1991 ................ Diver, working for salvor Chris James, subcontracting to the Cobb Coin Co. (Mel Fisher) on the 1715 fleet. www.melfisher.com
1992-present....
President of Wreckovery Salvage, Palm
Beach, FL., subcontracting to Cobb Coin Co./Salvors Inc.
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(Mel Fisher) on the 1715 fleet. .....www.wreckoverysalvage.com
1997–2006 ...
Operations manager for Historical Research & Development Inc.
of Orlando, FL. HRD has an exploration lease (E-132) off Vero Beach.
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Other duties included historical research and public, media &
investor relations. Current shareholder......www.hrd1715.com
2006-2009
Project development manager and webmaster for Ocean Enterprise, a St. Pete,
FL. based underwater exploration company............
www.oceanenterprise.com
2007-2009
VP of Research and diver for Aquatic Research & Recovery Group,
Inc. of Miami. Subcontracting to the Mel Fisher Center Inc.
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www.arrgadventure.com
2008-present President, Gold Coast Explorations LLC, Palm Beach, FL., a historic shipwreck exploration company. www.goldcoastexplorations.com
April-July 2008...
Chief diver and magnetometer technician for Florida Research &
Recovery Group Inc, of Edgewater, FL.
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Discovered an early 19th century shipwreck off Cape Fear in June,
2008. www.floridarrg.com
July 08-Jan 09 Contract diver for Seafarer Exploration Corp. exploring & salvaging a suspected 16th century shipwreck off Juno Beach, FL.
Feb. 2009 Gold Coast Explorations, LLC. announces the discovery of 17th century wooden sailing vessel shipwrecked off Indian River County, FL.
Sept. 09-present Chief diver for Capt. Dominic Addario and Jupiter Coins Inc. on the Jupiter Inlet wreck. www.jupitercoins.com
June 2010-present
Named field director on a new project in Palm Beach county investigating
the site of an 18th century wooden sailing ship.
Application for an exploration permit in process.
Other Projects
Salvage operations diver
during the month of September, 2006 on the San Miguel de Archangel, sunk
in 1660 off Jupiter Inlet, Florida.
28 silver cobs recovered
in 3 days of excavation. www.whowantstodivefortreasure.com/The__Weekend_.html
Diver and mag tech for Florida
Research & Recovery Group Inc. in April, May and June of 2007.
Operations off Cape Canaveral, Sebastian and Amelia Island.
Discovered a virgin shipwreck,
date unknown, off Cocoa Beach and an F-16 fighter jet off Sebastian.
Chief diver for Historical
Maritime Surveying, LLC. of Texas, from June to September 2007. Operations
off Naples, Florida.
Discovered a virgin shipwrecked
schooner from the late 1800’s.
Side scan tech for Coastal
Marine Salvage Inc. of Wilmington, NC. Conducted operations off Cape Hatteras,
NC. and Cape Romano, FL. in 2007.
www.coastalmarinesalvage.com
Other Experience
YMCA scuba certified in
1980, estimated over 2000 dives
Certified data recorder
by the Florida Bureau of Archaeological Resources
Experience preparing year
end archaeological reports for the state of Florida (submitted on behalf
of HRD Inc.)
Archaeological assistant
to marine archaeologist James Sinclair on the Juno Beach wreck
Experience with the Geometrics
882 magnetometer and Mag Log software
Experience with the Marine
Sonic Centurion side scan sonar
Clean criminal background
Wrecksites Worked
Juno Beach Wreck (unidentified
wooden sailing vessel circa 1570-1620)
San Martin (1618)
Power Plant Wreck (unidentified
site circa 1600’s)
Unidentified wooden sailing
vessel - Palm Beach County (circa 1600's)
Espiritu Santo el Mayor
(1626)
San Miguel de Archangel
(1660)
Nuestra Senora de la Regla
(1715)
Santo Cristo de San Roman
(1715)
Nuestra Senora del Carmen
(1715)
Nuestra Senora del Rosario
(1715)
Nuestra Senora de Las Nieves
(1715)
Urca de Lima Santisima Trinidad
(1715)
HRD Inc.'s E-132 site (unidentified
1715 shipwreck)
Cannon Wreck (circa 1715+)
Harold Holden Wreck (1810)
Cape Fear Wreck (unidentified
wooden sailing vessel circa 1800-1850)
Spring of Whitby (1824)
Norm Scott Wreck (circa
1825)
Victor (1872)
Diamond Shoals Iron Ore
wreck (circa 1875)
Juno Beach schooner wreck
(circa 1890)
Breconshire (1894)
Bonita Beach wreck (iron
masted schooner circa 1875-1900)
South Brevard wreck (unidentified
iron shipwreck circa 1900-1925)
Avenger aircraft (circa
1942, Indian River County)
F-16 fighter jet (Brevard
County, FL)