Methinks the USAF is depending too heavily on finding radiation, and not on finding the bomb itself.
And they only searched an area the size of four football fields.
Not trying very hard, I'd say...
"Clive Cussler found the H.L. Hunley in similar conditions"
Somebody call Dirk Pitt. He'll find it in a day or two and get the girl as well (There's always a girl)
"Clive Cussler found the H.L. Hunley in similar conditions..."
I think some other guy is claiming he found it first, like 25 years before Cussler, and has some documentatin. Either way, it was found, which I guess was your point.