# ##ford finds wreck while on his regular beachcombing route . He and other beachcombers had found numerous coins and other items from the wreck . `` And amazingly we found it in this beach environment . Winter storms damaged the wreck , but historians hoped it would be re - covered . Midgett convinces a state senator to get wreck removed so it could be studied and preserved .
# ##ford finds wreck while on his regular beachcombing route . He and other beachcombers had found numerous coins and other items from the wreck . Winter storms damaged the wreck , but historians hoped it would be re - covered . Midgett convinces a state senator to get wreck removed so it could be studied and preserved .