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Its been muted in England too, similar prohibitive legislation which precludes divers from wrecks greater than 50 years old I think, Well over here thats most wrecks. The legislation is generally made by politicians who don't actually care about the sea and whats in it, but fear they may be missing out on something.
We found a wreck a few years back and have dated it to around 1795, its probably a collier, but we did all the right things and reported it to the receiver of wrecks, the reference number given for our wreck indicated that in the whole of England only 5 new wrecks were reported, we knew of 2.........what a joke. How many people work for the receiver of wrecks in England.....that would be 2 people...................how do they expect to police matters???
I'm all for stopping gross looting or damage to preserved wrecks, but they need to use their heads. The more legislation bought in will simply result in less reporting, not less looting. I think the current age of diving is happier taking video, not artifacts unless its a bell or something?
Cheers
Mike
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