Deep Sea Treasure Hunters

Deep Sea Hunter 2 is a new and popular Submarine game for kids. It uses the Flash technology. Play this Treasure game now or enjoy the many other related games we have at POG. A Treasure is a concentration of riches, often those that originate fromancient history, consideredlost and/or forgottenuntil being rediscovered. Some jurisdictions legally define what constitutes. DEEP SEA TREASURE HUNTING by Robert Marx Deep Sea Treasure Hunting Gone are the days when divers combed shallow reef-strewn waters searching visually for shipwrecks. Space Age technology now makes it possible to locate and salvage shipwrecks at any ocean depth. Gone are the days when divers combed shallow reef.

A treasure hunter is a person who, as either a vocation or avocation, searches for sunken, buried, lost, or hidden treasure and other artifacts.

Dive under the deep sea in this fun game as you become the brave submarine captain in search of treasure at the bottom of the ocean. Be wary of the sea creatures and make sure you don't use up all. Often such deep-sea finds come from companies in the business of trolling the seas for sunken treasures. Salvage company Odyssey Marine Exploration has discovered several notable shipwrecks.

Historical[edit]

  • Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778-1823, Italian). Sometimes known as The Great Belzoni, was a prolific Italian explorer and pioneer archaeologist of Egyptian antiquities. He removed with great skill the colossal bust of Ramesses II, commonly called 'the Young Memnon' later shipped to England. He expanded his investigations to the great temple of Edfu, visited Elephantine and Philae, cleared the great temple at Abu Simbel of sand (1817), made excavations at Karnak, and opened up the sepulchre of Seti I (still sometimes known as 'Belzoni's Tomb'). He was the first to penetrate into the second pyramid of Giza, and the first European in modern times to visit the oasis of Bahariya. He also identified the ruins of Berenice on the Red Sea.[1]
  • Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890, German). He argued for the historical reality of places mentioned in the works of Homer and was an important excavator of Troy and of the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns. He is considered by many to have been the 'father of historical archaeology.'[2]
  • Mel Fisher (1922-1998, American). Best known for finding the wreck of the SpanishgalleonNuestra Señora de Atocha in 1985. The estimated $450 million cache recovered, known as the 'Atocha Motherlode,' included 40 tons of gold and silver and some 100,000 Spanish silver coins (pieces of eight), gold coins, Colombian emeralds, golden and silver artifacts, and 1000 silver bars.
  • Robert F. Marx (1936-2019, American). A pioneering scuba diver best known for his work with shipwrecks and sunken treasure. Considered controversial for his frequent and successful forays into treasure hunting. E. Lee Spence described him as 'the true father of underwater archaeology.'[3]
  • John Chatterton (b. 1951, American). The 1991 discovery and subsequent identification of the German submarine U-869, off the coast of New Jersey, has been the subject of several television documentaries including Hitler's Lost Sub, a two-hour special for the popular NOVA series on PBS. The same story was the subject of a book by Robert Kurson, called Shadow Divers. The movie rights have been purchased by 20th Century Fox. Chatterton has made over 160 dives to the wreck of the SS Andrea Doria and worked two seasons on the fabled treasure galleon Nuestra Señora de la Pura y Limpia Concepcion.[4] In 2008, Chatterton and his partner discovered and identified the wreck of the Golden Fleece off of the North coast of the Dominican Republic. The ship was that of Joseph Bannister, a pirate captain of the late 18th century. The discovery of the Golden Fleece was chronicled by writer Robert Kurson in his 2015 book Pirate Hunters.
  • John Mattera (b. 1962) is a writer and American shipwreck explorer and the subject of the book Pirate Hunters by Robert Kurson. Pirate Hunters is the story of two US divers, John Chatterton and John Mattera, finding the lost pirate ship Golden Fleece of Captain Joseph Bannister in the waters off the Dominican Republic in 2008. Mattera first became a certified diver in 1976, exploring the North Atlantic, he was an early pioneer of the shipwrecks in the waters around New York and New Jersey, performing penetration and decompression dives long before technical diving had a name. From the late 1970s on exploring some of the most famous shipwrecks of the northeast, with over sixty dives on the SS Andrea Doria and working two seasons on the fabled treasure galleon Nuestra Señora de la Pura y Limpia Concepcion, Guadalupe, Tolosa, San Josef.[5]
  • Philip Masters (1937-2007, American). Led the hunt for Blackbeard the pirate's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge. His company, Intersal, Inc., under permit with the State of North Carolina, found the wreck in November 1996 while searching for the El Salvador. He was also part of the crew that salvaged HMS Feversham, a British warship that sank off Nova Scotia in 1711.[6] In April 2007 he received the prestigious Old North State Award for 'outstanding public service to the State of North Carolina and the community.'[7][8] After Masters' death, Intersal continued the search for the El Salvador near Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina.[9]
  • Brent Brisben (American). Best known for ownership and salvage of the 1715 Treasure Fleet. Brisben made headlines worldwide in 2015 when he and his crew recovered 4.5 Million Dollars worth of gold coins from the 1715 Fleet on the 300th anniversary of the sinking of the fleet.
  • E. Lee Spence (b. 1947, American). A pioneer in underwater archaeology, he is noted for his expertise on shipwrecks and sunken treasure. Born in Germany to an American spy master, Spence writes and edits reference books as well as magazines (Diving World, Atlantic Coastal Diver, Treasure, Treasure Diver, and Treasure Quest), and publishes magazines (ShipWrecks, Wreck Diver); and a published photographer. Spence was 12 when he found his first five shipwrecks.[10][11] Spence has salvaged over $50 million in valuable artifacts[12] and was responsible, through his archival research, for the location of the wrecks of the side-paddle-wheel steamers Republic[13] and Central America.[14][15]
  • Captain Robert MacKinnon (b. 1950, Canadian). Known for finding the wreck of the Auguste in 1977. Covered in an issue of National Geographic 77-78. The estimated value of artifacts said to be worth hundreds of millions. Auguste was a full-rigged sailing ship which sank at Aspy Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, in 1761 while carrying exiles from the fall of New France. Auguste was a former French privateer ship which had been captured by the British and converted to a merchant ship.[16]
  • Martin Bayerle (b. 1951, American). Finder of the legendary shipwreck RMS Republic, an in-progress recovery for what may be the greatest treasure recovery of all time, The Tsar's Treasure, estimated to be worth in excess of $2 billion in gold coin, gold and silver bars, circulated coin and passenger valuables.
  • Tommy Gregory Thompson (b. 1952, American, currently held in jail). Known to lead the Columbus-America Discovery Group of Ohio at finding the wreck of the SS Central America and recovery of several tons of gold from it, jailed for default investors/creditors by US Marshalls.[17]
  • H. Charles Beil (b. 1959, American). Known for finding multiple smaller treasures and unknown ghost towns across America. Covered in an issue of Western and Eastern Treasures 2013. Has documented thousands of lost towns, mines and lost treasures at Treasure Illustrated. Known for debunking the Dents Run Gold Legend, Trabucco Gold Legend and the Legend of the Lost Dutchman Mine and other well known treasure legends in America.
  • Jeff MacKinnon (b. 1977, Canadian) Known for recovering treasure from various historical shipwreck sites while utilizing the recovery operations to provide enhanced therapy for veterans who suffer from different forms of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and TBI (Traumatic Brain injury).

