TV & FILM OF BRADLEY WILLIAMSON: LOST AND SUNKEN TREASURE

I was initially contacted by Debra Padrick of Warner Brothers Pictures to provide some material for hit movie Fool's Gold featuring Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson and Donald Sutherland. The film was about lost and sunken treasure. It was an honor to assist in any way that I could with this great movie. Debra also reached out to me for information about the fabled "Queen's Jewels" - these are a fabulous collection of rare custom made jewelry and treasure that were to be a gift from the King of Spain to his new bride Isabella Farnese, the Duchess of Parma. This famous treasure was lost when the 1715 Treasure Fleet - which was carrying the treasure sank off the coast of Florida.

This was another great TV show that I was lucky to be part of, Caribbean Pirate Treasure which is about the lost and sunken treasure of pirates. The photo shows me to the left, then Ashlan Cousteau, the producer, and Philippe Cousteau on the right. This photo was taken on set after a day of filming and is from the pilot episode which I was the person who introduces Philippe Cousteau and his wife Ashlan Cousteau to the world of sunken treasure, lost treasure and pirates. Both Ashlan and Philippe have done numerous television and films and it was an honor to work with both of them.

Once again, I was asked to come back to do another episode of the popular TV show, Expedition Unknown on the Discovery Channel. I have always enjoyed working with Josh Gates and his production team and I was happy to join them on this episode about the legendary pirate Jose Gaspar. The photos shows Josh Gates in the center and me on the right (wearing blue shirt) on the final day of filming and right after we wrapped up filming for the day. 

I was contacted by one of the producers of the popular TV show, UnExplained, hosted by William Shatner and which is presented by The History Channel. They asked me to be a part of the show and of course I said, "Yes". As a kid I grew up watching William Shatner on the TV show. Star Trek. I was very excited to be a part of his hit TV show. This episode was about all the lost and sunken treasure in America. If you like pirates and treasure, you will like this episode!

I was asked to come back and do another episode for William Shanter's TV show, The UnXplained, which airs on The History Channel. Of course I said, Yes. I really like working with all the members of the team which create this great show. Plus for me getting to be on a show with Williams Shanter, which as a child I watched him on Star Trek the TV series and all of his Star Trek movies, this was a dream come true.  I can’t share any photos yet or talk about the episode until it airs on The History Channel. As soon as it airs I will share about the episode. It is going to be a really great episode especially if you like treasure. It was a lot of fun and an honor to work again with the production team. 

These are some great videos and photos of one of my expeditions where we recovered a lot of Sunken Treasure! In the photo you can see me holding an oxidized silver coin. Pure silver coins oxidize quickly in the ocean and take on an almost black color. However, once they are cleaned, they get back their lustrous silver shine. Click on the link below for videos, photos, and some interesting info.