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The wrecks in the lakes are well preserved for many reasons where as wrecks in the ocean deteriorate, it seems reasonable that if left alone as they have been since they sank the artifacts on lakes wrecks will remain as they are for many years however if artifacts are left on ocean wrecks they will disappear forever when the wreck deteriorates. Plunder or preserve?? In the ocean we plunder to preserve. At 01:05 23/01/97 -0500, you wrote: >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 >+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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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