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Thomas, I have never been on a charter on the Great Lakes and NOT been told hands off!!! Checkout http://underwateroutfitters.com/charter.html The first thing below the heading on the page is an excerpt from the Michigan State law. I can tell you from experiance that that Capt. does not just say it he MEANS IT!!! If you take a look at http://underwateroutfitters.com/photo.html you may start to get an idea why Great Lakes divers are so protestive of their wrecks. The Dunderburg went down in 1868. Today you can still see the red paint on the eyes of the figurehead!!! There are many artifacts on some of these wrecks and at least a few on most of them. All of the charters up here will tell you not to disterb the wrecks. And most of them MEEN IT!!! If cought with artifacts onboard the sheriff can and most likely will impound their boat and everything onboard. Many of us on the south side of the Lakes show equal restraint!!! At 10:57 AM 12/22/98 , Thomas Rasbeck wrote: >Actually, there are a number of sites on the Canadian side where artifacts >are left on decks of wrecks. Our northern neighbors have shown a remarkable >amount of restraint >and most of the stuff remains year after year. As of yet, I have heard of >no one being told DON'T TOUCH on wrecks, but I don't pretend to speak for >the Canadians. There are many web sites dedicated to shipwreck preservation >and shipwreck exploration(diving) all at the same time. No boogie man >hiding in these closets threatening the banning of shipwreck enjoyment. > >---------- >> From: Wahooorg@ao*.co* >> To: vbtech@ci*.co*; trasbeck@dr*.co* >> Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com >> Subject: Re: Diver charged for looting the Empress >> Date: Thursday, December 24, 1998 12:41 PM >> >> I think you will be greatly surprised, not to see the silverware and >plates >> while diving. They have all been removed to protect them, by the people >who >> say DON'T TOUCH and 95% never to be seen again >> captain steve bielenda >> >> In a message dated 12/24/1998 8:18:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, >> captjt@mi*.co* writes: >> >> > >Someone questioned on this list where would we see plates and >silverware >> > >left in place. >> > >Answer: Many places in the St.Lawrence River........ >> > >> > OK your have 24hrs to tell us exactly where!Don't worry , I will treat >it >> > as an old pile of wood:) >> > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > Bill (aquadart) Bott -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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