For the last 15 years, I’ve been refining a forensic-style method for identifying historical sites and shipwreck features using skills from my criminal justice training — soil disturbance, plant anomalies, environmental patterning, and subtle site behavior that most hunters overlook.
Back in 2009 at South College, I was learning missing-person search techniques. I didn’t know those same skills would one day point me toward something from the 1500s… but in 2012 they did.
That’s when I located what I’m confident is the survivor campsite tied to La Trinité from 1565. No coordinates, no breadcrumbs — Florida has a reputation for swooping in on independent finders, and I’m not gifting them anything.
That discovery taught me one thing:

When you look at the environment like a forensic investigator, you see what everyone else walks past.
Now I’m applying that same approach to my next major target — and Farfán plays a huge part in it.
The historical trail is thin, the documentation is scattered, and most of the people who stumbled across clues had no idea what they found. But their mistakes open doors for me.

Meanwhile, other hunters chase distractions — like the story I heard growing up about U-166: two German officers supposedly making it ashore, trekking across Florida, and getting picked up by the submarine before it sank. It did lead me to an area in which I believe a sunken mini sub sits as it was launched from U-166. It’s a great tale, but it has nothing to do with real 16th-century Spanish losses.
I’m focused on the actual evidence — the stuff that lines up environmentally, historically, and strategically.

And that brings me to this:

I’m looking for one vetted partner.​

Not a tag-along, not someone who panics, not someone chasing myths.
Someone who brings real value — funding, logistics, legal knowledge, or specialized field expertise — and knows how to keep quiet, PERIOD.

I do not care if Archies or even the state sees this. If I were, I would have never posted it.
Does this sound familiar?
When those in power keep bending the rules, ignoring limits, and pushing aside the people doing the actual work, it shows their goal is control — not justice.

2026 is going to be a big year, and I’m building the right team before the discovery, not after.