Posted by Steve on August 16, 2002 at 16:03:53:
In Reply to: Re: Plunder and Pillage posted by Melvin on August 16, 2002 at 06:42:40:
"As you said about diving the Moody, the wheel was rusting and missing a few spokes, yet I bet you enjoyed seeing it sitting in the wheel house with a fish or two swiming through it. On your return visit, was not the visit to the wheel house was somewhat less for the lack of the artifact?"
Melvin, you are presenting a very good agruement especially the one above and I'm starting to waffle and rethink my position on artifact removal. But to put it in perspective, as one bug diver said if he doesn't take it then the next diver will so without some sort of decree protecting the wreck it's a free for all.
Steve Kenney