June 4, 2013
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) -
Lee Spence's entire life has been about discovery.
"My father taught me to read contour maps before I was in the first grade," said Spence.
If he wasn't making maps, he was following them, relishing even the smallest new detail.
"I'll be in the archives and suddenly find something and I'm jumping up and down and screaming because I've made a discovery," said Spence. "I get as excited as a football player who just scored a touchdown."
For decades, he's been diving down to see what he can bring up. Now, a discovery he made more than 30 years ago could be his mother lode.
About 10 miles off South Carolina's coast is the resting place of the SS Ozawa, an iron-hulled steamship that sank in the late 1800's.
Last week Spence got the admiralty or the rights to whatever's inside.
He pulled out 2 portholes and some china last week, but doesn't know what remains.
Spence is waiting for the seas to calm before he can get back down there and see what's inside. He won't know for sure until he does, but says the ship's reputation gives him hope.
"Some times it carried weapons, very large amounts of money, it carried a lot of very valuable stuff," said Spence.
Continue at:
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/22503032/30-year-old-discovery-could-be-motherload-for-sc-treasure-hunter
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