In all seriousness now (As I am a continual jokester about most things) what has always kinda confused me is this "virgin wreck" thing.
It was a virgin, what, 4-5 years ago? So next year? it'll be opened up to the public. So in the mean time, the "surveyors/finders/etc" are secretly doing the initial raping under the guise of "science and preservation". To be sure they're probably doing some measurments and stuff, but really, big deal. It seems to be what I had said earlier, "Don't touch anything I haven't had a chance to bag yet". "And then when I'm done taking what I want, you guys shouldn't take anything that is left."
I dunno man.
Either way it doesn't matter much to me as it's an individual thing, which isn't controlable to a large extent.
I often wondered, on our local Tiller wreck, where it's been well known that NO ONE is to go inside the wreck, which included those that did the initial survey, know EXACTLY how the inside looks like! They can even document how the inside has changed over the last 2-3 years!
hehehehe
That's hilarious!
Lets get down to brass tacks and at least be honest enough to admit that damn near everyone steam-rolls over the legislation that governs these wrecks. I'm not saying it's right, but I'm saying lets be honest here.
My home is open to all that would take a look at what I own from the underwater realm. How many reading this would be able to do the same without spilling a cache of great lake artifacts?
Thoughts?
Steve