some one selling old ship wreck stuff on craigs list

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Your right about Ken. I think the person who puts the time and effort into the discovery gets to decide what to do with it. I look forward to diving the wrecks he has discovered and I appreciate all of his sacrifices to the diving community. He also runs a dive charter business. I hope to dive off his boat and listen to the dive stories behind the discoveries. 8)



                    I watched over the last 3 decades things dissappear off wrecks, AND a few, things reappear, THANKS to Kenny and the GLSPS. Kenny's a decent guy, he would do the right thing. ( Would we even know of the position of the Kamloops,  today, if it werent for Kenny?) But you cant protect all the wrecks all the time. I've had dinner off the Mesquite's china, and used her wrenches to repair my trailer. It was after all, the Coasrt Guard who sunk $40,000 tool cabinets because (in their opinion,,,,,,) it wasnt worth removing and recatorgorizing, any item worth less then $250, not looking at the tool box as a single item, but instead looking at each socket and wrench individually. Who actually paid for that stuff, the Coast Guard? No, you, and I did! Who paid for the Atocha, the Aztecs, the Spainards, ( werent they the first ones to steal it?) the state of Fla., the US gov.? Both those last two laid claim to it in part and whole. How about Mel Fischer, who lost offspring to it, he paid a high price. Would we even know today the treasures of the Atocha if it wasnt for Mel. I believe the shipwreck America (on Isle Royale) is much less the wreck today because of it being a "free for all" in the past, although today much more preserved due to Kenny and the GLSPS. I am torn on this issue, as to how to protect wrecks, would I rather see ALL the items on the museum ship the "Meteror" back on the bottom of the Great Lakes, OF COURSE! Might some of those items be lost FOREVER to someones garage or basement, only to be thrown out by a surviving relative, rather then be returned to Kenny for the  Put it back program?  Of Course! Might some of them be lost to the shifting sands of time, settling into the silt, as much of the Atocha was? Once again, Of Course! To make it illegal to steal a  piece of eight, to say the least,, is limited security, for that shiny gold coin lying the shifting sand surrounding the HMS Looe. I believe shipwrecks are a finite resource, and as such, should be protected, it is a shame that wind and wave, salt and surge, will take their toll over time, it is a much shame that some divers too will take their toll.     
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