The Cast & Crew

With over 15 years experience, The Gold Hound Crew have the know how and equipment for any treasure hunting need.
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Greg Bounds - Captain

Greg Bounds is Captain of Goldhound Treasure Divers. Captain Bounds, age 41, has been in the sunken treasure salvage business for over 14 years, having worked some of the most renowned shipwreck discoveries in modern history, including the Atocha and Santa Margarita, both off Key West. Among other major finds in his career, Captain Bounds was responsible for discovering millions in treasures in a single day off the Santa Margarita. Those treasures included fine pearls, rare gold broaches, and over 30 feet of solid gold chains, all preserved for nearly 400 years in their sunken hiding spots. Bounds has spent the majority of his professional salver years as a Captain for the legendary Mel Fisher, considered the most successful sunken treasure hunter ever, before venturing out in search of his own legacy, which Bounds believes will be major discoveries from the 1715 Fleet.

Greg Bounds is a United States Coast Guard certified 100-ton Master Captain, his qualifications allowing him to navigate vessels as large as 120 feet in length. The location and depth of potential treasure wrecks help determine the size of the vessel Bound chooses to operate.

Currently, Captain Bounds serves as a sub-contractor to Mel Fisher Center, Inc. in search of the 1715 Fleet, continuing his long and prosperous relationship with the Fisher family. One of the great privileges in his life, says Bounds, was venturing out with Mel Fisher on the latter’s last treasure hunt before his death in the late ‘90s. “Mel had a dream as to how the 1715 Fleet broke up, and we followed that dream.” These days, that search is much more scientific for Bounds. He is now aided by a highly advanced, proprietary computer model that provides him unprecedented intelligence as to where the mother lode of the 1715 ships might lie, holding an estimated $450 million worth of silver coins.

Prior to working with Mel Fisher, Bounds was trained by another treasure hunter, John Brandon, a legend in his own right and one of Mel Fisher’s top salvers. Bounds often worked the summers on the 1715 wrecks with Brandon when conditions were optimal, and the winters with Mel Fisher off of the Keys. Before that, he pursued shipwrecks in the Bahamas with Brandon, where they successfully located jewelry, coins, artifacts and more from numerous wrecks.
Bounds got the treasure-hunting bug in his days working for security at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. While there, he helped guard facilities that tracked launched satellites. When colleagues of his told tales of opportunities to search for sunken treasures, Greg decided to look under rather than up, and has never looked back.
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Chas Francoviglia - The Right Hand Man

Charles “Chas” Francoviglia is a partner of Gold Hound Treasure Divers and one of its key salvors. Chas has been active in treasure salvage operations for more than a dozen years and brings extensive underwater archaeological experience to such efforts. He has studied everything from shipwreck archaeological site plans, charting, underwater drawing and surveying, to detection, excavation, artifact conservation and more. Chas, who’s been a scuba diver for nearly three decades, has worked the 1715 Fleet for 12 years including many years under the stewardship of John Brandon, one of the leaders in Florida’s shipwreck salvage community. Chas brings all of that combined expertise to Gold Hound Treasure Divers in its search of the mother lode from the 1715 Fleet.

Chas teamed with Captain Greg Bounds in 2002 to build the M/V Goldhound for use in the continued excavation and artifact recovery of the 1715 Fleet. Since then, he has consistently uncovered treasures from the fleet using advanced technologies that tie together clues from magnetometers, GPS and sonar scanners together with trails of shipwreck scatter, surveys, metal detectors and more. Chas says. “I will “do this till the day I drop, as long as I can dive”.

Before teaming with Captain Bounds, Chas worked for five years on the 1715 Fleet with John Brandon, himself a protégée of the legendary salver, Mel Fisher. Prior to that, he worked with the Oro Del Mar Treasure Salvage Team, also combing the 1715 Fleet.
Before becoming a treasure salver, Chas worked in operations at Florida Power and Light for over a decade. While there, he oversaw operations of all auxiliary equipment including intakes and discharges of plant cooling water. He also received specialized training in areas such as environmental evaluations in conjunction with the U.S. Coast Guard, environmental oil spill management, and hurricane planning for plant and personnel among other areas of expertise. Previously, he worked with Bema Marine Construction installing docks and seawalls, and dredging.

Chas Francoviglia attended the Underwater Dive Technology (UDT) Commercial Diving Program at the Florida Institute of Technology where he received certification as a commercial diver qualified for offshore and inland search, salvage, Non-Destructive Testing & Inspections, and more.
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Tony Gil - The Muscle

Tony has been diving for more than twenty years, since he was fifteen years old.  A resident of Sabastian Florida, he graduated from San Jose State University where he played football untill an injury sidelined his football career.

