100-year-old ship discovered by father and son in Nash County will be preserved, open to the public

In that point, Tim and son Ross Fisher have found some artifacts and have made plans for the way forward for the vessel.

ABC11 first visited The Fishers in 2019 after a drought uncovered a part of the wood boat buried within the mud on their 17 acres of land in Hollister.

The Fishers found the 94-foot lengthy vessel is The Robinson Gold Dredge. The boat was used within the early 1900s throughout the gold rush within the japanese a part of the state and later deserted solely to be found greater than a century later.

Because the discovery, the daddy and son and a devoted crew of pals have labored with the state and the EPA to dig and punctiliously expose the dredge discovering treasures alongside the best way.

“We discovered gold in there,” Tim stated. “There may be gold within the ship. It’s positive gold. One of many coolest issues that we discovered was proper beneath the place the deck was and it had rotted out. There was a mason jar simply good. No cracks, nothing. Inside that mason jar was a silver spoon the place anyone had been consuming. We discovered an previous boot heel, you already know, the place the blokes have been working and simply every kind of actually distinctive artifacts.”

The Fishers are preserving the artifacts they discover with a small museum on web site and plan to rebuild the two-story vessel. Tim says they already welcome many guests who’re curious to see the ship however they’ve plans to develop it to make it extra public.

One cabin is up with extra on the best way. Ross Fisher will open the NC Treasure Hunters Campground quickly. Visitors will be capable of pan for gold, sharks tooth, and go to and be taught concerning the vessel and historical past that occurred deep within the woods of Nash County.