The boys helped Tony prepare a simple lunch of soup and sandwiches, then all hands retired to the front porch to eat.
Up the beach, there were signs of activity around the frogmen's boat. As they ate and watched, the boat moved away from the pier and approached the reef, where it anchored. Rick went to get the binoculars and focused them on the scene.
Two frogmen, complete with suits, went over the side right where their buoys floated!
"They're diving at the wreck!" he exclaimed.
Zircon took the glasses and watched, then handed them to Tony.
The archaeologist muttered, "Surely they can't be interested in the treasure. It would be simply too much coincidence for them even to know about it."
"Maybe they're just looking to see what interested us," Scotty offered, and his explanation seemed the most plausible.
The group watched until the frogmen surfaced and the boat went back to its pier.
"Scotty has it," Zircon agreed. "From what we've seen, I'd say they simply followed our buoy lines down to see what we had been doing."
"If that's the extent of their interest, I don't see how we could object," Tony said. "Or even if they tried for the treasure we'd have no grounds for objecting. The ship is anyone's property after all these years."