Quote: I don’t know if the SeaSearcher works, don’t know if treasure has been found. Do know that Tim has impeccable character and success as an inventor… as Wahoo98 pointed out.
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Actually, for me that's not in question. (Mr. Reynolds credentials)
What is in question, for me at least, is whether on-a-site simulation tests were done with the SeaSearcher. I'm not referring to in the swimming pool or 'fish tank' tests as mentioned by the CEO quite some time ago. I addressed simulation tests before. This is to take non-ferrous objects and have them excavation buried within an actual Spanish Colonial period wreck site. There are many sites available such as 1715 or 1733 shipwrecks. So what does this mean? It means that any of these sites have (in nearly every case) igneous ballast stones containing magnetite plus numerous ferrous items such as ships fasteners, fittings, weaponry, etc. Also ceramics such as the typical Spanish olive jars which incidentally have magnetic properties based upon the clay used and the firing process.Then comes the non-ferrous items such as copper objects, perhaps treasure (gold & silver), and hardly ever thought of is the lead sheathing and patching on the outer hull. Interesting that the atomic mass of lead versus gold are close; 207 u to 197 u. The point is that in this described environment (in saltwater) there is allot of electrolytic action going on. I would assume certainly Mr. Reynolds knows that. For the SeaSearcher able to discern all of this and predetermine what its targets are - that is the question.
As to the shipwreck itself, based upon the size, she would have been armed with no less than 36 cannons. So the logical question is where are those cannons? Is one to believe all those cannons were salvaged (free diving in 80 feet of water) but the supposed tons of treasure was left? Hardly so. Of course this is simply my opinion.
All the endless chit chat posts going back and forth mean little. THE PROOF COMES THROUGH THE DIG (EXCAVATION). Yes, I am genuinely interested.
