White House loot anchors fight over sunken bounty

mimo2005 · 09-22-2006, 03:42 PM

A stash of loot possibly stolen from the White House in the early 1800s is at the centre of an international dispute over who owns the bounty that now rests in a watery grave off the Nova Scotia coast.

A U.S. exploration company has laid claim to the bounty on what it suspects is the HMS Fantome, a navy brig that was loaded with goods British and Canadian soldiers made off with after ransacking the White House and Capitol buildings during the War of 1812.

The company, Sovereign Exploration Associates International Inc., has conducted dives on the site off Prospect, N.S., and planned to recover some of the thousands of coins and other historic artifacts it has seen on the ocean floor.

But the pursuit of the plunder was stalled recently when the British government claimed that it owns the famed naval vessel that went down in a fierce storm in November 1814.

http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NAS...=1112101662670

This sounds quote sounds scary !
"John Wesley Chisholm, an independent filmmaker, said 'once you leave the shore, and especially once you go underwater, the ocean is like the wild west of the 21st century.'"

bry623 · 09-25-2006, 07:47 AM

Finders Keepers I say.

yustr · 09-25-2006, 10:57 AM

Wait until the US Guv'ment chimes in.

**gamerman0203** · 09-25-2006, 11:37 AM

it was our stolen property and they lost it also. Bry said it right!

bry623 · 09-25-2006, 01:52 PM

Wait a minute, I am a republican.......... I say come and take it from my cold dead fingers.

09-22-2006, 03:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
mimo2005 Manager, Emeritus Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 11,142 OS: xp	White House loot anchors fight over sunken bounty A stash of loot possibly stolen from the White House in the early 1800s is at the centre of an international dispute over who owns the bounty that now rests in a watery grave off the Nova Scotia coast. A U.S. exploration company has laid claim to the bounty on what it suspects is the HMS Fantome, a navy brig that was loaded with goods British and Canadian soldiers made off with after ransacking the White House and Capitol buildings during the War of 1812. The company, Sovereign Exploration Associates International Inc., has conducted dives on the site off Prospect, N.S., and planned to recover some of the thousands of coins and other historic artifacts it has seen on the ocean floor. But the pursuit of the plunder was stalled recently when the British government claimed that it owns the famed naval vessel that went down in a fierce storm in November 1814. http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NAS...=1112101662670 This sounds quote sounds scary ! "John Wesley Chisholm, an independent filmmaker, said 'once you leave the shore, and especially once you go underwater, the ocean is like the wild west of the 21st century.'" __________________ TSF has outgrown its server, again. Please help "Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo"

09-25-2006, 07:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,698 OS: winxp pro sp2	Finders Keepers I say. __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"

09-25-2006, 10:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
yustr Asst. Manager, The Conversation Pit Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Connecticut shore Posts: 6,057 OS: XP Pro My System	Wait until the US Guv'ment chimes in. __________________ If there are lawyers or politicians involved, logic may be a very poor tool for reaching a conclusion.

09-25-2006, 11:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
gamerman0203 Retired Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 2,144 OS: XP MCE, Ubuntu Gutsy My System	it was our stolen property and they lost it also. Bry said it right! __________________ Follow These Steps First! CPU-Z \| SensorView \| WinXP Clean Boot \| Latest DirectX \| ATI Catalyst \| Nvidia ForceWare Posting System Specifications

09-25-2006, 01:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,698 OS: winxp pro sp2	Wait a minute, I am a republican.......... I say come and take it from my cold dead fingers. __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"