Reef Dawg
Full Member
In my lifetime, finding Treasure has gone from a childhood fantasy, to a great and needy self admiring controversy controlled by, you guessed it, āBig Brother.ā From the day my Dad plopped down his hard earned life savings (to that time) to purchase some acreage and land adjacent to Bull Run Road in Virginia, at the great dismay of my Mother, to charge for each find on our property for Civil War artifacts in the 60ās, to now, halls filled of file cabinets and bureaucrats, itās been a progressive and all consuming potential budget filler. Should I be the one to condemn its progress? Nah, I think Iāll leave that to all of us who make a living at it. Gosh knows, the Universities and Colleges can do it better. (LOL) Wait! Not do it better, but keep it all in the family, I.e. patrons of the cause of knowledge and the pursuit of the better global day and the enjoyment of all those who pay tribute through gate receipts and reflective admissions, that only those who survive by our tax dollars could do it so well and how truly brilliant they are in bringing to us the written about, but unfounded, until now.
Lobbyists, lawyers and politicos now steal the day with a twist of international flair; UNESCO, Interpol, and all the well connected hands out at the United Nations with their newly American sponsored and pushed through bill (passed) which seeks to legislate and give control of grey area American and International waters to a Global and International authority, will certainly be the ware on anyone who dares explore, and to find the lost. God be it far from our discussion, should a private venture profit from their hard earned endeavors. Letās just keep submitting paperwork, so that a true imprint is preserved and expenditures of private funds lead the way to an onslaught of āgreenā collegeā kids and their classroom bound handcuffs, more properly named āprofessors,ā taking the helm and saying, āwe have now discovered this, so that all future generations may benefit from our find in everlasting seclusion of this sponsored museum.ā Oh my God, give me a break. Do any of us really believe this will be the case? Or is it more, yet government again, finding a way to āstiffā the hardworking private sector for its ingenuity and determination to make a living?
This isnāt āObamaā talk, chatter box conspiracy theory, or the like, this is what is happening. How can our Courtās of Law redefine the ages old āSalvage Lawsā to now state the opposite and favor its very check signing patriarch, Capitol Hill, or dare I say, the New World Order?
My thoughts, although somewhat rhetorical, are very simple;
We must look beyond the next client, investor, the long and lats of a whispered shipwreckās resting place and take hold of what is found by painstaking research and effort, and say to those who would own our livelihoods, āenough is enough;ā āit was lost, it was abandoned and now it is found,ā
Maybe not so diplomatic, but my sentiments ring the truth;
To all you pioneers in finding Treasure, as Fisher did so plainly before; research, explore, find and keep. And for Christ sakes, remember the Anthem of South Carolina; DONāT TREAD ON ME!ā The āDonāt Tread on Meā flag was in response to the Stamp Act of 1765, in which Christopher Gadsden organized opposition to oppressive laws. His argument was to the unfair taxes, that if allowed, would lead to more and more unfair taxation by the government. Taxation by find and seizure is also, in our modern day exploration pursuits include in this. And whether you find it by enterprise or sheer coincidence, Tallahassee is still there watching, and surely they will include your hard earned exploration and finds in the mix to their benefit only. Taxation isnāt always by deductions in salary, property or fine, but can come in anyway so dictated by those who govern us on the State Capitol. Live on King George and the Red Coats, and may your history be ever present in our next morning dayās work.
I think not. So go blow Tallahassee, and may your ever present ways of misguided conception of the ālost sea bountiesā discovered by true blue collar mavericks be handed down in another, yet new decision, mirroring that of the great Mel Fisher in the days of the not so newly old, in a little old Courtroom called the āSupreme Court.ā
Sean (Reef Dawg) Murphy
Lobbyists, lawyers and politicos now steal the day with a twist of international flair; UNESCO, Interpol, and all the well connected hands out at the United Nations with their newly American sponsored and pushed through bill (passed) which seeks to legislate and give control of grey area American and International waters to a Global and International authority, will certainly be the ware on anyone who dares explore, and to find the lost. God be it far from our discussion, should a private venture profit from their hard earned endeavors. Letās just keep submitting paperwork, so that a true imprint is preserved and expenditures of private funds lead the way to an onslaught of āgreenā collegeā kids and their classroom bound handcuffs, more properly named āprofessors,ā taking the helm and saying, āwe have now discovered this, so that all future generations may benefit from our find in everlasting seclusion of this sponsored museum.ā Oh my God, give me a break. Do any of us really believe this will be the case? Or is it more, yet government again, finding a way to āstiffā the hardworking private sector for its ingenuity and determination to make a living?
This isnāt āObamaā talk, chatter box conspiracy theory, or the like, this is what is happening. How can our Courtās of Law redefine the ages old āSalvage Lawsā to now state the opposite and favor its very check signing patriarch, Capitol Hill, or dare I say, the New World Order?
My thoughts, although somewhat rhetorical, are very simple;
We must look beyond the next client, investor, the long and lats of a whispered shipwreckās resting place and take hold of what is found by painstaking research and effort, and say to those who would own our livelihoods, āenough is enough;ā āit was lost, it was abandoned and now it is found,ā
Maybe not so diplomatic, but my sentiments ring the truth;
To all you pioneers in finding Treasure, as Fisher did so plainly before; research, explore, find and keep. And for Christ sakes, remember the Anthem of South Carolina; DONāT TREAD ON ME!ā The āDonāt Tread on Meā flag was in response to the Stamp Act of 1765, in which Christopher Gadsden organized opposition to oppressive laws. His argument was to the unfair taxes, that if allowed, would lead to more and more unfair taxation by the government. Taxation by find and seizure is also, in our modern day exploration pursuits include in this. And whether you find it by enterprise or sheer coincidence, Tallahassee is still there watching, and surely they will include your hard earned exploration and finds in the mix to their benefit only. Taxation isnāt always by deductions in salary, property or fine, but can come in anyway so dictated by those who govern us on the State Capitol. Live on King George and the Red Coats, and may your history be ever present in our next morning dayās work.
I think not. So go blow Tallahassee, and may your ever present ways of misguided conception of the ālost sea bountiesā discovered by true blue collar mavericks be handed down in another, yet new decision, mirroring that of the great Mel Fisher in the days of the not so newly old, in a little old Courtroom called the āSupreme Court.ā
Sean (Reef Dawg) Murphy
