Hello! Thank you, and Question

[CMSM]

Hello! Thank you for letting me join your forum! I’m working on a project and would like to talk with anyone who might be, for lack of a better term, thinking about retiring from hunting a treasure they have been looking for for years.

I want to get a better understanding of what happens when a treasure hunter, again for lack of a better term, retires. What do they do with all their research and knowledge they have about the treasure they have spent years hunting for? I have talked to a handful of people who say that giving it over to a family member is rare. So, I am wondering what really happens to all that work?

I would love to talk with anyone in the position now, or thinking about it in the near future, and hear your thoughts on the matter.
Thanks!

 

[djackson7348]

Welcome to the forum from North Carolina!

 

[Curtis]

CMSM,

Sent you a message.

 

[GirlWithWolf]

If you’re writing a book or paper or something, I’d love to see that when it is finished. I’ve never considered what you’re asking before and it has peaked my curiosity and is a great question to ask. I’d especially be curious about the follow up story and if someone received material how much was considered valid, and/or did they have any luck finding the treasure.

 

[geowizard]

A Wild Goose Chase?

Successful Treasure hunters have a very sensitive wild goose chase meter. The key to success in this realm IMHO is to filter out "stories" and "legends" passed down from wild goose chases that somewhere took a hard left turn through faulty investigation, misrepresentation and often times, outright fraud.

I would ask;

What would be the incentive for an old timer to hand down credible details of a treasure hunt that never came to fruition? It is most probably a long story of who knows what length with who knows what origin and unknown, unverifiable authenticity. One man or woman's life-long wild goose chase passed down to another has dubious value.

My heartfelt advice is to learn from the successes of others.

An example for others is the Atocha Shipwreck:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuestra_Señora_de_Atocha

This remains a well documented success story in the sense of having vectors on the eventual (general) location and ultimately the exact location found through a precise, well organized method of investigation including filtration of wild goose chases that avoided lost investment and most importantly lost TIME.

Kudos to Mel Fisher and his team.

Thank you!

- Geowizard