Lost and Found

" Half a billion dollars in gold at the heart of the legal battle between the US salvage team at a Tampa Florida and the British government. Show yet cannon from the HMS victory and English warship that sank more than 260 years ago now four tons of gold. At about not paying 85 -- I think of the current -- felt like that thought to be inside the wreckage of the folks who found -- negotiating with the British government but the brits say they only shipped. Not everything inside of -- of those rights object and author of lost and found Tom Williams with -- now out of Miami how you doing John good morning to you. I'm doing great things for -- they're great story and -- second 1744. Everybody -- what's that what happened to the HMS victory. And now we know."

" Right that's a very important find its incredible a thousand sailors off relies on the ship and all this goal acetylene and found. And now that's what my book lost and found is all about. I'm an author I wrote this book lost and found. I just discuss finding out all the treasure ships in the world with a satellite image is incredible story imagine. All the treasure ships lost around the world gone on gold on board suddenly found by satellite. And often people are wondering how's how's all this stuff suddenly being found how can this facility you'll know why we think it's happening come. I think because it could be any technology I think looking down from space on the satellite you could actually -- finding these things scanned the earth with microwaves."

" So with the technology that leads people to find them a lot easier that in years past."

" Yeah in years past you'd have to drag AM magnetometer behind a boat and look for. Signatures like old cans -- that trigger a magnetometer and that's how. Folks would find things no Fisher did that when he found it coach often more cases in the keys he -- dragon meg not murder looking for -- one cannons bite. Of pressure on the ship they would put analogue them you have. They don't gotta look for the old. Cans for serial numbers and found his coaches who remembers it and bingo there we go and they if on the right chip that they did the -- to get through technology then. Well that was -- technology basically dragon mine detector Brian about it and looking for metal to pop and they they look they found it. And now it's my -- my AM. Yeah the the premise for my book is this oil company in Texas has launched a satellite. To look for oil fields and after year it's not working so these guys we program to look for gold mining sites by accident finds all the old -- shipwreck and treasure on board. And this is fiction bat out according to Ron -- from my extreme -- magazine said the suspicion that some might Nasser. Could turn into reality so. It's really exciting Imation wonderful stuff popping up all over the world what technology is really -- what what else is -- an outcome that we're talking about the victory today. Well and may 2006 there was a Spanish Italian bunch of gold on board that Spain claimed. That's for them assume that belongs to us of course there why do you find something out. Whichever country belongs to this area that's hours and losing the battle over it. I'd I'd go over that in my book -- found. Often now it's like legal battles it's corporation and agree. All kinds of stuff when is that much goal involved you know I can't imagine B -- there is aligned to write about -- let finders keepers whatever happened that rule. Is that not apply here. Well when Mel Fisher found -- coach often more cases west to Key West. Even -- for years doing all of his homework. And suddenly. He found it and series reported to find the state of Florida federal level wants us and in probably flight and federal governments and no that's hours. And sell big battle ensued over who got Y and basically it was split. You know several different ways that. -- way Adrian Wilson graduate this is split a thousand crew members what did a hundred brass cannons a 100000 gold -- thought to be down there. A lot of -- my friend Tom thank you for coming in today have a good President's Day I understand you wrote the book lost and found."

" Right I lost a daughter she goes just -- Jim Bob I just but he did you play better. Understood thank you very much sir for coming in today we'll talk again okay there that was bad boy thank you are right it."