I'd wanna keep the mini life boat to use it as a mini bike camper and boat.

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

Great idea! Jace

@notdone1975

5 ай бұрын

Probably get 8 Mexicans in side of it.

@Jg02468

5 ай бұрын

Haha I was thinking thr same thing

@UguysRnuts

5 ай бұрын

Way too heavy. These pods are built to withstand serious impact with the sinking vessel and/or rocky shorelines and are weighted on the bottom to be self-righting.

@geoffreybywater518

5 ай бұрын

Me two

Vessel finder shows the Christian G is a "fishing vessel" (though it looks like a motor yacht} at Gulf of Mexico reported 221 days ago by AIS.

The tide had washed away the droid tracks.

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

lol

I was involved in COASST (Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team) for a few years when I lived in Olympia, Washington. I did the marine debris part of the surveys. I just found your videos and they remind me of how much I miss doing that. I wish I was closer. I would like to start up a COASST program here in Texas.

@robertmcintyre3405

6 ай бұрын

Well hello from everyone still here in Olympia/ Lacey..... lol

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you! Jace

@dabberdan3200

6 ай бұрын

@@robertmcintyre3405use to live on the highway by the train station in the development.

I haven't done much beachcombing by the ocean, but I've done a lot around fresh water lakes. There's a lake near me that's a popular hunting spot for duck hunters, because it has places along the shore that hunters without boats can walk to and set up. I usually walk the north shore that's pretty barren because it's low and floods easily. But, I usually find lots of duck decoys that came untied and floated out of reach of those hunters without boats. I also find quite a few floating fishing lures washed up there as well. Of course there's always an occasional life preserver, boat cushion or Styrofoam life ring. I've even found a few boats washed up there after a bad storm and was able to return them to their owners through the Parks and Wildlife department.

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing! Jace

You should see if you can send one of the SOS food packs to SteveMRE1989. He enjoys odd MRE/preserved foods and will look up the history on the items. Great channel and thanks for all the videos.

Really enjoyed this thanks for sharing it with us

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

thank you! Jace

The way radar reflectors work is pretty neat Imagine a 2D scenario where you have 2 orthogonal mirrors and a laser. Since angle of incidence = angle of reflection, and the two mirrors are 90° from each other, the laser leaves this reflector with the exact angle it entered it. If you add a 3rd orthogonal mirror, the reflector now works for any incident angle in 3D space. Assuming theres enough signal to bounce off atleast 2 mirrors, you'll reflect that signal directly back to whatever generated it. The end result is that the radar operator sees a much louder return than what your vessel would naturally reflect.

A very strange but interesting find,we were wondering weather it fell off a boat by accident or with people inside. Thanks for breaking down the contents ❤🙋❤️

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

thank you! Jace

@dickied2602

13 күн бұрын

Probly used to smuggle drugs or people being that it’s near mexico

That's a lifeboat & contents from a larger vessel, typically a fishboat. Definitely the coast guard need to know. It could have been washed off the top of the vessel, or released when the vessel sank.

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

You are exactly right, it was released when the vessel sank and all the passengers were rescued from another boat that was nearby.

I'm glad I clicked on the thumbnail, I really dig this kind of content. You know I subscribed.❤

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you! Jace

@Zeddicus_Zorander

2 ай бұрын

Same here. Cheers!

The reflectors are radar reflectors so radar has a good return and can see you. Sailboats have them because they have a very low radar return. Those things light up on a screen. They put them on weather balloons too.

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

Excellent info! Thank you! Jace

@UguysRnuts

5 ай бұрын

Not just sailboats, but all ocean going vessels. This one is the cheapest and most common. On a powerboat they're generally a 20" plastic tube of 4" or more diameter with an internal structure of metal fins angled in multiple directions.

It tells on the package what the Food Bars are. 4:41 Better than raw fish with parasites. Great find. Read up on Survival skills. That was a Strobe Light you were holding.

Nice work with putting the barrel on the beach to cover yourself for our pleasure, I love it

It has so much thought in its design,even the little step tubing fitted to the door.fascinating.

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

100% agree. :) Jace

Did you get ahold of the Coast Guard? Wondering if the owner was found, or was it from a boat that sank.

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

The owner of the boat reached out to us and his boat sank but they were rescued. The pod was never used but they are trying to get it back.

