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GulfCoast66

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14. I thought wrecks were fair game.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2020, 12:03 AM

May 2020

International waters. Salvage has always been a thing.

Does anyone object to the folks here in Florida that find the old Spanish Ships and get the treasure? Men died on them as well.

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Judge: Salvage firm can recover Titanic's telegraph machine [View all] Omaha Steve May 2020 OP

A slippery slope for future cuttings. machoneman May 2020 #1

That could be next. Chicago1980 May 2020 #2

To me one of the very most fascinating factoids about the PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #3

may open the door for other salvage, wonder it it will be taken all the way to the fascist court? nt yaesu May 2020 #4

What's the matter with people. Its a cemetary. marble falls May 2020 #5

Cemeteries are dug up all the time csziggy May 2020 #6

And for the most part they shouldn't be. How about we start digging up civil war graves ... marble falls May 2020 #7

Well, I know at least some of my ancestors have been dug up csziggy May 2020 #8

Try calling an egyptologist a grave robber and see how they react ansible May 2020 #10

The difference is also partly the race or status being excavated csziggy May 2020 #11

They aren't retrieving any bones, but they are correct the radio will be lost forever. nt EX500rider May 2020 #9

Recollect reading somewhere (Quora I think...so take it with a grain of salt)... Xolodno May 2020 #13

The Edmund Fitzgerald's bell is in a Whitefish Point museum along Lake Superior. roamer65 May 2020 #12

I thought wrecks were fair game. GulfCoast66 May 2020 #14