The Search for Noah's Ark

We all have seen television shows and movies about the search for Noah's ark. It is clear that it is a dream on the part of many people that someone or some team will find it and confirm a literal reading of the book of Genesis.

What kind of a God would put us through this? Would hide such a piece of important evidence for thousands of years. What kind of a God would want us to care about such a thing?

Quotation from Spong's 'The Hebrew Lord'

"The primary purpose of the gospel design is to lift our vision, not to give documentary photographs to baffle our minds."