Pirate treasure is real. Heres how we found it. BY ROBERT KURSON...

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Pirate treasure is real. Here's how we found it. BY ROBERT KURSON...

Pirate treasure is real. Here's how we found it. BY ROBERT KURSON...
A Golden Age shipwreck, the rarest of finds, lay waiting in the deep to be found. But even after hundreds of years, time can run out… John Chatterton and John Mattera were days away from launching a quest they’d been planning for more than two years, a search for the treasure ship San Bartolomé, sunk in the seventeenth century and worth a hundred million dollars or more. To find it, they’d moved to the Dominican Republic and risked everything they owned and held dear. The discovery would make them rich beyond their dreams and engrave their names in the history books. The New York Times would profile them. Museums would hold black-tie affairs in their honor. Best of all, they knew just where to look.
And then their phone rang. http://boingboing.net/2015/06/18/pirate-treasure-is-real-here.html
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kingskid1611

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Don't you just know that the old wood in that pic would make a great wall hanger.
 

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Great book!!

got it yesterday, halfway thru, will finish tomorrow!!

great author! great story!
 

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I just learned a lot about Bannister, The Golden Fleece, the Dom. Rep.... and other cool stuff! thanks
 

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Well, did Chatterton find the wreck? :icon_scratch:
 

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just finished the book; couldn't sleep until I was done!

Great read from all points of the compass.
 

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Good read! looking to order the book, and from the comments above I wont be disappointed..
 

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