Gboy,
Its difficult to get funding if you will not "TRUST" the funder! any funder big or small needs to probe on his eye where he invested his HARD EARNED MONEY,, There are many interested people there who is much capable of shelling out cash but may not do so as there is no trust in between..I think its impossible unless show the "THING" to the funder...I dont think a legitimate funder will ever think of grabbing the whole of treasure as he already haves money!! People who haves money will never think of much more than they could chew...Like a very rich man,,He actually dont think of even shared with it! All he wanted is the adrenalin of finding a treasure on his eyes and thats it...I already experienced this with my participations on some explorations like in carribean islands to gulf and red sea to portugal...those treasure researchers are only interested on "PAYING BACK THEIR FUNDERS" and all remains for them is just another research and listings/documentations of the find..they simply wanted their names to be listed as tools in finding the treasure..they never asked for a huge bonuses or percentage..they are just happy with their participation in treasure recovery and they are not that wealthy either but they are happy,,after recoveries,,its like nothing had happened..they dont even check their accounts if their share are there or not,,,the main thing is,,,THEY HAVE TRUST IN EACH OTHER...As they always says,,,they lived in one boat....