THE CURSE OF
THE BLACK SEA
Hristo and Val Milkov, father and son with a life-long interest in the underwater treasures of the Black Sea, renew efforts to discover the treasure of the first makers of gold in the World in the shallows of the Black Sea with sophisticated machinery and superb scuba diving skills.
2025
REALITY TV
TREASURE HUNT
The Curse of the Black Sea follows Val and Hristo through their efforts to find the treasure from the first people who processed gold in the world. The series shall discus the history of the Black Sea, recent discoveries, theories, technologies used to explore and earlier investigations of shallow water of the Black Sea which is the hotspot of what we know about ancient civilizations and is was very little explored because it was under the iron curtain.
THE SEA WAS A LAKE
This vast sea was once a prehistoric lake, unconnected to the world’s oceans.
Catastrophic Deluge
How the lake became flooded and become a sea is still a mistery. Some scientists, William Ryan and Walter Pitman have argued that there was a catastrophic deluge. Led by this theory was the discoverer of Titanic, Robart Ballard and others who believe that the Mediterenian Sea flooded the lake through Bosphorus while this flood was supported by the melting rivers as a result of the Ice age.
This flood inspired the biblical flood story.
Nowdays scientists believe that could even find the remains of the Noah’s Ark at the bottom of the Black Sea because of the anoxisity of the Sea (lack of oxigen) .
RICH EVIDENCE
Along the shores of the Black Sea there is much evidence of early humans.
DISCOVERED GOLD
The people who settled the land were the first ones in the world to discover gold and process it in a very fine jewelry.
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
In the sea’s hidden depths a few archeologists with very heavy equipment and new technology already found shipwrecks from a few centuries back.
However, based on experience, Val is certain that the gold treasure of the first settlers is in the shallows.
UNEXPLORED SEA
Until today, the Black Sea had very little explorations. Flagged by 6 countries, the Black Sea, for most of the 20th century was hidden behind the Iron curtain.
That is not just a theory. Val, one of the main charecters of te reality show and the producer has heard about discoveries in the shallows of the Black Sea and actually he has seen them.
FROM THE PRODUCER
For the next years Val and Ico are daring to explore the shallows of the Black Sea.
You can join their team or support them in this once in a life time adventure to be shown in documentary series.
CHARACTERS
- Val: Has an undrewater archaeology degree from Indina Universtiy, USA where he has become an US Open Champion in swimmings. Val been snorkeling at the Black Sea since 6 years of age and has been scuba diving since 12 years of age. He is inspired by his father, Hristo Hristo who is one of the first underwater explorers. Besides being one of the characters he is also the producer with his experience in running multi-million dollar projects as IT Project Manager.
- Ico: He is the father of Val. Ico or Hristo is truly one of the first underwater explorers in Bulgaria. He scuba diving career began when he was invited to dive into the “Evil’s throat” cave where divers lost their lives. He is retired navy seal who has over 4,000 recorded underwater time and as much unrecorded. He is the diving mentor.
- ? – Treasure seekers – check below for the casting
NOW CASTING WORLDWIDE
We’re searching for explorers from all around the world who think they’ve got what it takes to find the treasure of the people who first processed gold in the world.
Set at the archeological hotspot of what we know about ancient civilizations, the Black Sea shallows, the treasure seekers will face demanding, daring and intense challenges while having fun with elite archeologists and scuba divers.
To participate tell us a little about yourself and send us a short intro video of yourself via our email [email protected]
Casting will start only when we collect enough funding to start this adventure. Check below for details.
All travel and accommodations will be covered by the production, once the funding goal is collected
The explorers need to have courage, stamina, strength and smarts to quickly find uncover the treasures of the Black Sea and the glory of sharing any profits equally within the team, so we assure you that at the end you will either enrich your treasure hunting experience and/or become a millionaire.
SUPPORT US
You’re in! You’ve got your foot in the door. At this level, you’ll get access to the crowdfunding updates – the place for our secret stretch goal rewards throughout the campaign! Plus, you’ll be able to increase your pledge AFTER the campaign to a higher-level reward package or gain special post-campaign Add-On Rewards.
And you’ll get access to the exclusive backer only On the Set, On the Boat Day live stream tour of one of our adventure days in the shallows of the Black Sea!
Get access to our personal video diaries during the treasure hunting progress. This will include us visiting sites, design updates, Q&A’s, seeing the sets come to life and access to the exclusive opening day live stream at the Black Sea. This is going to be a crazy journey, come along for the ride! Updates will be through our website.
Be immortalized on a permanent wall of our treasure hunting boat, handwritten by Val and Ico. Choose either your name or a tag on the great wall of our boat as a true the Curse of the Black Sea supporter. We will use this wall as our place to discuss updates of our explorations which will be filmed for the documentary series. Your name will be seen forever during our treasure hunting!
Want your face immortalized on the boat of the Curse of the Black Sea? Are you enticed by the thought of our crew looking into your eyes while we drink our morning coffee?
You’ll be added to the Mural wall in our boat. Give us an image of what you want on it, and our mural artist will incorporate it into the wall. Could be an image of you, an avatar, a pet, your D&D character or anything else! (Within reason)
We’ll use this wall as our new the Curse of the Black Sea update space which will be part of shooting the documentary series, so you’ll be seen forever!
The Counciler members play a leading role in this extraordinary exploration in the Black Sea shallow waters. In thanks for your commitment, you’ll receive exclusive, behind-the-scenes access throughout the treasure hunt and filming the Curse of the Black Sea.