Commercial Shipwreck Salvage Resume
                                                                                              Thomas V Gidus
                                                                                          mad4wrecks@gmail.com

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.
........................          (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.
........................          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.
........................         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.
.......................           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)
 
 


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