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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1750815, member: 19065&quot;]Yep, neat finds. I enjoy reading about these successful recoveries too. However, when and who actually found them is anyone&#039;s guess. The guy behind the company,</p><p><a href="http://www.1715treasurefleet.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.1715treasurefleet.com/" rel="nofollow">1715 Treasure Fleet </a>is a property developer who likes to advertise that he bought out some partial stretch of land with hunting rights tied to Mel Fisher&#039;s property battle in Florida. Dropping a name like that is just part of drawing attention to yourself, which is something you don&#039;t do if you&#039;re in the process of recovery of artifacts.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The last line of the article is the giveaway about why this story is all over the &quot;news&quot; right now, &quot;He also told ABC News his company is filming a reality show about treasure hunting.&quot; The whole story is a set up as advertising for a forthcoming TV program. The pitch: Everybody loves a treasure story in hard economic times! That&#039;s the real treasure they are after, milking the dreamers, mass market entertainment for a consumer about to be marketed to when the show is broadcast.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Just remember that sometimes the real treasure isn&#039;t the actual &quot;find&quot;.&nbsp; More often than not, it lies in the opportunity of selling denim trousers, picks and pans to the hopeful prospectors where the fortunes are made. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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