A father of three, he moved to Key West and worked as a commercial fisherman for two decades before joining the Gold Hounds.  Tony also served as Captain Bound's first mate when the Hounds recovered a huge cache of treasure in the Florida Keys.
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Jeff Croy - The Artist

Jeff also lives in Sebastian, Florida.  He graduated from the Design School of Denver in 1987 with a degree in Digital Communications.  Jeff has been diving for eight years; seven of that aboard the Gold Hound. 
Jeff's hobby is metal art and his is a fabricator, building parts for the Gold Hound when damaged. 
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Mo Molinar - The Legend

Moe is one of the most successful treasure hunters in Florida to date. Mo worked for Mel Fisher from the very start of the 1715 Fleets recovery operations. After several years and many successes with t he 1715 Fleet, Mo followed Mel Fisher when Mel moved his search and recovery operations to the Florida Keys to search for the 1622 wreck of the Nuestra Senora de Atocha.

While searching for the Arocha in 1972, Mo discovered a previously unknown shipwreck. After 10 years of artifact recovery and research, the wreck finally gave up the ship's bell. It was the "Henrietta Marie" and a date of "1699". To date, it is the only slave ship ever to be found and identified in the new worlds water's.

After the 1985 "big pile" recovery of the main ballast area on the Atocha, Mo Molinar decided to strike it out on his own and left Fisher's company. Mo was working on the Nuestra Senora de las Nievas wreck in 1987 when he made the largest recovery of Spainish gold coins on the 1715 Fleet since the early days of the Real Eight Company. In this year alone, Mo and his divers recovered 238 gold coins and a spectacular 4 escudo "Royal" presentation piece along with many other artifacts. Since this time, not a year has gone by when Mo has not made a magnificant find of gold, silver, jewerly, or a unique artifact.

We welcome the opportunity to have our friends and Investors dive with us this season and meet one of our heros.
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Apolla Roth - Diver

Apolla joined the Gold Hound Treasure Team in 2008 and is the only member that is not located in sunny Sebastian Florida. She has a technical background in Information Science and Artificial Intelligence. She has worked in many diverse industries such as Mellon Bank, CGI (leading Technology Consulting Firm), Prince William County Schools in Northern VA, and later went onto become a successful "Day Trader" in stocks and commodities.

She is an SSI certified Diver, with advanced certifications in NITROX, Night, Navigational,Deep and Wreck Diving. Her passion for water began at an early age, when she became a "mudskipper" of the Swimming Hall of Fame team in Ft. Lauderdale at age 8. She attended several Olympic summer training camps and went on to break records all over the country. As a member of several United States All Star teams she became part of an elite group of swimmers ranking among top in the country.

Presently she has taken over management of Gold Hounds investment relations, along with maintaining the company's web site. They have dubbed her their "Web Mistress" . She is never far from her computer except for diving and working on new technical ideas with Captain Bounds.
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Bruce Marich - Producer

Established Southern California Mobility, which quickly became the largest independent vendor of mobility equipment in the Western half of the United States. During this period, designed prototypes to improve existing mobility equipment and to initiate development of new, innovative mobility products. Assisted an Ohio manufacturing company (Reb Industries) in designing and testing step lifts for city transit busses and assisted in the design and implementation of their marketing program.
Developed training programs for helping dealers to access the needs of their Physically Challenged customers, including training Dodge, Ford, Gm dealers in Southern California area. Also assisted Chrysler’s Pentastar Division regarding accessibility issues.
Designed lifts for Collins Industries, Crow River Lifts, Braun Corporation, REB Manufacturing and assisted Ricon Corporation in the development of their wheelchair lift line.
Acted as liaison between corporations and government agencies to establish and implement guidelines &
programs for ADA requirements with the Veterans Administration and the special needs community. Set standards and training programs for the Mobility Industry that is still in place today.
Sponsored the first Boy Scout Troop for Special Needs Scouts 767 SNS (Special Needs Scouts). Initiated the country’s rst wheelchair hockey teams and supplied them with equipment, money and supplies. Wheelchair hockey today is an International sport spanning North America and Canada. During this period, assisted Chrysler Corporation in initiating their rst Physically Challenged Program, which encouraged Chrysler dealerships to oer rebates on adaptive automotive equipment. Sat on the Board of Directors for the Disabled Veterans of West Los Angeles. During the same period, consulted with the City of Los Angeles and San Diego Transit on transit issues and specications for purchasing vehicles for inner city transit routes.
Designed and built the rst wheelchair accessible ride for Disneyland in Anaheim California, It’s A Small World, Monorail and Tram, also consulted with Disneyland for 7 years regarding accessibility issues in the park. Helped Universal Studios in Hollywood with ADA compliance and designed the boats for Jurassic park to accept wheelchairs.
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The Moving Image Company (TMI) was founded as a commercial production company to service Central Texas. With more than 35+ years of combined experience in the Film/Video Production Industry TMI produces some of the most professional and cinematic product created within the Texas market.
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Robert F. Stewart - Producer

