I have always been an avid fan of treasure hunter books and one of the best I have read is "GOLDFINDER" It is a nail biter.
In 2001 Keith Jessop, a Yorkshire salvage diver, wrote the account of how he and his team, "Jessop Marine", located the wreck of H.M.S. Edinburgh and recovered over 400 gold ingots from her strong-room.
The warship had been sunk in 1941 returning from Russia with Stalin's payment to England for arms supplied for the Soviet war effort.
The wreck lay for over forty years, lost to all but memory, in its icy North Atlantic tomb.
"Goldfinder" is the gripping narrative of how Jessop and a cadre of dare-devil divers braved the perils and pressures of nearly a thousand feet of water to pull up $100,000,000 of bullion.
Ever since I read the story I have preached with new fervor on the treasure hunting parables of Jesus. You will be able to order it from your local library and, if you can find a comfortable chair, be prepared to cross a day off your calendar.
Jubilate.
Ian.
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