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