Treasure Hunting

Uhh…

Apparently we need to spend less time READING and more time LOOKING because this is exactly the kind of thing we need to be using our new technology for.

A musician from Los Angeles, Nathan Smith, has apparently used Google Earth to discover a sunken Spanish ship off the coast of Texas.

The ship is believed to have hit the shore in 1822 and is supposedly loaded with treasures that may be worth BILLIONS. Smith used Google Earth to zoom in on a “shoe-print like impression near the area where the ship is reported to have crashed.”

Then Smith took a metal detector to the site and declared he struck gold buried on the vessel! All of this from cruising Google Earth!?

But apparently Smith did NOT research property laws in Texas while he was surfing Google. Attorney Ron Walker, who represents the owners of the ranch Smith detected, says “It was offensive that somebody could go on Google Earth, look down and see what they think under the ground, and come in and say ‘I want to dig up your property.’ They have no proof anything is there and no experience.”

So while we are more than a little envious that Smith was able to discover treasure, we don’t envy him the legal drama that may take YEARS to unfold. In the meantime, we’ll keep you updated on how this story develops and if there really IS any sunken ship off the Texas shore.

- Shaun & Adam

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