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Pretty wild story. Reminded me of the story of salvaging a Roman trade vessel off the coast of Greece. Everyone carefully cataloged and managed the various amph
by ChuckMcM 1y ago
Pretty wild story. Reminded me of the story of salvaging a Roman trade vessel off the coast of Greece. Everyone carefully cataloged and managed the various amphorae of trade goods, and one of the divers made off with a quarter million dollars worth of lead keel weights. :-)
- M95D 1y agoDo you have a link?
- ChuckMcM 1y agoI've been looking for it but have yet to find it. My memory has it being in Smithsonian magazine but I've gone through the last 6 years that I have digitized and nothing.
- ChuckMcM 1y agoNow we have a modern version: https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2023/06/01/chinese-ship-accused-of-looting-iconic-wwii-wrecks/ https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2023...
- BurningFrog 1y agoWith lead costing about $2/kilo, that would be about 125 tons of lead.
- ChuckMcM 1y ago"Roman" lead has no Cesium in it, which is important for some radiological instruments.