Ship wreck controversy/Keywest

[tom yerian]

Does anyone have info on recent ship wreck controversy in Keywest fla...Capt. Tom

 

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[mad4wrecks]

Emeralds case moves north | KeysNews.com

New facts emerge in gem case | KeysNews.com

More details in story of emeralds | KeysNews.com

The trouble with treasure - CBS News

Regards, Tom Gidus

 

[aquanut]

Yep! That's the Miscovich and Fisher thing.

 

[capt dom]

Boy am I glad I steered a course well away from these guys....

Bob introduced Jay to a friend of mine and me back in 2010.
The funniest part of this whole rats nest is the balls or stupidity the Fisher Group has looking for court costs, when they withdrew from
the action after the other jamoke states the emeralds are something like broken Heniken bottles from Brazil.... Ha, ha...
I think this may come back and bite the motivation group right in the ass....
If Judge King really decides to look into all the dark corners behind
how many folks end up raising money with
the lure of the adventure of the hunt
Who the hell is now representing Jay now?
I see it is a group of WPB attorneys?
Which attorney is Jay alleging wanted him to file
a claim in another country....

Interesting... I think I am going to go down and watch
on the 21st....

All the news pieces speak of is if "former attorneys"....
I wonder why....

 

[stevemc]

Yes Dom, this has been a screwup since the beginning. Got weirder as it went along. Last I saw it was really weird.

 

[Trembull]

The trouble with treasure - 60 Minutes - CBS News

 

[old man]

Boy am I glad I steered a course well away from these guys....

Bob introduced Jay to a friend of mine and me back in 2010.
The funniest part of this whole rats nest is the balls or stupidity the Fisher Group has looking for court costs, when they withdrew from
the action after the other jamoke states the emeralds are something like broken Heniken bottles from Brazil.... Ha, ha...
I think this may come back and bite the motivation group right in the ass....
If Judge King really decides to look into all the dark corners behind
how many folks end up raising money with
the lure of the adventure of the hunt
Who the hell is now representing Jay now?
I see it is a group of WPB attorneys?
Which attorney is Jay alleging wanted him to file
a claim in another country....

Interesting... I think I am going to go down and watch
on the 21st....

All the news pieces speak of is if "former attorneys"....
I wonder why....

Capt Dom, I sat in the courtroom in Key West for the emerald trial. Wow!!! You wouldn't believe some of the testimoney from Jay Miscovich and Steve Elchlepp.
Elchlepp testifies that he cleaned every emerald with soap and water and that no one enhanced the emeralds with any substance and that the only time they were out of his or Jay's sight is when they were locked in a safe, bank or sent out to a lab for a report. Steve Elchlepp comes back on the witness stand after a court recess and says he cleaned some of the emeralds with paint thinner.

Then Jay Miscovich is on the stand and is asked about the emeralds that are enhanced with oil. He is asked if he thinks the emeralds came up from the bottom of the ocean with enhancement on them. ( Since he previously testified that NO ONE ENHANCED ANY OF THE EMERALDS ) He then tesifies that he doesn't think they came up from the bottom with oil on them. Everyone I saw in the courtroom just were amazed at that comment.

Then the court breaks for lunch and Jay Miscovich gets back on the wintess stand and is questioned about the enhanced emeralds again and he recants his previous testimony and throws his brother in Pennsylvania under the bus. He testifies that he gave his brother 2 bags of emeralds to take home and he enhanced them with oil.

The biggest laugh I got was when Jay Miscovich told the Court that he didn't file an Admiralty Claim for 2 years because his attorney's told him to file the Admiralty Claim in the Dominican Republic, the Cayman Islands or Gibraltor and he was shopping around to file it in one of those Countries. The Judge was speechless. He told Miscovich that that was illegal and he said he was amazed that any attorney would tell him to do that.

I won't go into all the improbable things I hear Steve and Jay testify to. You need to go on the 21st and hear it for yourself. Oh, I almost forgot. Jay's attorney tried to intimadate Bob Baer and the Fisher's emerald expert outside the courtroom into not testifing. That wa brought out in court.

 

[capt dom]

I am going for sure on the 21st....

As I am getting older and infirm, I am thinking seriously about becoming a writer.....
What great place to pick up exciting stories wrought with intrigue! And the cast of
unique, colorful and somewhat "dark" characters!

I wish the esteemed Judge or maybe one of his clerks follows this blog....
But... alas it may approach to much "reality"...
and, too many careers may
be upset...

If he really looks into the many levels of
shilt being thrown against the wall

 

[Salvor6]

Paint thinner is considered oil since it is a petroleum distillate. The oil penetrates the tiny cracks (inclusions) in the emeralds making them invisible. Emeralds with noticable inclusions are usually boiled in oil to hide the inclusions. This treatment has to be repeated after a few years as the oli evaporates.

 

[old man]

Paint thinner is considered oil since it is a petroleum distillate. The oil penetrates the tiny cracks (inclusions) in the emeralds making them invisible. Emeralds with noticable inclusions are usually boiled in oil to hide the inclusions. This treatment has to be repeated after a few years as the oli evaporates.

Salvor6, It was brought out inn Court Briefs for this case that oil is used to enhance emeralds to make them appear to be worth a lot more then they are. I also think it was mentioned that no honest jeweler enhances any emeralds with oil without telling the buyer.

I forgot to mention that it was brought out in Court that Jay Miscovich removed 7 artifacts illegally from the Kirby Groups permitted area near Key West. That area is in the Marine Sanctuary. I heard that someone from the Marine Sanctuary was in Court for the Trial.