Ray Midgett finds shipwreck while on his regular beachcombing route . The wreck of the SS Central America is found in a remote area off the coast of Mexico by midgett. Winter storms uncovered the wreck , but historians feared it would be re-covered . Midgett drives his pickup truck right onto the beach using the access road near the Currituck Beach Lighthouse . Midgett lobbies a state senator to get wreck removed so it could be studied and preserved .
Ray Midgett finds shipwreck while on his regular beachcombing route . The wreck of the SS Central America is found in a remote area off the coast of Mexico by midgett. Winter storms uncovered the wreck , but historians feared it would be re-covered . Midgett lobbies a state senator to get wreck removed so it could be studied and preserved .