Lucky are the people who get to do something that they love and get paid for doing that, no matter how non-mainstream the job is. One of those enviable people is Gary Drayton who is a professional treasure hunter. Yes, there is a profession for treasure hunters. And no, not everyone can be a treasure hunter.
Read the article below to get more wikis about Gary Drayton, like his age, net worth, height as well as the information about his family, his married life, and his wife — if he has any.
In 2019, Gary Drayton turned 58 years old. He is a Gemini and celebrates his birthday on the same day as singer Idina Menzel and soccer star Steven Gerrard.
Gary was born on 30 May 1961 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, and studied at Sir John Franklin School there.
Weirdly adventurous from a young age, Gary grew up bottle digging in the UK, looking for anything caught his fancy, like marbles, or clay pipes, or doll heads. The Curse of Oak Island started to go professional as a treasure hunter after he moved to Florida from the UK.
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During his early Florida days, Gary Drayton used to take his metal detector to the beaches and find things like gemmed rings, expensive watches, war artifacts, and other old and rusty things.
One of the Hollywood producers, who are always looking for anything weird and curious to keep the audiences glued to their shows, found Gary and he got the opportunity to feature in the TV shows.
His first role came in A&E Network’s TV documentary series, The Curse of Oak Island. Later he also appeared on Travel Channel’s reality series Expedition Unknown.
Furthermore, Gary also wrote books regarding treasure hunting, especially beach and water hunting. Some of his books are A Guide to Searching Heavily Hunted Beaches, How to Find Coins and Artifacts at the Beach, How to Read the Beach and Water, among others.
Thanks to his TV appearances, top-selling books, and the various precious artifacts that Gary finds during his treasure hunting must have boomed his net worth. While the exact amount of his net worth is not known, it must surpass the $2 million mark.
Gary Drayton stands at the average male height of 5 feet 10 inches.
Per his official website, keen fans — interested in beach treasure hunting/metal detecting lessons — could reach out to Gary Drayton on 1715hunter@bellsouth.net.
Gary Drayton’s treasure finds consisted of a 22K Inca gold with nine flawless Colombian emeralds, a Silver religious artifact from the Spanish 1715 fleet, Spanish silver pieces of eight, an Arrow headship spike, and split shot, and many more.
Some of the most astounding Gary Drayton’s jewelry finds include a Tiffany & Co platinum band with a 1.5-carat diamond, a heavy 22K gold coin ring with 40 diamonds, a Scottish masonic ring with 3/4 carat mine cut diamond, and a mint condition Rolex Submariner.
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There were some catchphrases that Gary Drayton used in The Curse of Oak Island and people caught on. Whenever he found anything, Gary exclaimed ‘it’s another Bobby Dazzler’.
Away from the beaches and the exotic locations of his work/adventures, Gary Drayton had a family that includes two daughters: Katya and Anya. Judging from his social media, he seemed to love his daughters.
While Gary was keen to flaunt his beautiful daughters on social media, he was surprisingly quiet about his wife. It was not even clear if he was married and had a wife.
It was certainly possible that Gary was indeed married, and happily so with his wife. But even if that was not the case at the present, he must have once been married and happy with a wife.
Gary had accumulated 28.6k Instagram followers (March 2020).
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