Fictional[edit]

Fictional characters include:

  • Jim Hawkins, the protagonist of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1881 novel, Treasure Island
  • Allan Quatermain, a hunter and adventurer, the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel King Solomon's Mines
  • Fred C. Dobbs, the protagonist of B. Traven's 1927 novel, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and the movie of the same name.
  • Bilbo Baggins, protagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit
  • Rouge the Bat, A treasure hunter from the Sonic The Hedgehog series, she often tries to steal the Master Emerald and works for G.U.N.
  • Tintin, the protagonist of the Hergé's 1943 French comic book Red Rackham's Treasure
  • Scrooge McDuck, uncle of Donald Duck and protagonist of Uncle Scrooge and Ducktales.
  • Harry Steele, the protagonist of the 1954 movie Secret of the Incas
  • Indiana Jones, a professor of archaeology and adventurer, and the protagonist of the Indiana Jones franchise of adventure films: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), its prequelIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), and its sequels Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Jones is notable for his trademark bullwhip, fedora, leather jacket, and fear of snakes. Portrayed by Harrison Ford.
  • Wario, founder and boss of Warioware inc., Mario's rival and a treasure hunter and the main protagonist of Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, Wario Land 2, Wario Land 3, Wario Land 4, Wario Land: Shake It!, Wario: Master of Disguise, and Wario World.
  • Lara Croft, an archeologist and title character of the popular Tomb Raider series of games. Portrayed by Angelina Jolie in two movies based on the game franchise, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life.
  • Benjamin Franklin Gates, the protagonist of the National Treasure franchise of adventure films: National Treasure (2004) and its sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007). Portrayed by Nicolas Cage.
  • Dirk Pitt, a marine archeologist and protagonist of a series of books written by Clive Cussler. Portrayed by Matthew McConaughey in the film Sahara.
  • Nathan Drake, or 'Nate', the protagonist of the video game series Uncharted, which includes four main games: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.
  • Ben Finnegan, the protagonist of the 2008 film Fool's Gold.
  • Locke Cole from Final Fantasy VI is a blend of treasure hunter and thief, and tends to call himself a treasure hunter... especially when accused and/or caught in the act of theft.

