FAQ

For starters, we are not a marine salvage company alone. Our business plan is diversified. Not only treasure salvage from sights, but also expansion into gaming, multimedia and potential television show built on the story of real-life treasure hunting reality show.

Yes. Quite a bit, and ongoing nearly every day, weather permitting, on the sites we are partnered on for part of the 1715 Fleet wrecks and are expanding to other sights both in Florida waters and in other waters. We have a collection of artifacts that we have not valued yet, and after expedition season off Florida we will get that part of the division of artifacts. We have some very unique artifacts, aside from gold, silver coins, etc.

This is quite simply the biggest risk factor. Even though we plan to go after multiple sites, as proven as possible, there is never an assurance that we will recover treasure or large amounts. Read our prospectus and risk factors before making any investment decision. This is not for the faint of heart.  

The only rights that Spain would have to any of the treasure that is found. Is actually if it came off of worship. For instance, all of the racks from the 1715 fleet. 1622 Fleet and others. Have never been able to be claimed by Spain. Because they were commercial vessels. Warships f they can prove that they were actual warships of their Navies that existed at the time would be subject to. U.S. law as being still the property of the country. However, 90 plus percent of the wrecks were commercial vessels that were transporting Treasure back to their country, for instance Spain.

As a Treasure & Shipwreck Recovery shareholder you will not have direct rights to ownership of recovered treasure, however we may make portions available for certain level holders or purchasers as part of deals we make with larger investors. In our Game, when developed we may offer coins and other objects as prizes.

Please contact us directly for investment or follow our links to be posted in the future. We are currently planning and have counsel for a Regulation A Offering, which we be open to all investors who qualify.  

We wish! We are in the business of existing, known wreck sites, not hunches, or stories from fisherman. No, many we display are for historical reference, such as the Atocha, found by Mel Fisher in 1985 as a reference, which to date is still the most valuable shipwreck found in U.S. waters. We are on part of the 1715 Fleet wreck, and other sights to be announced. We want to educate, and let people know how valuable and historical many of the wrecks are. Of the ten ships sunk in the 1715 Fleet that fateful night of July 31st, only approximately half have been found or salvaged to any extent. But we seek ones that have not been fully researched, surveyed and salvage.

No. We will hold much of such treasure as assets, but will sell, or exhibit at cost some of the artifacts. We actually have a plan to display many items with partners and may start our own museum, with ours and others treasure to display.

First we will only work with salvors who have admiralty orders or rights from a jurisdiction country. When they do they have rights of recovery, it is a kind of a maritime legal finders’ keepers with usually a split to the State or Country. The only real time a country can claim a ship is if it was a warship, which we will strive to avoid. The vast majority of ships from any period that were lost with valuable objects were merchant ships. Many times, the identity of a vessel can never be ascertained just due to 300 or 400 years of being submerged.

According to some estimates, there is more gold sunk with treasure wrecks than is held in the world today! Some say 6,000,000 shipwrecks around the world, obviously we are more narrowed to Florida and the Caribbean areas. Off Florida alone the estimate is 100 Spanish Galleons were lost. The numbers are huge on unrecovered wrecks. It is estimated that less than one percent of the world’s shipwrecks have ever been subject to salvage.  Large percentages of ships from the early 1520s to the later 1700s were lost at sea, many of them in shallow recoverable waters. As mentioned, Spain itself has traced over 700 lost Spanish Galleons, let alone, British, French and vessels from the Netherlands and Portugal. There are also any number of “Pirate” ships that raided the merchant vessels, and then sunk themselves due to weather, reefs, or simply being sunk in battle by other enemy ships.

Yes! Everyone likes to think of shipwrecks as being involved with pirates, and many of the shipwrecks are, but a minority of them. Some of these were controlled and involved by what you would call pirates. However, you also have to understand that many of these so-called pirates were actually working for countries such as Britain. and France and so forth under what were called letters of marquee, granting them rights to pillage and steal treasure for their own countries. Were they were granted licenses to intercept and steal the treasure and artifacts off of commercial vessels that were sailing back to France, Spain or wherever. So, the answer is yes, pirate treasure really does exist on numerous wrecks. As to buried treasure in some unknown places, that is not part of our business, and really to our knowledge no such thing has ever been found in quantities like the movies.

Research, due diligence and more research. Expert archaeologists know the industry, the players, wreck histories, and most of all how to research the histories of shipwrecks, from the museums in Spain, to Havana, and around the world. We simply will take the best places possible that have produced and should produce before we ever invest the first money in any project, put our ships, crews and technologies on such places. Remember, TSR-BLIS only goes to proven areas, where recoveries had already been found, but we utilize better boats, recovery and search technology and expertise.

First objects be they gold, silver, coins, jewelry, firearms, old liquor bottles, and any other items will be conserved to clean and protect them. We have locations and persons available to do that. Then we will store some, display some, loan some to museums, perhaps road shows, and can sell some to put the proceeds back our asset holdings for the Shareholders and our Companies value.

Yes. With some levels of investment, we are planning to arrange visits at one of the recovery operations. While this will not mean you can necessarily dive due to the dangers and liability, the opportunities to be there will likely be offered. We will announce more on this later. We also may offer this for winners at certain times in our game being developed.

Two words, expense and expertise. Treasure salvage has been going on since the early 1960s off the coast of Florida, for instance. Many of those who were in the business and have been kind of mom and pop operations for the most part. But that has gone and dwindled down to be just a number of companies and people who have the rights or can get the rights to shipwrecks off of Florida shores for example. It is dangerous, it is costly. It takes a great amount of effort and expertise to do. What we do and our partner groups do.

Yes!  Over time for numerous reasons multiple divers have died, as well as crews at sea during salvage expeditions. As well, weather can catch you and sink a boat. And many other things can happen. Obviously we have the meteorological Data, etc. that the early mariners in the 1500s to 1700s did not, giving us ability to track weather so we avoid that. However, anything involving diving can be dangerous. The number of divers lost just due to the very nature of what they are doing is more than appreciable. TSR-BLIS demands regulation and constant awareness of our Divers activities, gear and many other things, both with our own contracted divers and partners. No one in the industry does not know of someone who was lost in such endeavors. This industry is not for the faint hearted!

No and Yes. TSR-BLIS uses Remote sensors because we are in shallow waters, such as Magnetometers, side scan sonar, and other proprietary technology. Most of our expeditions are less than 100 feet so submersible submarines are not appropriate. However, sonars, and magnetometers and other equipment to detect matter are more appropriate. When we have targets the divers go down usually with hand held detectors to find metals, but at the same time find pottery, emeralds, and many other items in the same area.

No!  We are in the treasure recovery business as a main prong, but it is one of three, and may expand. While we want to gather treasure sights and recoveries, we know business, and our model is other sources of revenue. That includes a world class Gaming adventure which will be brought to the world, as well as multimedia and reality television in our plans. We are have been developing the game concept for play by everyone to appreciate and enjoy treasure salvage. We will announce that as it develops. As well the Company is a collector of artifacts and treasure that we find right to invest in as assets. We are also in line to follow and attempt to gather other related technologies in our field, as well as NFTs of holdings we hold. We want to maximize our relationships, and develop new ones for new opportunities as well as treasure.

Absolutely. The sights we are presently on, and will be as planned are governed (in the State waters of Florida and elsewhere) for ecological conservation, as well as full documentation and archaeological history of such sites. Notably in all our present areas we do not disturb any coral reefs, since they are absent, and merely digging or blowing sand, simply refills itself. We are and will be accountable on all such matters to State and Governmental entities under ourselves and our contracting partners.