@DesertTuna

6 ай бұрын

👍 glad to hear everyones ok

@willong1000

2 ай бұрын

@@HarteResearch I think you might want to pin that question and your answer -- it is at least part of what Paul Harvey used to call: "The Rest of The Story!" EDIT: I would like to hear if the vessel owner was able to recover the pod. Moreover, what might the difficulties have been; just the physical logistics, or bureaucratic hurdles?

@thevarietyoflife7283

23 күн бұрын

​​@@HarteResearch So why did you steal from it?

A quick search turns up that boat is a fishing boat/ yacht. Which is strange. And it hasn’t turn on its ais for 103 days and last time it was at palacitos Texas

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

Very interesting! Thanks for this info! Jace

She sank and all three crew members on board were saved ona similar fishing boat called the Hillary , they never entered fhe rescue boat. It likely was freed from deck when they took on water that’s why it washed up on shore . As far as towing it or taking it it prob has 1000 pound of lead ballast to keep 4 persons up right prob more . It’s also lodged in sand . And marked by coast guard so re sell is silly . Cheers awsome find !!

@HarteResearch

Ай бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for this info!!! Jace

@Drundel

Ай бұрын

Any clue where it went down? I wonder how far the pod drifted.

RL6 is lighting system and battery, not a flashlight but actual lights. providing both internal lighting power, and external lights.

The reflector thing reflets both light and radio waves back at 90 deg no matter where it comes from. You see them on boats so it's easier to get a location on it... I think!

@Omegajet223

6 ай бұрын

It's a radar reflector, designed to increase the radar cross section of any small vessel, especially GRP or plastic vessels which naturally absorb a large portion of the radar signal.

@UguysRnuts

5 ай бұрын

Wrong about reflecting "back at 90 deg(rees)". It is designed to reflect in all directions, but most importantly 180 degrees back towards a radar transponder/receiver. The silver metallic coating is to reflect radar, not light. The greyish silver 3"x18" rectangles on the sides and top of the pod are for reflecting light.

When you took that bite I thought 'Noooo!' It looks like cannabis resin. I beachcomb on Chesil beach, Dorset, England UK and we had a load washed up recently. Excellent footage...thank you.

Cool finds!

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

thanks! Jace

Definitely worth salvaging

Great find intriguing as to why its on the beach

@HarteResearch

4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Jace

I sell similar emergency ration blocks mainly for disaster relief and liferaft/sailing applications but sales went through the roof when covid hit. A lot of preppers stock up on them as they have a 20+yr bb and all the vits and mins to sustain life long term. They’re almost better as a porridge almost.

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

Wow! That's awesome!!! Jace

@chrisw5742

5 ай бұрын

I bet people stocked up on the toilet paper first and foremost... BECAUSE THEY WERE PROGRAMMED TO......

@gordbaker896

Ай бұрын

These have 5 yr life.

The stainless steel hemisphere on the cabin top is a solar ventilator which allows air in while keeping water out. It's got an electric fan built into it.

Hello, Im SORRY, ARE YOU RELATED TO MR TOMMY LEE JONES!! WOW.! great video! Thanks again!!

Yikes could you imagine being in that thing with three other people? Cool find!

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

lol. No, can't imagine being that close to anyone. lol Jace

@UguysRnuts

5 ай бұрын

You'd want to break out the anti-nausea pills straight away.

@chrisw5742

5 ай бұрын

I gotta take a crap. Nobody look now. Plug your noses also.......

@John-qb8vd

3 ай бұрын

Beats getting dead by drowning.

@UguysRnuts

3 ай бұрын

@@John-qb8vd Apparently people have with this thing. It's the smallest in the world and has some "problems", according to sources.

I looked up on marine traffic. The boat is a fishing vessel out of port Lavaca.

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! Jace

And you just left it? That’s a $10,000 life boat.

@PugFaceMusic

8 күн бұрын

Probably weights 400 lbs and it looked like he was on a bicycle. I'm sure he came back with a truck and took it. He just didn't want bad optics on video.

What a crazy find

I would be all fun and games until the puking started!

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

Totally agree. lol Jace

I could see combining this with a tube frame and some wheelchair wheels to make an awesome little bike camper.

