Spurred on by childhood tales of pirates and
adventure from the mountains of Kentucky, Col. S. G. Lowe found his first
Indian Artifact at age 6. He has since found hundreds of archaeological land
and underwater sites including shipwrecks on the coasts of Fla., Georgia,
South Carolina, and worked
on everything from Spanish and pirate ships to Civil War blockade
runners and palo sites on the East Coast of the U.S.
Now 41, Stephen lives in Upstate of South Carolina, and is known
for his exploits in the world of shipwrecks, treasures, and antiquities.
He is one of few people in the world that has been published by the Whale
Museum of Spain, Charleston Museum of South Carolina, Educational
Television SCETV and has long been considered one of the founding fathers
of marine archaeology and paleontology as it is known on the Rivers of South
Carolina.
His work has been funded by such institutions as the Charleston Museum, the
State of South Carolina, the SCMC, and research from Texas tech and has Contributed articles for a number of nationally distributed
Dive magazines. He has also published a number of maps and charts dealing
with shipwrecks and fossil sites.
Always an adventurer, Lowe has traveled to a wide range of exotic places in
the Central and South America and the Islands of the Atlantic. He has
explored shipwrecks, ancient ruins, and subterranean and
underwater caves. He has dived in the the Atlantic,
Caribbean and many of the River along the east coast
More than one person has speculated that the fictional underwater
archeologist Dirk Pitt from NUMA was based on Lowe. but doubts that author would agree to either possibility.
Although Col. Lowe has discovered numerous historically significant
shipwrecks, including the Civil War blockade runner Georgiana and dove with
long time friends of the low country in his quest for Confederate submarine the Hunley. the wrecks
in the river and creeks of the Carolinas were by far some of the most
exciting due to the age dating back to the Revolutionary War in the 1780's
and one of the earliest finds of the Carolinas. Lowe with the help of
Senator R. Dennis Berkley County was able to make sure this site did not get
plundered and lost for ever.
Lowe works has been written up in periodicals
including: Skin Diver; Treasure; Civil War Ill.;
Newspapers in Charleston, Moncks Corner, Anderson, Atlanta, and all over the
South Eastern United States. He has also been on radio and
television shows. As a historian, Lowe believes the biggest key to success
on any expedition is the archival research that precedes it. Lowe calls
historical research "his drug of choice" and says, "In today's world, time
is the most expensive part of a salvage expedition. Man-hours spent in the
archives can cut hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of time from the
field phase of most projects."
QUOTES ABOUT LOWE OVER THE YEARS (TOO MANY)
"The next Great Shipwreck Hunter of our Time" - The Anderson Daily Mail
"Shipwrecks Are His Business" - Fort Myers Daily
"Treasure Hunting? It's Being Paid for Fun" - The Anderson Independent “ A
True adventurer” – Anderson Independent
"Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Mumm!" - The Berkley News “An asset to all aspects
of the Diving World” – Sport Diver
Stay Tuned for the next great adventure.....