Having been involved in Media/Content & Event production through out his professional career, Robert Stewart has gained a significant amount of expertise in dealing with the creative and technical issues related to production management. Robert has a wide and diverse range of experience in the development, creation and marketing of Film, Video, Music and other media forms. With more than twenty five years working in the Los Angeles, Nashville and Austin creative arenas, he has been honored to work with a number of well-known industry veterans, from Willie Nelson, Warren Beatty and Steven Spielberg, to video game legend Richard Garriot.

Robert devotes time to various children’s/youth charities within the industry, such as Science in the Movies and Stunt Ranch, where he was the director of development until the end of 2008, and now serves as a board member for Phoenix Sun Media, a 501c3 Texas based non-profit. He is also very involved in youth league sports, (Cedar Park Youth League) as his three daughters are all involved in soft ball.  Lately, he and his oldest daughter are working together on projects that support the IFAW.org and their efforts to protect the Harp seal in the Canadian arctic.

Robert sits on boards for several private companies within the entertainment industry and has acted as a free-lance consultant for media and media related companies in Austin, New York and Los Angeles.

Recently, Robert accepted the position of CEO for The Moving Image Company, founded by long time friend and associate, Christian Cisneros. Robert’s mission at TMI is to develop film properties, increase the corporate client base, increase the company’s visibility with and promote product to various content distribution companies.
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Christian Cisneros - Producer/Director

The Moving Image Company ’s Christian Cisneros was raised in Texas. At a young age, he showed an interest in Filmmaking and devoted all his time to this developing fascination. Christian graduated Texas State Technical College with two Associates Degrees in Digital Media Design and Media Communications. For 6 years now Christian Cisneros has worked in the film and video industry as a Producer, Director, Assistant Director, Post Production Supervisor, and 3D Animator. Recently Christian has devoted a majority of his time developing and directing his own projects. From Short films like “FR-674345” to “The Trunk”, and Trailers like “TANK”. Christian is pushing ever closer to becoming the director he dreams to be.
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Donna Guidry - Associate Producer/Costume Designer

Actress and fashion model Donna Guidry has designed jewelry for 15 years, specializing in custom precious metals and gems. Donna's designs have appeared on celebrities in television shows, commercials and major motion pictures, including herself. Donna and her design partner Mary Irwin designed the jewelry for the upcoming feature film "Elle, a Modern Cinderella Tale" to be released in March of 2010. Donna also assisted in costume design for the film and plays the part of Ms. Pembrook.

Donna is associate producer and our costume designer. Donna and her partner Mary Irwin have created a line of jewelry for Treasure Coast.
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Darin Kuhlmann - Line Producer/Post Production Supervisor

Industry veteran Darin Kuhlmann came to Los Angeles from Idaho. Starting in the Fox mailroom, he quickly ascended to other production jobs at the studio before ending up at Orion Pictures. When that company went under, Kuhlmann moved into post production. His superiors were impressed enough that they chose him to start a tiny trailer house and post company. Under Kuhlmann's management, what started out as a small, edgling start up, soon blossomed into a full service post facility. They produced campaigns for hit lms such as War of the Worlds, Cars, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Austin Powers, Mission Impossible 3, and many others. Other producing credits include the features The Road Home, Looking Through Lillian, and numerous shorts and music videos he's directed. His latest project is a biographical documentary called The Foolishness of God: Desmond Tutu and Forgiveness. In 2007 Kuhlmann traveled to South Africa to interview former Afrikaner secret police hired to assassinate Tutu, as well as the Bishop himself. Years in the making, it will be released in 2009.
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Dave Selle - Director of Photography

Born and bred on the Alaskan Frontier, Dave Selle has photographed numerous music videos, commercials and short films. His feature credits include Stephen Patrick Walker's "Judges" and the upcoming "Book of Ruth". He also photographed the indie-action film "Nuclear" and the romantic musical "Before We Close". He's currently reading the works of Geoff Johns.

See His Demo Reel @ www.DaveSelle.com
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Richard Watson - Co-Producer/Editor

Born and raised in central Texas, Richard has spent most of his life involved in the music and film community. From my early days touring around Texas in a beat up suburban playing empty bars, he knew that he wanted to meld the music in his heart with the stories in his head. He has worked in countless productions in every position imaginable learning and absorbing any and all information that will one day lead him to the creation of the next "Great American Film".