itmaiden
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- Sep 28, 2005
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The other day I decided to check out the book "Pieces of Eight" by Kip Wagner. I know that many on this board have discussed him through the years.
I found his writing to be somewhat evasive, and a little conflicting in places. What the book does do is give a pretty good picture of the exhaustiveness of treasure hunting, especially underwater. He was relentless that is for sure. Passion gone wild !
I think it is good for any TH'er to read, land or water, or otherwise, as the book captures the hard work, the diligence, the disappointments, failures and the glint of success of being a TH'er. I don't feel so alone now when I think about those tiring treasure hunting adventures of mine. It is an addiction, a passion, in the blood for sure.
Sometimes I think our desire for Treasure Hunting is geneticallly passed down, for I feel God has a purpose, plan and a place for everyone. We all have different roles and interests. I think that maybe somewhere in our ancestry were the world's explorers, and the inventors of the world. In any place or time, we could have been the people on the 1715 fleet ships, or on the trail of the Silk Road as explorers, traders/merchants.
Somewhere this passion came upon us, we are addicted to it, it doesn't go away, and we will as long as we are living, continue to be searching, exploring and relishing in the earths secrets both God created and those deposited by intention or fate of the human kind.
Even if Kip had not ventured on to the Treasure Coast, I am sure all of us with that passion would have heard, would have found it eventually. It's an instinct and we are driven.
Just like people find this website. They had to do a search first, or be connected to someone else with "the passion"
When I smell a fresh rain, it tells me there's something new, there's something out there for me. I just got to get out and explore.
I could never be a "Dilbert". No not the secretary type. Give me the open skies and a sunset at it's farthest reaches and I am off.
Kip, was a man who saw an opportunity that turned into more than what he expected. I think in the end he was satisfied. He accomplished something new.
Sometimes our greatest lessons are learned after we needed them. Kip implies that. But at least he paved a way that helps some of us think a little harder about what it takes to find treasure, that there are prices to be paid, and perils, and sometimes rewards. We just have to decide how far we want to go and keep everything balanced.
Anyone on this board that ever met Kip ?
itmaiden
I found his writing to be somewhat evasive, and a little conflicting in places. What the book does do is give a pretty good picture of the exhaustiveness of treasure hunting, especially underwater. He was relentless that is for sure. Passion gone wild !
I think it is good for any TH'er to read, land or water, or otherwise, as the book captures the hard work, the diligence, the disappointments, failures and the glint of success of being a TH'er. I don't feel so alone now when I think about those tiring treasure hunting adventures of mine. It is an addiction, a passion, in the blood for sure.
Sometimes I think our desire for Treasure Hunting is geneticallly passed down, for I feel God has a purpose, plan and a place for everyone. We all have different roles and interests. I think that maybe somewhere in our ancestry were the world's explorers, and the inventors of the world. In any place or time, we could have been the people on the 1715 fleet ships, or on the trail of the Silk Road as explorers, traders/merchants.
Somewhere this passion came upon us, we are addicted to it, it doesn't go away, and we will as long as we are living, continue to be searching, exploring and relishing in the earths secrets both God created and those deposited by intention or fate of the human kind.
Even if Kip had not ventured on to the Treasure Coast, I am sure all of us with that passion would have heard, would have found it eventually. It's an instinct and we are driven.
Just like people find this website. They had to do a search first, or be connected to someone else with "the passion"
When I smell a fresh rain, it tells me there's something new, there's something out there for me. I just got to get out and explore.
I could never be a "Dilbert". No not the secretary type. Give me the open skies and a sunset at it's farthest reaches and I am off.
Kip, was a man who saw an opportunity that turned into more than what he expected. I think in the end he was satisfied. He accomplished something new.
Sometimes our greatest lessons are learned after we needed them. Kip implies that. But at least he paved a way that helps some of us think a little harder about what it takes to find treasure, that there are prices to be paid, and perils, and sometimes rewards. We just have to decide how far we want to go and keep everything balanced.
Anyone on this board that ever met Kip ?
itmaiden
