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We have found 35 wreck sites so far from the 16th-18th centuries plus one from 1802 the "Conqueror" AKA "La Viete" or Napoleon's lost payroll ship purported to be holding 10 chests weighing 1,000 lbs each full of gold, silver and copper coins in the first 10 miles and we have 90 more miles of territory to search...the math says 350 possible sites if the numbers hold true.
The fact she holds coins is not as important to us as the fact there is a good chance this vessel was destined to occupy New Orleans in 1802 when President Jefferson said: "If France ever occupies New Orleans, we will have to marry the British Navy and its country." Six months after her loss, Napoleon sold the Louisiana Territory changing history a bit I would venture to guess. What a center-piece for a museum!
We don't really have room on our existing excavations for individual divers unless they pay their own way and then some but would share in the recoveries, but maybe what would work even better is a group that either has a search and salvage vessel and crew and no contract...ie: All dressed up with nowhere to go...or possibly a dive charter biz that is slack in the summer but has their own budget. A marine construction outfit? Or maybe someone or group that wants to get into it but only has the budget and not the vessel and crew or a synergistic relationship. Or?
You could be bringing up cannons and nice stuff your first day here! (FYI: 99% of our wrecks are in shallow water. Only one so far is about 85'. That is why they sank usually, they hit something. So, 35' to 45' is about average. Long bottom times in your skivies...85 degrees and sometimes gin-clear.)
If there is anyone out there interested let me know here.
The govt gets 50% of course and the other 50% we could find an equitable split. We will try to encourage you to display your share in the museum but the choice will be yours. (The return could actually be higher in the museum because why sell something once when people will pay money to look at them for decades & generations to come?)
We can't sub-lease but we can form JV's or Limited Partnerships.
All artifacts will have to be recovered under the strict guidelines of proper archaeology under supervision, which actually adds value to the artifacts.
Ask questions in this thread if you have any so I only have to answer them once unless it is private and then send me a private message. I have limited time on-line...sorry, kinda busy! Up to my eyeballs in artifacts! Yea!
(I can not, of course, promise you will have an ROI since there are so many variables including Acts of God, but if you are serious, contact me and then fly down and check us out on your dime and make your decision then...we are based in Monte Cristi on the northwest coast of the DR closest to the Santiago Int'l Airport...our territory runs from Haiti to Puerto Plata...100 miles of coastline or approx 400 sq miles. Ask for the "Americanos" buscar pora barcas antiguas." They will show you the way to our compound on the beach.)
We also plan to stream live video from the excavations via a personal invite from YAHOO! Live and YouTube etc. with revenue sharing plus our site with Google Ads, kinda like a Reality show, so if you have an ROV(s) with high-quality video surface-feed capabilities, please contact me! A special disposition can be offered. Media representatives are encouraged to reply also.
If not, happy hunting!
Jack L. Rea
YouTube - Rick Menson Faro Oldest Church DR
The fact she holds coins is not as important to us as the fact there is a good chance this vessel was destined to occupy New Orleans in 1802 when President Jefferson said: "If France ever occupies New Orleans, we will have to marry the British Navy and its country." Six months after her loss, Napoleon sold the Louisiana Territory changing history a bit I would venture to guess. What a center-piece for a museum!
We don't really have room on our existing excavations for individual divers unless they pay their own way and then some but would share in the recoveries, but maybe what would work even better is a group that either has a search and salvage vessel and crew and no contract...ie: All dressed up with nowhere to go...or possibly a dive charter biz that is slack in the summer but has their own budget. A marine construction outfit? Or maybe someone or group that wants to get into it but only has the budget and not the vessel and crew or a synergistic relationship. Or?
You could be bringing up cannons and nice stuff your first day here! (FYI: 99% of our wrecks are in shallow water. Only one so far is about 85'. That is why they sank usually, they hit something. So, 35' to 45' is about average. Long bottom times in your skivies...85 degrees and sometimes gin-clear.)
If there is anyone out there interested let me know here.
The govt gets 50% of course and the other 50% we could find an equitable split. We will try to encourage you to display your share in the museum but the choice will be yours. (The return could actually be higher in the museum because why sell something once when people will pay money to look at them for decades & generations to come?)
We can't sub-lease but we can form JV's or Limited Partnerships.
All artifacts will have to be recovered under the strict guidelines of proper archaeology under supervision, which actually adds value to the artifacts.
Ask questions in this thread if you have any so I only have to answer them once unless it is private and then send me a private message. I have limited time on-line...sorry, kinda busy! Up to my eyeballs in artifacts! Yea!
(I can not, of course, promise you will have an ROI since there are so many variables including Acts of God, but if you are serious, contact me and then fly down and check us out on your dime and make your decision then...we are based in Monte Cristi on the northwest coast of the DR closest to the Santiago Int'l Airport...our territory runs from Haiti to Puerto Plata...100 miles of coastline or approx 400 sq miles. Ask for the "Americanos" buscar pora barcas antiguas." They will show you the way to our compound on the beach.)
We also plan to stream live video from the excavations via a personal invite from YAHOO! Live and YouTube etc. with revenue sharing plus our site with Google Ads, kinda like a Reality show, so if you have an ROV(s) with high-quality video surface-feed capabilities, please contact me! A special disposition can be offered. Media representatives are encouraged to reply also.
If not, happy hunting!
Jack L. Rea
YouTube - Rick Menson Faro Oldest Church DR
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