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In a message dated 97-01-22 08:37:01 EST, KEN@co*.ci*.uf*.ed* (Ken Sallot) writes: << I leave my hammer, crowbar, and chisel in my toolbox at home where it belongs. >> Right on. It's kind of interesting to listen to people talking about all the implements of destruction they haul along with them on wreck dives when I come from the climate of wreck preservation which is prevalent here on the Great Lakes. The state of Michigan prohibits taking anything off a shipwreck within its waters; some of the other states are following its lead with similar laws. I've heard all the arguments in favor of salvage of artifacts by sport divers, but, in spite of my own desire to have my own brass porthole, I have to agree with the preservation ethic. Over the last few years I have dove on far-from-virgin wrecks with the masts still standing, deadeyes still on the chainplates, anchors still hung on the catheads, belaying pins still in place in the rails, and nameboards still in place on the bow. I know I'm not the first diver to see these sights, nor will I be the last. Recovered artifacts look nice all cleaned up and displayed in a museum, but they're a lot more interesting on the bottom where they belong. Dan ========================================================= Daniel R. Fountain [Lake Superior] dfountain@ao*.co* CIS 76545,1467 "Diving skills cannot be taught, they can only be learned." - Richard Pyle ========================================================= +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Please send messages for the WreckDiver list to: wreckdiver@wreckdiver.com Send subscription and help requests to: wreckdiver-request@wreckdiver.com +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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