BOOM BABY!!!! 



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/30/ric-savage-american-digger_n_1392285.html 



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From: "Jim Tauber" <[log in to unmask]> 
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Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 6:04:54 PM 
Subject: Re: American Diggers again (oh no, not again!) 

I had this conversation with some 18-20 year olds in a class a few months ago.  It was a liberal studies class and most of the students had little interest in the idea of doing it because it was the right thing and would help us to understand where we came from.  Our (American) view of land ownership and the boon of some treasure held far more sway with them.  The only argument that I found successful was making it very personal.  I picked out a student who had talked about his family living in our area for generations.  I asked him how he would feel about me buying his family farm and then going on a hunt for parts of his past.  Finding an old family Bible in a barn, selling that dresser that his great grandfather brought with him from Germany, or pulling the rings off his grandmothers bones to sell (yes I know it is illegal).  Some got it, others just won’t.   
Jim 

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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Susan Walter 
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 5:12 PM 
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Subject: Re: American Diggers again (oh no, not again!) 

Hi All, 

IF you all, like me, were trying to explain this ethical problem to a bunch of 10 to 15 year olds, what would YOU say? 

I have a lot of impoverished students here, and money is a constant issue. 
My summer classes begins in a couple weeks. 

S. Walter 

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From: "Harding Polk" <[log in to unmask]> 
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Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 4:02 PM 
Subject: American Diggers again (oh no, not again!) 


Well they've done it again.  AOL/HufffingtonPost posted another  article on 
American Diggers (see below).  Arrrgh! 
On the latest episode of “_American Digger_ 
(http://www.aoltv.com/show/american-digger/9057067) " (Wed., 10 p.m. ET  on 
Spike), Ric Savage and his crew 
headed to Jamestown, Va., in search of  colonial relics. But perhaps more 
exciting than America’s origins was Ric Savage  himself! 

Savage stopped by the TVReplay studio to chat about his trip and  the 
amazing discovery he and the American Savage crew made: a British cannon 
from 
the 1700s. 

After a freezing-cold dive, crew member Rue discovered it  at the bottom of 
a lake. The cannon, combined with a glass onion bottle and a  grenade 
fragment, got Ric a whopping $10,000. He called the weapon one of the  most 
important finds in his company’s history. 

Watch our interview with  Ric above – we talk British accents (he even did 
one) and, of course, his “Boom  Baby!” catchphrase. Indeed, Ric belted his 
signature catchphrase for us – a  priceless find in itself. 

“American Digger” airs Wednesdays at  10 p.m. ET on Spike. 

Interesting they don't mention what lake, I'm suspecting maybe Lake 
Champlain because of the cold and British references. 
More curious is that he is heading to Jamestown VA.  Now I know that  the 
entire Jamestown Island is owned by NPS, except for a ca. 10 acre parcel 
owned by the Assoc. for Pres. of VA Antiquities where Jamestown Discovery 
has 
been excavating the original fort for the past 10 years plus.  Adjacent on 
the mainland is Jamestown Fort operated by the Jamestown/Yorktown 
Foundation.  I don't think any of them is interested in Ric Savage coming 
to savage 
their properties.  Is he going to work offshore in the James  River (like 
Joel Shiner did in the 1950s) and thumb his nose at NPS and  APVA?  Even in 
the river I'm sure he needs a state permit.  There is a  little private land 
on the adjacent mainland. 

Its unfortunate that they are getting continued national press, but I 
suppose it is to be expected when they continue to find such "important" 
artifacts (read: most $ for any one artifact).  One wonders what the 
disposition 
and, more importantly, its condition is now that it is out of its  mostly 
stabilized underwater environment.  I'm sure as we sit here and  read, it is 
popping, fizzing, flaking, and exfoliating  as the oxidation  process 
(rusting) has been so suddenly accelerated. 

My rant for today. 

Harding Polk II 


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