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Date: | Fri, 3 Mar 1995 15:19:34 -0800 |
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One must wonder how many of the objects being sold by treasure hunters are real
and how many are copies or outright fakes. Because the pillaging of treasure
ships by such thieves is done with little or no recording at the site or during
the "curation," the material has very little scientific value. Because of the
ease of making counterfeit coins and other things (using the gold bars found on
the wreck or modern gold) the con artists can add considerable value to their
ill-begotten loot.
As far as I am concerned the material from these wrecks is worth only their
scrap metal content and nothing else. The lack of provenience information and
credible curational notes makes their historical value suspect. Anyone who buys
this material is a fool and worse, has encouraged others to destroy another
irreplaceable site. I curse each and everyone of them. May the souls of the
drowned sailors come to haunt you.
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