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I don't know the story here because of the paywall but there's another take on this. An friend of mine who's an archeologist and is specialised in boat anchors
by boudin 6y ago
I don't know the story here because of the paywall but there's another take on this.
An friend of mine who's an archeologist and is specialised in boat anchors was telling me that what makes the job hard is the looting. Treasure hunters would often damage a shipwrecks to get things out and take things that are needed by archeologist to a point where identifying the boat can't be possible anymore. This unfortunately happens quite often.
- Aeronwen 6y agohttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/13/feds-chase-treasure-hunter-turned-fugitive/15578721/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/13/feds-c... Was the story from when he disappeared.
- meowfly 6y agoThere is a book titled Shadow Divers (I would recommend) that goes into this a bit. The book tells the story of wreck divers who find a U-boat not far from New Jersey. The story echos your friend's concern. Wreck divers will remove anything they can from these sunken vessels; placards, insignia, gauges, etc. They will also damage the vessel in order to make room to continue exploring. The German government was also not happy with the book's protagonists because they deem sunken vessels as graves and believe they should remain undisturbed.