References[edit]

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  1. ^Chisholm 1911. sfn error: no target: CITEREFChisholm1911 (help)
  2. ^'Heinrich Schliemann: Improbable Archaeologist'. The BAS Library. 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  3. ^Spence, E. Lee. Spence's Guide to South Carolina. Nelson Southern Printing: Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, 1976.
  4. ^Kurson, Robert (2015). Pirate Hunters. Random House. ISBN9781400063369.
  5. ^Kurson, Robert (2015). Pirate Hunters. Random House. ISBN9781400063369.
  6. ^Martin, Douglas. 'Philip Masters, True Amateur of History, Dies at 70'. The New York Times. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  7. ^'Phil Masters Receives Old North State Award'. newspapers.digitalnc.org. The Shoreline. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  8. ^'Old North State'. governor.nc.gov. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  9. ^'Intersal, Inc'. Intersal, Inc. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  10. ^Warner, Eugene (April 1970). 'Diver Lee Spence'. Sandlapper. Columbia, SC: 40–43.
  11. ^Hatch, Katherine. 'Treasure Diver.' Treasure World. February–March 1972, p. 44-45.
  12. ^King, Charles. 'About the Author' (p. 517) in E. Lee Spence, Treasures of The Confederate Coast: the 'Real Rhett Butler' & Other Revelations. Narwhal Press: Charleston/Miami, 1995.
  13. ^Nesmith, Jeff. 'Ocean Treasure Company Has a Murky HistoryArchived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine.' Cox News Service: 3 June 2007.
  14. ^'Treasure.' Life. March 1987.
  15. ^'Milliard-Skatten.' Vi Menn. November 1989. p. 4-7.
  16. ^Treasure Hunter: Diving for Gold on North America's Death Coast.
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Bibliography[edit]

  • Tolstikov, Vladimir; Treister, Mikhail (1996). The Gold of Troy. Searching for Homer's Fabled City. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN0-8109-3394-2. A catalog of the artifacts Schliemann excavated at Troy, with photographs.
  • Wood, Michael (1987). In Search of the Trojan War. New American Library. ISBN0-452-25960-6.

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External links[edit]

  • Two firms seek ship, Carolina Coast Online
  • Treasure hunter in race to uncover ship of riches, Google
  • Philip Masters, True Amateur of History, Dies at 70, New York Times
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_treasure_hunters&oldid=1039726812'

Modern deep sea treasure hunting and/or modern marine archaeology have benefited greatly from two technical breakthroughs: (1) side scanning sonar and; (2) remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). These two breakthroughs have made the largest financial impact on the profession than any other modern breakthroughs in the same field. Before side scanning sonar and ROVs were developed for practical use, deep sea treasure hunting professionals and marine archaeologists have to contend with human limitations on the vast three-dimensions of the sea.
Two dimensions involve covering the length and width of the water surface or coastline (Smith). The third involves exploring the depths. The first two dimensions challenge the luxury of time. Unlike sunken cities (“Port Royal”), shipwrecks have occurred in random places over a very wide area. Tracking the exact location of sunken ships could take years through the investigation of historical records (Handwerk), (Australian Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]), sample dives and other traditional methods. Moreover, since shipwrecks have occurred at random periods in history (Burke), pinpoint accuracy is an issue (“Outer Continental”).
Deep sea explorers need to choose one shipwreck from a choice of many (Barrett). UNESCO estimates that there are more than 3 million shipwrecks in the world (Raja). Exploration costs a lot of money too. Bills fetch as much as €500 Thousand (“Italy”) or even US $6. 25 Million (Reuters) for one shipwreck alone. Hence, most deep sea explorers try to get financial backing from investors (Dennis) and concentrate their resources on just one shipwreck. With side scanning sonar, deep sea exploration companies can now cover larger areas at shorter periods of time.

