architecad
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I'm dying waiting this trial be over and see all $500M of coins be back at home(Spain). I will be there to celebrate, cover a news video shooting, drink wine and see Flamenco dancer on any plaza.
architecad said:I'm dying waiting this trial be over and see all $500M of coins be back at home(Spain). I will be there to celebrate, cover a news video shooting, drink wine and see Flamenco dancer on any plaza.
Archcad WE will be celebrating when the coins go at auction next year at the Orlando coin show. The Flamenco dancers will be bidding.
And if one of your ancestors had a shipment of coins on the Mercedes you would be rooting for Odyssey.
aquanut said:It is clear to me that the ONLY reason Spain is interested in this wreck , or any of the others, is because there is treasure aboard. Treasure that can be converted into MONEY! There is NO cultural or historical value here. So all you bleeding hearts, and you know who you are, have absolutely no reason to celebrate the loss of treasure to the finder. I still stand on the position that if given the opportunity and the means, that all of us serious treasure hunters are better equipped than the state archaeologists to hunt for and salvage old wrecks. Let's have a little game here. How many wrecks have the archaeologists found? How many wrecks have the treasure hunters found?
Who has donated the most treasure and artifacts to the state and various museums? Who has enlightened the world to submerged history? I GUARANTY YOU it was NOT the archaeological community! The archaeologists have contributed greatly, but only after someone else has made the discovery. So get off your arrogant High Horse!
...Aquanut
aquanut said:O.K.
So you think Odyessy was wrong. I think they knew as soon as Spain got wind of "TREASURE" that they were going to have a problem. I would have done exactly what they did. Spain, nor anyone else, for that matter has claim to unidentified treasure. The ship was not in evidence and until treasure is brought to the surface, who in the hell can determine its source. I also disagree with these laws of late where governments can lay broad claims and step in to make a salvor look like a criminal.
By the Way... I don't see where Universities, Museums, UNESCO, Institutions or archaeologists should concern themselves over a bunch of coins with the same date on them. Where is the cultural/historical value? Is it perhaps in the repetitive artwork on the coins?
Aquanut
aquanut said:How many wrecks have the archaeologists found? How many wrecks have the treasure hunters found?
Who has donated the most treasure and artifacts to the state and various museums? Who has enlightened the world to submerged history? I GUARANTY YOU it was NOT the archaeological community! The archaeologists have contributed greatly, but only after someone else has made the discovery. So get off your arrogant High Horse!
...Aquanut