A tedious search and lots of patience leads to the surprise of a lifetime for a team of divers in Door County.
"Years ago we didn't have this technology and many people have been looking for these wrecks," explained Captain Jim Robinson of Shoreline Charters.
Robinson has been diving for shipwrecks around Door County for decades, but this time he partnered with an old friend, Keith Cormican. Cormican runs a Search and Recovery effort off his boatcalled Bruce's Legacy. He uses state of the art equipment that allows him extremely detailed images of what's at the bottom of hundreds of feet of water.
"This is a four foot long torpedo type thing that's towed on a cable down at depth," said Cormican.
The "tow fish" as they call it, can go up to 500 feet deep and takes pictures of the bottom.
"We see all the debris and the things around them that we normally we don't see when we're diving," said Cormican.
The area they're searching is known as Death's Door. It's where the bay of Green Bay and Lake Michigan meet. It's the strongest current in the Great Lakes. The team has uncovered 7 ships in just 3 days.
"One of them for sure is brand new that I've had no idea was even there," said Robinson.
Now the state underwater archeologist needs to come in to investigate these new found wrecks.
"Her and her survey team want to come up and do a survey of them to determine what wreck they are," said Robinson.
The stories of these ships and how many there are is still unknown. The hope is that once they're preserved, people will be able to dive around these sunken treasures.
