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“Keep it up But just re valuable could be just as dangerous as actually finding so valuable Thieves attack you before they count your money”
“Okay,” he said “They’ve kept their distance for three days If they coot to get that sunken village , but I don’t feel like devoting the rest of y”
Sao always claimed their reputation as treasure hunters had coinative reporters on a slos day They shared a strong interest in history and the urge to go out and see it for the for the state of Louisiana An archaeologist na at the coast for da platform had burned, when he had found some potsherds washed up froin and quite old He had asked for a grant froe what had seee When Sam and Remi had heard about the project, they had offered to pay their own expenses and help
Remi said, “Come doith me I thi
nk I’ve found another hearth Bring the camera”
Saunwale to reach the underwater caain Remi seemed to lose herself in the work She led him to the stone hearth and let hiraphed the site frole to record the positions of the potsherds around it He watched the gracefula bit like her own shadow—and noticed a thin wisp of auburn hair had escaped froreen eyes looking at hilass of her ht of her and look at the ring of charred stones she had uncovered beneath the sand Then they filled their net bags carefully to bring ued and mapped the site where they found them
Suddenly Sarew louder, and as they looked up they saw the underside of a black hull speeding toward the anchored dive boat, throaves to each side They could see the outdrive and propeller and the long spiral trail of churned bubbles behind it
They watched the dive boat’s hull rock and saw the anchor chain tighten to hold it, tugging against the anchor they’d sunk into the sand and then going slack when the other boat slowed down and idled within a yard of theirs In a ain andas it crested each wave
Sam pointed upward, and the two floated to the surface Remi cliear, Relad we didn’t surface just as they ca in”
She could see Sa “I think they zoo up from the bottom”
“I hope they got a good look,” she said “I don’t want to get chewed up by a propeller over a few potsherds and a middenful of thousand-year-old clamshells”
“Let’s see who they are,” he said He started the engine and stepped to the bow Remi took the wheel and inched them forward in the direction of the anchor so its two flukes would be pulled forward and freed from the sand Sam pulled the anchor up and stowed it under the foredeck Reht the boat around so Sa buoy that held the diver-alert flag, red with a white diagonal stripe, and pull in its light anchor, then stow both in the stern
She pushed the throttle forward and accelerated in the direction of the Grand Isle Harbor
Sam moved forward to stand beside Remi and rest his elbows on the roof of the cabin while he held the binoculars and scanned the horizon As they sped along the coast, Re auburn hair whipped behind her in the wind Sam said, “I don’t see their boat They must have put into the harbor We may as well head in too”
Remi steered toward the harbor at top speed, but then, as they reached the harbor entrance, she slowed down rapidly As they came around the breakwater, a Coast Guard boat moved across their bow at a distance