Featured My hunt for the pirate treasure ship, Whydah.

I raise my hand.

 

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I quit watching a while ago but I still see the promo's -- if they'd invested all the money they've wasted on that island they would already be rich without the aggravation

 

Remember the sheet piling they drove in at Smith's Cove?

My solution to the whole thing was/is to drive a large circle of sheet piling around the entire Money Pit area, then excavate it like an archaeological dig.

Let the Laginas, the TV show, the TV network, the Gov. of Canada, and the construction companies share the costs, and also share any rewards aka Treasure.

Personally, I'm pretty sure they all know that whatever was, or was not, ever there, was removed long, long ago.

The story about the cabbage farmer becoming so wealthy seems quite suspicious. One doesn't get wealthy by growing and selling cabbages, especially in a place with such a short growing season and such harsh winters.

 

But they would have missed out on all the fun.

 

I vote yes. I write for a living. I stopped counting publications 20 years ago and just say "over 300" now. Like most things in life, writing is easy to criticize and harder to do.

 

I vote "yes."

 

I find writing easy. What I find difficult is conveying my thoughts succinctly without the constant side trips I so easily take.

 

I have the book by Barry Clifford. Please continue your story.

 

Please continue...very enjoyable read...Spark

 

@Robert Ransom There's an old thread by @Daniel Lowery and reply by @Amos 811 re the treasure of the Whydah. The title of the thread is "Whydah Shipwreck 1714 Coin Value?". You may find it interesting.

 

I am enjoying your story and writing style. Please continue your story the way you want to tell it.

You can meet a number of real-life treasure hunters if you go to the FUN show in Orlando. There's usually half a dozen of them gathered at one table showing off their finds.

 

I saw the thread a few days ago. I'm surprised no one asked for pics. of the coin and the COA. Thanks for the info.

 

I'm old. Please finish the story before I die.

 

I'm in your league. It takes a while for me to put two cogent sentences together, a septuagenarian trying to tug bits of history from my, sometimes, uncooperative gray matter. You have to patient with me, this is... What was I saying?

 

If we had a best post of the day award.... This would win... LOL

 

Or as us old golfers like to quote from the movie Caddyshack..."While we're young!"

 

And "Well, we're waiting!"

 

And what is it that you are waiting for, oh, yes, "The rest of the story" Patience please. There are many cobwebs to brush aside.

 

@Robert Ransom are you writing under the nom de plume George R.R. Martin or J.K. Rowling?

 

Very good!! While I have you on the line, do you recall a diving trick called the "punkin or pumpkin ball" similar to the "watermellon", but not butt first. At the apex of the dive, one would bend 90 degrees from the waist and clasp their arms across their chest then rotate 45 degrees (prox.) with legs straight and enter the water on your back. Depending upon the degree of entry, the trapped air would cause a plume of water to shoot into the air. Some could alter their rotation to direct the spray where they chose.