That little survival pod and the contents cost a small fortune when it was bought as safety equipment for its mothership. No wonder the company/fisherman wanted it back even though he lost his boat. You could claim it as salvage. The insurance company could try to contest the claim, since they probably paid off the fisherman already and now "own" the boat, equipment, etc. loss claim they paid off for. Doesn't seem to me like the company/owner of the mothership has much of a legal claim to it at all. But, even if he gets it back, getting it re-equipped, tested and recertified ain't gonna' be very cheap either. Great beach find, though. I wonder who got there before you and grabbed the stuff you found on the beach? Moreso, I wonder why they collected it only to leave it where you found it.

@brianspencer6397

Ай бұрын

They abandoned it because it was heavy to carry,

Wow that's awesome thanks

@HarteResearch

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Jace

I looked up the ship the life pod was from .Sailing under American flag..Looks like a big yacht yet says its a fishing vessel..Cool find!!

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for this info! The family that owns the boat contacted me and it was a large shrimp boat that sunk in the Gulf of Mexico. They are trying to recover the pod. Thanks again. Jace

Totally mesmerizing and Totally far out. I want the mirror.

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

that mirror was cool! Jace

@UguysRnuts

5 ай бұрын

I've tried to use one before when I broke some bones on a solo canoe trip. It didn't work. Conditions have to be ideal for them to be effective, ie lots of sun and with the rescuing vessel in the right position at the right distance. Good luck with that. The whistle is what worked, barely.

This was very interesting. I've never been to Corpus - despite living all my life in Austin - but that escape pod was really neat, not sure I'd want to use it. It would be interesting to have a fiction story with one.

@HarteResearch

3 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thanks! Jace

A boat with the same name was registered in Texas for sale. It was a $3.3 million yacht.

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

Wow! This was from off a shrimp boat that sank in the Gulf of Mexico. The owner contacted me. Jace

@UguysRnuts

5 ай бұрын

Different vessel.

a fun toy to have

Those sure look like pemmican bars. Anyone know where it went down? I'm curious how far the pod drifted.

What's the big green thing behind you at 5:05? I'm guessing it's a port hand navigational aid with a broken chain.

@UguysRnuts

5 ай бұрын

The tug they'll send to pick up the buoy could easily pick up the life raft on behalf of the owners.

The food is made that way to keep you going until rescued

The survival bars aren’t bad. Wouldn’t want to eat them day after day but could if I had to. We keep a supply in our go bag.

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

agree. it was nice and sweet, but maybe only for a day or two. lol Jace

I've eaten those survival biscuits, and they go great with coffee. Also, the gritty texture isn't sand, its the biscuits.

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

lol. I'll have to take some coffee next time. lol Jace

I would salvage that a great boat for the uk canals

I really hope that the people made it😮

Nice ! What kind and model ebike is that?

@HarteResearch

2 ай бұрын

Aventon Aventure 2. It's great! Jace

Do you call the coast guard and let them know? The life raft had the name of the vessel it came off of. It might have just come loose, but if the ship had an emergency, it could be important for the coast guard to know and track where the raft as well as all of the other stuff washed up. I’m only part way through your video and so you might have mentioned this, but did you contact the Coast Guard or your nearest port authorities?

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

The owners contacted us and we gave them the Lat. Long. Hope they can pick it up. Jace

Ummm “ flashlight “ 😂😂 it says what it is ! lol 😂. liked “ unused “…..as opposed to , 4 people huddled inside 😮 lol 😝

Nice.

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

thanks! jace

I found the vessel it is a fishing vessel out of Lavacia . But no mention of a sinking..

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

The family of the boat contacted us and had video of their boat sinking. You could see the life pod in the video floating off. Nobody was hurt but they have been looking for the life pod. We gave them the lat. long., so hoping they can recover the pod. Jace

@UguysRnuts

5 ай бұрын

Are you quite sure it was "L A V A C I A". I can't find a port with that name.

@handlesshouldntdefaulttonames

27 күн бұрын

@@UguysRnuts it's port lavaca. Port of the Cows, wouldn't that be?

I can see it was on a mission 6 days ago so that likely fell off as the comments probably have the actual answer, But That Things Awesome! I would find a way get that outta there..

You could have laid down next to life pod and waited for next beachcomber to rescue you.

