(Which I co-designed and built with Doug Privitt, my father)
First Launch - Redondo Beach, Ca.
Delta's goody bag containing
564 coins (all Double Eagles,
$20 gold pieces).
That's my dad's hand holding the first recovered
treasure.
This bag of coins were sold at auction for approximately $2.8M.
The ship was carrying in 1865 Dollar Values:
Ship's money & personal valuables $80,000
Indian treaty money transfer $105,000
Wells Fargo transfer $141,000
U.S. Army payroll $200,000
Canadian bullion transfer $3000,000
This is $75M to $100M numistmatic value today.
The legal battle over these coins went all the way to the US Supreme Court (twice 9-0). Sandra Day O'Conner wrote the second unanimous opinion (9-0), blocking the State of California claims over the coins.
Hang
Gliding - Hang Gliding Pioneers
Skiing
at Heavenly Valley- Lake Tahoe
Art - Ken's Art
Delta
- The Submarine Delta Web Site
Submarine Design - How to design a submarine
Grounded
vs. Ungrounded Electrical Systems for Use in Manned Submersibles
- Marine Technology Society Journal, Fourth Quarter 1981 Vol. 15 - No.
4
California
v. Deep Sea Research - Supreme Court Decision on the Brother
Jonathan
Settlement
with the State of California on the Brother Jonathan
Brother
Jonathan - Treasure Web Site
UCLA - Bachelor's 1977, Masters 1980 in Engineering
Ex-El
Dorado Hills Music Owner
El
Dorado Hills Music- Current Web Site
IBTA - InfiniBand* Trade Association Web Site. I was a contributing author to Volume
2 of the InfiniBand Specification.