You mentioned most of what you do as a professional treasure hunter is illegal. Can you explain? Because so much land is private or government owned property, I am often involved in trespassing. Furthermore, national and state salvage and recovery laws, which cover removing most, if not all, lost and buried treasures, are often restrictive. In most cases they don’t allow the finder to keep anything. These laws did not exist several years ago. When politicians and other lawmakers saw how much wealth was being recovered from lost and buried caches, they decided they should get some of it and began developing those laws. If one finds and removes an historic treasure cache from private or government owned property without permission, it is technically stealing. For example, many lost and buried caches in this country are now located within the borders of national and state lands such as parks, wildlife areas, and historical sites. In [...] Read more »

Since the release of the book, Treasure Hunter: Caches, Curses, and Deadly Confrontations, a number of writers representing newspapers, magazines, television, and other media outlets have requested interviews. Normally reclusive and not inclined to give interviews, noted treasure hunter and author W.C. Jameson has agree to use this space to respond to the interview questions one at a time. Question #1: Your latest book is Treasure Hunter: Caches, Curses, and Deadly Confrontations, a memoir of some of your most memorable expeditions. Why did you write this book? At first I did not want to write Treasure Hunter. The principal reason is related to the fact that one of the best advantages a professional treasure hunter can have is that of anonymity. The truth is, most of what I do as a professional treasure hunter is illegal, therefore the less that is known about me and what I am involved with, the better. My wife has [...] Read more »