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

lol Jace

@baconcamp2499

6 ай бұрын

Lmao missed opportunity

@willong1000

2 ай бұрын

Are you one of those people 🤔who places a bucket of water in position to spill on the next person opening a door? 🤣

The biscuit are made so they dont induce thirst,so they are very bland!

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

They were quite tasty! lol Jace

Did you contact the Coast Guard of the find? Wondering if they would contact the owner in Texas?

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

I talked to the family that owned it and gave them the coordinates. Nobody was in it and their shrimp boat sank. They are going to try and recover the pod. Thanks! Jace

@genogeno6643

5 ай бұрын

@@HarteResearch Interesting. Thanks

Port Lavaca, huh?

Did you notify the Coast Guard to see if any ships reported being in destress?

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

The family of the shrimp boat contacted me from where the pod came from. I gave them the coordinates and they are going to try and recover the pod. Nobody used the pod. Thanks! Jace

It most definitely can be repurposed for something I'm sure. Maybe a sall camper for a motorcycle or trike. The food is based in the hardtack idea. You definitely want to soak it in a little water before you start trying to break your teeth. 😂 The radar reflector is to give your little kife line a bigger radar cross section to pick up by the surface ships & aircraft.

4 persons in that little thingy ? with no seats ? lol ...quite the headbanging if the sea is rough. but better than drowning i guess xD

Jace!!! 🤣😂 Gross! Fun video!

@HarteResearch

29 күн бұрын

lol. Thanks Tracy! Jace

last ais ping was in port 23 august 2023

Ha! I live in Port Lavaca

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

cool! Jace

What country did this wash up in?

@HarteResearch

2 ай бұрын

United States off the coast of Texas. We contacted the owner.

I'd hate to have to share that little pod with 3 other people for any length of time.

Lifeboat brick food..is food that doesn’t make you thirsty

@HarteResearch

4 ай бұрын

Ah! Great to know! Jace

It probably blew off of a ship's deck, after being hit by a radical wave, and dislodged...

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

The owners family contacted me and said the shrimp boat sank and the pod drifted off. I gave them the Lat. Long. and they are supposed to go pick it up. Thanks! Jace

Back door entrepreneurs, welcome ashore,

It was unused. Fell off a boat. Too much evidence supporting the fact. Cool find!

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

100% agree. Great observations. Jace

That’s from my home town!! 😳

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

Yikes! Jace

@UguysRnuts

5 ай бұрын

If that's the case, please provide us with the correct spelling. Thanks

@dalesmth1

5 ай бұрын

@@UguysRnuts Port Lavaca.

That looks '# not wana freedrop from over 2. meter at an distress alert in that ,or heafy storm ther is also no handwinde elcrto generator as emgency radio in that....

I want one.

how do you number 1 and 2 on that lifeboat???

@gordbaker896

Ай бұрын

That is what the step is for. You 'go' in the water.

The cd could be used to signal aircraft

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

Great idea! Thanks! Jace

Mount it on a bike trailer?

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

Great idea! Thanks! Jace

Enter head first?? I can't even..

@bor3549

6 ай бұрын

No kidding, I'd have to wiggle my fat in feet first. And be last in/closest to the door to keep claustrophobia in check.

@JRprice25

5 ай бұрын

The door swings down and becomes a ladder/step to climb in once it’s in the water. When you’re in the middle of the ocean that hole doesn’t seem so small 😂

@UguysRnuts

5 ай бұрын

The reason they say to enter head first is because these rafts are very tippy. Head first keeps your weight low.

As from today the Christian G is in port in The Gulf of Mexico.

Take it home 😭

According to Google Lens, the "Daniamant - RL 6" is a light signaling device.

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

Great info! Thanks! Jace

@UguysRnuts

5 ай бұрын

It's definitely a strobe.

That must be worth something

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

I think you're right. Not sure how much. Thanks! Jace

@UguysRnuts

5 ай бұрын

Ovatek sell their 4man rigid life raft (pod) for $8,995, not including freight.

Looks like it was launched without occupants.

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

You are correct! :) Jace

The Christian gs last gps ping was 102 days ago… you might want to report this find.

