Thus held fast, the coins are brought to the surface. The congealed silicone is later peeled away, releasing the individual coins. When Nemo surfaces with the gold, the collection trays go to the ship's lab. There team members are able to examine the coins and ingots closely, catalogue them in detail, and store them for transport back to labs on shore. Coins are usually protected in the plastic sleeves used by numismatists, although stable clusters are sometimes left encased in their silicone.
Individual containers hold ingots, which are carefully wrapped in cloth.
The dust and nuggets suctioned up from the ocean floor by the sea-vac are panned from the sediment and placed in numbered vials.