For all you closet and unabashed treasure hunters, this is definitely for you.
Documentary filmmaker Pat Clyne has hidden a $2,400 silver coin from the 17th-century Spanish galleon Atocha on the 523-foot Hoyt S. Vandenberg, and the rule is finders keepers. Clyne has done his share of treasure hunting: For more than 30 years, he worked for Mel Fisher, whose crews have salvaged more than $500 million in treasure from the Atocha and her sister ship the Margarita.
The coin is in a black tin box with magnets on the back; whoever finds it can e-mail Clyne, who will send the diver the coin's certificate of authenticity, signed by Fisher.
Why would Clyne give up a historically significant $2,400 silver coin?
"Because I can?" he asked rhetorically. "I have a couple left over, and I thought it would be exciting for divers. Besides the aesthetics of the dive itself, this gives them a little something to keep their eyes peeled for."
Read some of the clues...
Let the hunt commence!
1 comment:
That would be one interesting treasure hunt and a very cool experience. I wish I could do something like this!
<3 Lisa Anne
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