"Mr. Getler and Dennis Parada reached out to staff at Enviroscan to ascertain why Enviroscan’s gravimeter readings proved to be so inaccurate."
You know this sentence is very damning for the Plaintiffs and actually sums up the case in a few words “proved to be so inaccurate”. So much weight was placed on this very “fallible” gravimeter data. The investigators had the survey results prior to the dig and knowing what we know now, they had really only planned to dig six feet or so deep. I give the investigators credit for putting in the hours they did, digging wider and deeper and in more locations than they had ever anticipated, proving that nothing was there.
Incidentally, it hasn’t been mentioned yet, but the machine used had a max digging depth of 12’-8” and images in the files show despite the need for the jack-hammer attachment to break up several feet of bedrock, they stuck with it and hammered and dug to that maximum depth.
And...the simple fact that the investigators had their OPA videographer on-site for Day 1 of the dig tells me they were certainly prepared to unearth the treasure that morning and prepared to publicize their “find of the century”. Local news outlets were on site by the afternoon of the 13th (first day of the dig). The Plaintiff claims they know nothing about who alerted the local news but Plaintiffs’ have admitted having known the reporter and having done interviews with this outlet prior. By the way, although ordered by the investigators not to talk to anyone regarding the operation, the Plaintiffs have already admitted to contacting the geophysical contractor and operator of the excavator shortly after the excavation. It's not a stretch to suspect the Plaintiffs themselves of conspiring to alert the local media in advance.
The Investigators, Plaintiff and his associate were so certain of the survey results prior to the excavation. All of them were overcome with the fascination of Gold and each having their own agenda and manipulating each other to get their hands on it. I have heard comments and read comparisons of this story to the movie “National Treasure” but the list of characters in this story reminds me more of the movie “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”.
You know this sentence is very damning for the Plaintiffs and actually sums up the case in a few words “proved to be so inaccurate”. So much weight was placed on this very “fallible” gravimeter data. The investigators had the survey results prior to the dig and knowing what we know now, they had really only planned to dig six feet or so deep. I give the investigators credit for putting in the hours they did, digging wider and deeper and in more locations than they had ever anticipated, proving that nothing was there.
Incidentally, it hasn’t been mentioned yet, but the machine used had a max digging depth of 12’-8” and images in the files show despite the need for the jack-hammer attachment to break up several feet of bedrock, they stuck with it and hammered and dug to that maximum depth.
And...the simple fact that the investigators had their OPA videographer on-site for Day 1 of the dig tells me they were certainly prepared to unearth the treasure that morning and prepared to publicize their “find of the century”. Local news outlets were on site by the afternoon of the 13th (first day of the dig). The Plaintiff claims they know nothing about who alerted the local news but Plaintiffs’ have admitted having known the reporter and having done interviews with this outlet prior. By the way, although ordered by the investigators not to talk to anyone regarding the operation, the Plaintiffs have already admitted to contacting the geophysical contractor and operator of the excavator shortly after the excavation. It's not a stretch to suspect the Plaintiffs themselves of conspiring to alert the local media in advance.
The Investigators, Plaintiff and his associate were so certain of the survey results prior to the excavation. All of them were overcome with the fascination of Gold and each having their own agenda and manipulating each other to get their hands on it. I have heard comments and read comparisons of this story to the movie “National Treasure” but the list of characters in this story reminds me more of the movie “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”.
