Galleon Hunter
Full Member
Hello All:
I just ran into Bill Seliger Jr. yesterday and he is the epitomy of what I am talking about in the treasure hunter vs. archaeologist debate. I first met Bill in 2000 when he came and did some diving for HRD, he was pretty serious about treasure diving and ended up diving for John Brandon for a year or two, always learning new things. The past five years or so he has been living in Ecuador doing what he loves, working for serveral different companies diving for treasure.
Yesterday he gave me a copy of his newly published book Isla El Muerto and the Treasure of the Consolacion. It is the first any only book out there on the Consolacion. He did a fantastic job and this is quite a feather in his cap. Here is a treasure hunter, who took the time to keep a journal and document his own activities and then wrote a book about his experiences and the history of the shipwreck they discovered and its subsequent excavation.
This is what I am talking about...I am not saying everyone out there needs to go out and publish a book, but take an hour or so and write and article for Scuba News or Sport Diver etc. I remember when Skin Diver Magazine was full of shipwreck stories, (just look at some of the old issues form the 60's and 70's) then it started becoming more about dive gear reviews and I stopped subscribing and not too long after that the long-time magazine went under. The bottom line is you don't need to publish an article in an academic journal. Just write something and you never know.
Anyway, my hat goes off to Bill for doing it right and showing that a treaure hunter can put out a top notch publication.
By the way, if interested, The book is available exclusively through West Bay Trading Company in Vero Beach.
Rob
I just ran into Bill Seliger Jr. yesterday and he is the epitomy of what I am talking about in the treasure hunter vs. archaeologist debate. I first met Bill in 2000 when he came and did some diving for HRD, he was pretty serious about treasure diving and ended up diving for John Brandon for a year or two, always learning new things. The past five years or so he has been living in Ecuador doing what he loves, working for serveral different companies diving for treasure.
Yesterday he gave me a copy of his newly published book Isla El Muerto and the Treasure of the Consolacion. It is the first any only book out there on the Consolacion. He did a fantastic job and this is quite a feather in his cap. Here is a treasure hunter, who took the time to keep a journal and document his own activities and then wrote a book about his experiences and the history of the shipwreck they discovered and its subsequent excavation.
This is what I am talking about...I am not saying everyone out there needs to go out and publish a book, but take an hour or so and write and article for Scuba News or Sport Diver etc. I remember when Skin Diver Magazine was full of shipwreck stories, (just look at some of the old issues form the 60's and 70's) then it started becoming more about dive gear reviews and I stopped subscribing and not too long after that the long-time magazine went under. The bottom line is you don't need to publish an article in an academic journal. Just write something and you never know.
Anyway, my hat goes off to Bill for doing it right and showing that a treaure hunter can put out a top notch publication.
By the way, if interested, The book is available exclusively through West Bay Trading Company in Vero Beach.
Rob
