Shipwreck Recovery & Salvage

[AussieTreasureHunter83]

Hi TN community,

I was wondering if there is any good reading material out there in regards to shipwreck recovery & or salvage?
I would consider myself as an amateur historian/archeologist, but would love to learn more about salvaging or recovering a wreck and expand my knowledge on this area for future endeavours.

as always any advise or help is very much appreciated.

Cheers all,
AussieTreasureHunter83

 

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[grantler]

Hello Sir,

There are a lot of books on wrecks, wreck diving and underwater treasure hunting. Here are a few from my archive. But beware books are just the beginning. The real research starts in the archives of the respective countries.

Just as Crow has already written in another post.
If you need more Infos on these books jast let me know .
cheerio grantler (aka Rainer)

 

[AussieTreasureHunter83]

Hello Sir,

There are a lot of books on wrecks, wreck diving and underwater treasure hunting. Here are a few from my archive. But beware books are just the beginning. The real research starts in the archives of the respective countries.

Just as Crow has already written in another post.
If you need more Infos on these books jast let me know .
cheerio grantler (aka Rainer)

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Thank you so much Grantler for a treasure trove of book titles. I love reading about this topic!!

 

[Crow]

Old Crow salutes the old sea dogs who savaged a ship during WW2
1940: Niagara sunk by German mine The secret cargo of 590 bars of gold and half the New Zealand Army's small-arms ammunition sank with the ship. The gold, valued at NZ$230 million in 2016 dollars, was salvaged in 1942.

There efforts was amazing in the middle of war and in a mine field. The salvage hand guys hanging over the side in the swell pushing sea mines away from the salvage vessel and tender.

Just an awesome recovery operation.

You can see their story here below.

Niagara gold part 1

Niagara gold part 2

Niagara gold part 3


Crow

 

[Keg1717]

Hello Sir,

There are a lot of books on wrecks, wreck diving and underwater treasure hunting. Here are a few from my archive. But beware books are just the beginning. The real research starts in the archives of the respective countries.

Just as Crow has already written in another post.
If you need more Infos on these books jast let me know .
cheerio grantler (aka Rainer)

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Any of those books walk you through what to do when you find a shipwreck

 

[PTid]

Hi TN community,

I was wondering if there is any good reading material out there in regards to shipwreck recovery & or salvage?
I would consider myself as an amateur historian/archeologist, but would love to learn more about salvaging or recovering a wreck and expand my knowledge on this area for future endeavours.

as always any advise or help is very much appreciated.

Cheers all,
AussieTreasureHunter83

First...Go to law school. You'll need to in the real world.

 

[Old Bookaroo]

Hi TN community,

I was wondering if there is any good reading material out there in regards to shipwreck recovery & or salvage?
I would consider myself as an amateur historian/archeologist, but would love to learn more about salvaging or recovering a wreck and expand my knowledge on this area for future endeavours.

as always any advise or help is very much appreciated.

Cheers all,
AussieTreasureHunter83

Ahoy!

The classic is "The Homewrecker" - John S. Potter "Treasure Diver's Guide" - I recommend the revised edition. The paperback reprint should include a laid-in detailed bibliography.

I think Joe Gore's "Marine Salvage" is first-rate.

And Sir Robert Marx has published several useful works - including "Sunken Treasure; How to Find It" and "Treasure Recovery; Land and Sea."

Finally, for the DIY "Frogfoot" Weller's "Salvaging Sunken Spanish Treasure" is packed with useful information from a successful authority.

Good luck to all,

The Old Bookaroo

 

[PTid]

First...Go to law school. You'll need to in the real world.

My first reply was a little short and for that I apologize. I can help you with some of my research as it can help as a type of road map. Most of my research is with paddle wheel steamships through WW II. I have thousands of pages. First few questions you should ask yourself. What type of ships do you want to salvage. The Modern era or old (Spanish galleon type). Two different ways to research. Decide on how to profit from it. Spanish silver has little actual market value beyond the weight value. Gold coins or bars are highly sought after. On modern shipwrecks, you have gold, silver, platinum, rare earth, tin, etc. I've attached a sample document. It's WW II, study the cargo. Use the internet to locate the market value of each. Tons are in long tons.