Beau Ouimette
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Synopsis
Beau Ouimette is a master Relic Hunter who specialises in shallow water river hunting. For over thirty years he has been searching in rivers across America and is a YouTube sensation with over a million followers, regularly posting videos with news of his latest finds on his Aquachigger channel - often using his well-known catchphrase: 'Hold your breath!' He has found anything and everything from civil war relics, a hoard of silver coins from 1837 and 1700s Dandy buttons. He uses the latest kit in submersible metal detectors, holds his breath or uses snorkel and mask, he also dives in deeper river sections.
Acting
River Hunters
US Youtube sensation Beau Ouimette, a river detectorist with over 30 years’ experience, and presenter and keen swimmer Rick Edwards search the UK’s waterways for archaeological finds. Using state-of-the-art technology, archive maps and contemporaneous accounts from the period, Beau and Rick perform the first underwater archaeological digs in some of the most exciting and iconic historical sites in Britain, often in dangerous and fast-flowing water.
