In Texas there is the Southwest Underwater Archaeological Society. They are a group of divers and avocational archaeologist who work with the State Marine Archaeologist of Texas to help locate and document historic wrecks of texas.
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wreckdiver1715:Yet, my old home state of Texas has some of the most restrictive rules and regulations on the salvage of shipwrecks. Damn Aggie’s! The Arches at A&M are definitely in control, no one but the academic types can salvage old shipwrecks, and the yahoos in Austin bought into all that academic bull and made it law. Don’t Mess with Texas Shipwrecks! Oh yea! All you treasure hunters move to Florida.
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james croft:I have a modest collection of portholes, lanterns,binnacle, etc. and they needed no preservation. If the good Lord did not want us to have a porthole, he would not have made them out of brass.
LVX:Believe me, I am not a traditional academic. I do believe there is room for a compromise.
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