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Odyssey Marine Exploration for instance covered 3,700 square miles and detected 2,100 possible shipwrecks in a period of less than four months (“Outer Continental”). Compare this with Mel Fisher’s 16-year search of Nuestra Senora de Atocha, a 1622 Spanish galleon wreck off the Florida Straits (Illingworth). Maybe even with Howard Collingwood’s use of archival research and a translator of historical texts as preliminaries to his cesium magnetometer scan of his target coverage (“Interview”). The third dimension challenges the forces of nature.
Divers have to contend with these:

great water pressures;
strong undersea currents;
murky and sometimes polluted waters;
hostile sea creatures like sharks, eels, and crabs;
razor-sharp corals and other hard, pointed objects under the sea; and
moving heavy debris under water (“Port Royal”).

Two Firms Seek Ship, Carolina Coast Online

In this dimension, ROVs have already accomplished many great things. The deepest deep sea treasure recovery has been made by ROVs at a depth of 170 meters (Reuters). ZEUS, a ROV, visually inspected 400 possible shipwrecks in a record-time of four months (“Outer Continental”).
Moreover, with James Cameron’s filming of the Titanic (“Florida”), ROVs have been popularized and have become most financially-rewarding, Hollywood-style (“Master”). ROVs did not only address the forces of nature and provided safety to divers, ROVs also provided a new kind of treasure to deep sea professionals—royalty income from films.
Works Cited

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Dennis, Jan. “Dreams of Sunken Treasure Lure Ex-Hostage Back to South America. ” Associated Press 26 Sep. 2004. <http://www. rsoperations. com/>. “Underwater. ” “Florida. ” Jacksonville Business Journal – Flordica, USA 27 Sep. 2005. <http://jacksonville. bizjournals. com/jacksonville/stories/2005/07/18/daily30. html? jst=b_ln_hl>. Jordan 2. 7:9. Handwerk, Brian. “North Carolina.” National Geographic News – USA 12 July 2005. <http://news. nationalgeographic. com/news/2005/07/0712_050712_pirateship. html>.
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“Interview with Treasure Hunter. ” CNN. com – Transcripts. Video transcript aired on 20 June 2004. CNN. 6 Jan. 2006. <http://transcripts. cnn. com/TRANSCRIPTS/0406/20/sm. 02. html> “Italy. ” ANSA – Rome, Italy 27 Sep. 2005. <http://ansa. it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2005-09-27_1396061. html>.
Jordan 2. 9:14. Jordan, Brian, MAC. Marine Cultural and Historic Newsletter 2. 7, Silver Spring, MD: National Marine Protected Area Center, July 2005. —. Marine Cultural and Historic Newsletter 2. 9, Silver Spring, MD: National Marine Protected Area Center, Sep. 2005.
“Master of the Deep. ” New Scientist – Interview. <http://www. newscientist. com/opinion/opinterview. jsp? id=ns24651>. “Underwater. ” “Outer Continental Shelf and International Waters. ” Tampa Bay Business Journal 26 Sep. 2005. <http://tampabay. bizjournals. com/tampabay/stories/2005/09/26/daily40.html? jst=b_ln_hl>. Jordan 2. 9:12. “Port Royal – The Sunken City. ” Book Review. 6 Jan. 2006. UK: AquaPress <http://194. 203. 236. 14/bookdetail. asp? ID=608&cat=43>. Raja M. “Shipwreck Salvors See Treasure for the Taking.
”Asia Times Online 17 Sep. 2004. <http://www. atimes. com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/FI17Ae05. html>. “Underwater. ” Reuters. “Norway. ” MSNBC – USA 20 Sep. 2005. <http://msnbc. msn. com/id/9417863/>. Jordan 2. 9:15. Smith, Helena. “Greece. ” The Boston Globe 11 Sep. 2005. <http://www. boston. com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/09/11/in_greece_high_tech_looters_target_artifacts_buried_in_the_sea/>. Jordan 2. 9:13.