MORE AND BEYOND OSSY
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Alexandre said:Why am I looking for a treasure ship, old man?
For 7 main reasons:
1) because none was ever excavated by archaeologists, which will be a scientific breakthough;
2) because a Spanish ship of that time and period was never excavated and, thus, finding one will fill in a void in nautical history of Iberian ships;
3) because I tracked down it's whole story in the archives and thus can complete it with the archaeological recording of it's remains;
4) because I want to show that archaeologists can do a much, much better job, with that treasure than any treasure hunter would do, finally showing how treasures are better treated under UNESCO CPUH than with Admiralty salvage law;
5) because I want to get Spain and Portugal together, both signers of the UNESCO CPUH, on an common project;
6) because I am having a lot of fun with this project of mine;
7) and, finally, I want to appear in National Geographic, with a gold bar tagged as any archaeological find - from a ceramic shred to an astrolabe, to musket shot, to a ballast stone - would be tagged. After all, it's just gold, as cultural heritage as an olive jar.
As a side remark, let me say that some of my peers are not that enthusiastic with my public proclamation that I am going for a treasure ship. It seems that treasure is taboo in some archaeological circles...
[/quote Great to hear Alexandre, it could not be in better hands
When do you expect to start your project.
Ossy