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

The boat owner's family contacted us and said they were looking for the pod after the shrimp boat sank. Nobody was hurt in the sinking. We have them the lat. long. of the pod, so hopefully they can recover it. Thanks! Jace

That one can be used as a little shelter for a homeless person... hmm...i need one to use as a type of mini hut in the woods :)

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

Great idea! lol Jace

HAS ANYBODY EVER SAID U LOOK LIKE .... VINNIE JONES

@HarteResearch

3 ай бұрын

lol. Nope, never heard that. lol Jace

Strobe Light

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

Ah! Thanks! Jace

That's not a lifeboat, it's the stellar pod that brought me to Earth. I was supposed to bury it after arrival, but I discovered your females wearing what you would call a bikini. I forgot about the pod.

@HarteResearch

3 ай бұрын

lol

would have converted it to a mini bike cargo trailer

There is not room in there for 4 people. No way!

@HarteResearch

5 ай бұрын

It would definitely be a tight fit. lol Jace

@UguysRnuts

5 ай бұрын

If your vessel was sinking you'd cram in more than four.

I'd cal my dude bros and pick it all up and keep it.

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

lol. It's heavy! lol Jace

@NothingToNoOneInParticular

6 ай бұрын

My dude bro friends have big boy toys....lol Front loaders, skidders, dump trunks, flatbeds, etc...@@HarteResearch

@UguysRnuts

5 ай бұрын

@@HarteResearch 250lbs

It look small, but how they fit4 person in there just pack like sandwich I wandering .

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

Apparently two people on each side hunched over facing each other. Would be tight. Jace

From what I could find it’s from a shrimp trawler and the owners P.O. Box. The vessel was named after the owners grandson. No reports or anything posted news wise. I would assume the vessel sank but hopefully this was just knocked overboard somehow.

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

The boat owner's family contacted us and said the shrimp boat sank and that they had been looking for the pod. We have them the lat. long., so hopefully they can recover it.

@JRprice25

5 ай бұрын

@@UguysRnutsAgain? Give me a break! 😂 The conversation is over and done with so “again” elsewhere.

Survivers of a tragic accident return back to the beach from searching civilization, only to find a youtuber gorging on their rations

I would put a 20 horsepower engine in it

@UguysRnuts

5 ай бұрын

It would be swamped by it's wake as it tried to climb over it's own bow wave. What is not visible are two external metal keels buried a foot into the sand.

Most I ever found was a few kg of cocaine in a duffle bag tied to empty drums.

I hope it was just swept away from a ship OR the crew managed to get to safety. I would be affraid to open those doors, to ne honest.

Keep it for a dog house.

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

Love that idea! Jace

@therealwolverine420

6 ай бұрын

@@HarteResearch Jace?

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

That's me. lol Jace @@therealwolverine420

@therealwolverine420

6 ай бұрын

Oh lol

@therealwolverine420

6 ай бұрын

Hi I'm james

They spelled Port Lavaca wrong. That must be the Mexican way to spell it.

@UguysRnuts

5 ай бұрын

In a coast guard inspection, that would cost them a big fine. There must be a Port Lavacia somewhere in Texas

@tree5013

5 ай бұрын

@@UguysRnuts I searched and there is not one in the world. They probably bought the pod in Mexico and where they got it only God knows.

@UguysRnuts

5 ай бұрын

@@tree5013 The only explanation I can think of is that it was a spelling mistake. Not sure why you think the raft was acquired in Mexico? "La Vaca" is Spanish for "the cow" and is a popular Mexican song.

@tree5013

5 ай бұрын

@@UguysRnuts Because "ica" is a common way to spell the endings of many words in Spanish. Not many Americans would do that. No matter what I hope the owners of the boat had more pride in their boat than to have such a big mistake on their boat. As a captain, I wouldn't have allowed that even if people couldn't see it. It shows that you don't care about the big things let alone the fine details of the job. Come to think of it, it probably wasn't properly secured and that is why it fell off the boat in the first place.

@UguysRnuts

5 ай бұрын

@@tree5013 Funny thing; Port Lavaca has many businesses with the port in the name and none of them spell it with an 'i'. I agree with your assessment of the level of seamanship/literacy aboard the 'Christian G'. It floated free when the vessel sank, according to witnesses.

maybe was put there t make the video

@HarteResearch

6 ай бұрын

The owner of the boat contacted me. They are going to try and retrieve the pod once the seas calm down. Jace

U shood bild a bike trailer out of it

Keep looking, I’m sure the bricks of cocaine are close by