Billion Dollar Wreck

First of all I must say that although the show is very weak it was still interesting. I have decades of experience wreck diving and I have to say that the methods being used to dive the wreck are not good. If they were serious they would use saturation dives and mechanical grabs to dismantle the wreck. They should be using re-breathers or other self contained equipment so that the divers may swim freely. An observation chamber to direct operations as used on the famous salvage of gold from the Niagra would be another option. The umbilical cables are very cumbersome and don't do the job efficiently.

The wreck itself is collapsed and and cannot be entered, say, as the Andrea Doria. I think that along with natural decay it was also depth charged during WWII. There is also no solid evidence that the gold exists.

I do wish them luck, however.

All treasure hunts are exciting and usually very interesting. This one is as well except it is told in such a way as to bore you to death with repetitive footage and trickling in the the non story of Martin's personal life. There are more questions now after watching the program than I had before. Why did Mark run out of air? This was never addressed. Why did they opt for short single diver dives. Why not saturation diving. Why no heavy equipment to get underneath the collapsed walls? There is so much more to this story but Michael Bay felt a need to sesationalize real life instead of telling the already extremely interesting story. What did the murder have to do with I this wreck? Nothing. Bay felt it was titillating I suppose.

I understand there is a motion picture in the works. Let's just hope Bay has nothing to do with it.

Show is too slow. Being an experienced commercial diver, I have to say that I could put together a team from my years working in the oilfield and have that wreck dismantled in 30 days and everything worth anything on the beach...4 good divers in sat(not this joke of a group they have on this show) would work circles around these guys. Use a DP boat instead of this weak 4 point boat they are using and dig in...diving 24 hours a day, not just daylight like this crew is doing...never seen so much bs diving in my life. Use Sat and get it done...a good Sat diver and a broco rig would have the site down to nothing but an indention in the sand and would be a helluva better show...nuff said.

Total load of dilusional fantasy. Absolutely no proof there was ever any gold on the Republic. The filler story about the shooting completely pointless. Go watch some paint dry instead, you'll be more entertained doing that

Every week is a rehash.... of absolutely NOTHING!

The characters are boring.

The story is BEYOND boring.

The production is less than stellar.

This is the worst "treasure hunt" documentary of all time.

They could have fit this so called "story" into a 15 minute YouTube clip.

If you do decide to watch this, be warned... you will not get your 10 minutes of your life back

P.S. I seriously doubt you'll be able to stomach more than 10 minutes of this garbage.