Ordered to find and excavate the vessel, the museum began searching the seas around Penghu in April 1995. Even with Huang's assistance, three months of surveying failed to yield even a trace of the ship. Some began to wonder whether Huang was intentionally leading them astray.
銜命打撈的史博館在 1995 年 4 月開始在澎湖海域找尋沉船，雖有黃加進協助指認位置，但連續 3 個月的勘測都找不到任何蛛絲馬跡，曾被人懷疑黃加進是否「故意」隱匿。