Treasure Galleons in Ecuador! Interested in Diving With Me?

by Rick
(Quito, Ecuador)

A Hack Map from Southern Columbia

A Hack Map from Southern Columbia

To All Readers of This Page! I'm an American living in Quito, Ecuador. I'm writing to let you know that I have a copy of the famous Hack Atlas. I've spent some time with Google Earth and a Sea Charting software program to narrow down the locations of several old Spanish Treasure Galleon Wrecks. I'm to the point now where I need to go on-site and do some snooping around.

I was wondering if you would be available or know of anybody interested in doing some shallow water scuba diving to look for these wrecks. I will include one of the maps from the collection to show I have the atlas collection. Of course, it's not one with high value information on it, but it's a great example.

I hope you're interested and have the time to put into this adventure with me.

By the way, do you happen to have a hand held diver magnetometer? I have a UW detector but that may not be enough.

Stan's response: Rick is a great friend of mine. I can confirm that he is the real thing and has the goods. I even have a copy of the famous Atlas. This is a major opportunity for some very lucky people!

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Treasure Galleons in Ecuador! Interested in Diving With Me?

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Jun 06, 2010
 Diving for Treasure!
by: Anonymous

I know Rick personally, and have done a couple of open ocean dives with him. I can say that he is a safe and sane diver. I would go diving with him anytime. All of you who dive know how important that is.

No one wants to dive with someone who is a danger to themselves and others.

I am a "Norte Americano" living on the Ecuador coast. I have all my personal diving gear, and an underwater metal detector.

I don't relish the thought of diving alone, as the buddy system has been drummed into me, but I am about to go anyway. There are dive shops in my area for whatever you need. If you want to dive, are a safe diver, know what you are doing, and find yourself on the coast of Ecuador, email me at jlivings2@hotmail.com.

Rick, lets go diving!
Jack
Mar 29, 2010
 Let's Go!
by: Tommy

Rick,

I am also an American here in Ecuador with 2 Whites Surfmaster Pulse Detectors. Contact me at tpeanut00@aol.com
Dec 29, 2009
 Hi William
by: Anonymous

Again, sorry to respond so late. I have been busy. I am SCUBA certified advanced to 145 feet. I much prefer to dive between 15 to 60 feet. This allows for a much longer bottom time. That said, I will go wherever the sites are.

Rick
Dec 29, 2009
 Hi Robert
by: Anonymous

Sorry it took so long to respond to your message. It would be great to work with you on some remote locating. I dont know much about it but I'd be interested in seeing it in action.
Dec 29, 2009
 Ahoy Capitan
by: Anonymous

I belive every word you have written in your post. I don't have a problem doing some scuba diving on possible sites. The metal detector is the only thing that could land me in hot water. I don't have any sophisticated equiptment or even a private boat. I just have the maps and a UW detector. I appreciate your advice and will keep it in mind at all times. So, if you have any more specific info that you would be willing to share, please contact Stan and he will get it to me. The Hack Atlas maps are good but there is still a lot of area to cover without a boat. I would be pleased to share any discoveries with you as well.
Dec 28, 2009
 Treasure Galleons in Ecuador
by: Capt. Keith

Hi Rick, I have been operating in Ecuador from 2005 to 2009. Stan is right about President Correa and laws changing all the time. I ran the diving operations on the coast as a member of a treasure hunting group from South Florida. We had two concession stretching for hundreds of miles of coast line. In the course of 5 years, we spent over a million dollars and right when we located one of the ships we were looking for, the Laws were changed and the 5 groups of treasure hunters operating in Ecuador were basically run out...

Our division contracts with the government were void and all artifacts were seized. The Ecuador Navy knows the laws and they don't mess around with persons that don't have a concession and are hunting with detection equipment. They take your equipment and send you to jail. Believe me, you don't want to be in a nasty Ecuadorian jail! Be extremely careful.

We have worked the Hack Atlas sites from Salinas to Jama. The Attorneys will most certainly take your money and set you up. You just can't take anything out of the country; you would be better off being a pirate like the local Ecuadorians are. That worked with us and others on the sites. Check out my web site: www.piratestreasurechest.net it tells the story.
Good luck!! Captain Keith




Stan's response: Wow! These are excellent words of wisdom! Thanks for your post Captain Keith. Your web site is most interesting too. For our readers... You must have a look at Captain Keith's web site. It is both fun and educational. Great stuff!!!
Oct 15, 2009
 Wreck Salvage
by: William Kilgore

What depths do you plan on diving?
Oct 13, 2009
 Wealth Finder Offers Help in Ecuador
by: robert thomason

Love your post - it shows the adventure in all of us. Picture an American who speaks no Spanish and took a five and a half hour flight direct from Atlanta, Georgia to Quito with only my scientific equipment as a carry on and no luggage. My specialty is remote locating but being in Ecuador, I am able to also do it in person. Congratulations on your adventure. I hope we can meet while i am still in Ecuador. Thanks, Robert.

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