Hello All
There are many facets of this story is not very clear.
And I can see two sides of the story.
There is a good lesson here to see what not to do.
For example how would you feel if some one knocked your door claiming there was a treasure on your property and wanted to dig up your back yard regardless if you agree or not? On the whim that there was treasure there seen from space and they presented very little evidence to support the claim? He may have found a wreck but is it an actual treasure ship?
The problem is that he has presented no evidence of actual treasure only speculation based of what he has seen on goggle earth.
Don't get me wrong Goggle earth is a wonderful tool but it should not be relied on it alone. Comprehensive research is needed to support his claims. I am interested in find out how he came to that figure of 3 Billion especially on the vessel dated around 1822.
If he had built up evidence to support his theory then he could of had a better chance to negotiation with the owners or the state. But to publicly claim 3 billion dollars on some ones property without evidence I can understand the land owners concerns.
That said the landowners lawyer showed great contempt of making a statement about the treasure hunter being a musician and not qualified to make these assumptions.
Regardless of ones profession as long as one presents a valid and well researched case then it should be judged on its merits and not on a persons profession. This statement is a clear case of Academic snobbery that has infected society today.
Sadly this treasure hunter has not done his homework and unfortunately will pay the price for his inexperience.
Hardluck
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