJustice]

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?

[@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 😬

[@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.

[@alisoncleeton877]

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

[@danreasoner-jo2tl]

I believe those balls are buckshot from shotgun shells

[@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

[@itsonlystace]

Love when ya post! 😊

[@mariontheantiquarian7849]

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

[@Bellinghamimager]

I was hoping for a doubloon.

[@DetectFlorida]

You and me both!

[@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.

[@Elioslock]

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

[@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

[@andrewsock1608]

That’s buck shot from shot guns

[@HansZarkovPhD]

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

[@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.

[@JerryR1776]

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

[@moonuni]

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

[@jameskotansky9398]

A large party of drunken pirates shooting at everything.

[@gioiahaviland1872]

Cook hot dogs and marshmallows on that fork.

[@jas57264]

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

[@michaeljameson221]

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

[@aaronfogelsanger2550]

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

[@unclebeep]

Throwing Smart Pills

[@froggers-0369]

ARRRRGH THEY BE A’SEARCHIN FER BOOTY

[@MrMastertekken]

royal crown can from the 60s

[@tfrench4249]

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?

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@matt23405]

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

[@waitingonJustice]

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?

[@KelmieJBigelow]

The coke can is from the '60s

[@RandysWorld65]

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

[@paulwells782]

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

[@stevetaterus8303]

I just bought a detector from diggin it with your code

[@DetectFlorida]

Awesome!! What did you get?

[@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.

[@joelbrown4110]

Ring shank nail?

[@user-eh8vm1iq3t]

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

[@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?

[@williamwaychoff8710]

You ever see those Pythons on those islands?

[@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

[@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 .

[@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

[@ethanmcdowell9677]

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

[@DetectFlorida]

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

[@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

[@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

[@wendymaybury6329]

Yes, but what about the pirate treasure😊

[@Howardhandupme]

Pretty sure that round ball was buck shot double 00

[@harbourdogNL]

Not quite sure how islands you can zip over to on a jet ski can be called "remote"...

[@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.

[@JB-ef7ks]

Sure sounds like sugar in a gas tank more than anything

[@gregcollins9723]

Buckshot

[@williamjohnson9568]

I think that might be 00 buck shot

[@TonysApizza]

yar were be the gold

[@buscandotesoros556]

Hola 👋

[@johnholmes6897]

Looks more like buck shot

[@leannaerickson9745]

13:05 hang bolt?

[@DetectFlorida]

I think you're right

[@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

[@Enkaybee]

Are those balls worth anything? Assuming they're actually from musket times, that is.

[@DetectFlorida]

Nah, so many have been made over the course of american history, that they're a dime a dozen

[@drunkbikewrenchen6400]

Buckshot.

[@noahmosher6543]

Aaarrrrhhh

[@bhazel69]

Haven't seen any Pirate stuff???????????