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'Silver Rush': Diving for dollars

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    One of the greatest deep-sea treasure hunts of all time

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Greatest DC treasure hunts of all time to search.

Hundred the search is hundred for a hundred -- -- to dial hundreds of millions of dollars worth of silver.

Three miles under the surface of the ocean.

They bring in the minerals analyzed.

One blast.

And then we'll know -- he's hit the jackpot.

It's over.

My more Gordon is the president and C all all of Odyssey the team responsible for the largest.

Deep -- recovery ever his three part series silver rush.

Spot airs opposite the Oscars correct correct something for the male audience right you just -- -- what -- the business is right across the street for awhile but this was your passion all -- -- grew up loving the stuff as a kid watching Jacques -- work my way through college and NBA schools a diver.

And here I am now president tell me about trading and tell me about this hunt in particular and and why you guys were uniquely.

-- -- to find.

Yeah well we have a tool -- that no one else in the world has not even the US navy some really sophisticated.

Hardware to find anomalies on the sea floor.

This was three miles underwater a mile deeper than the Titanic.

So that moment that we just witness what was that like for you you know it's amazing.

I would support what we're doing the reconnaissance -- some of the footage that's currently running I wasn't there when the picked up the silver.

But I can tell you it's a jewel like to just to see something that's been missing for so long for giving -- a background if you wouldn't mind on the -- -- Here are -- but was coming from India to the UK during World War II you it was sunk by -- U boat.

And it went to the bottom with between a 10200 million tons of silver bullion and you find out about it well -- that's what we that's another part of our secret sauce we do great historical research.

We did a lot of research which enabled us to actually go out with our technology and find this reckon 22 days even though.

Everyone had looked -- since 1941.

And -- -- done second stuff up from this no no we're going back to a late may early June.

We're gonna finish the project we still have our highest probability areas to clear out on the ship -- And we're gonna see you know how much is left to go but we think it's a substantial amount are you wary.

Are you worried right now that somebody's -- in this is gonna go down and try to grab some of this well you know three miles underwater there aren't too many people in the world that can do this so we're not too worried about the site and the North Atlantic this is 300 miles off Ireland it's a very unforgiving part of the ocean.

And it known to go back up there until May or June and we're gonna be there right you're going to be -- and also I -- you gonna be elsewhere -- -- done after this on now affect the series it's -- -- Discovery Channel this weekend.

Shows us working on the HMS victory the British warship loss -- 1744.

Reportedly carrying three tons of gold which could be a 100000 ounces of gold coins.

And also the man told a World -- I casualty so what was more exciting finding the silver finally getting on the couch.

Actually I shared with you this is what my bucket list you know I'm on the -- -- -- -- -- guys every morning and then listen on XM radio as a -- to work so so I checked off a bucket -- enough for the British -- yeah.

-- -- So they got out and we will let you put this on the bottom of the ocean and a qualified for if you if you wouldn't mind that a -- -- and you know -- -- --

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