Begining research on unidentified wrecks

[coldwaterdiver]

\'looking for any info on starting research on newly discovered wrecks\'

[drm]

Check out for starters our Shipwreck Regulations page.

Also, check out AUE.

[plankton]

\'I was reading that the Osprey out of Barcelona NY found the GJ Whelan and 2 other wrecks in Lake Eerie this summer.\'

[Dive7mmwet]

I use Goggle,local library's and news papers,also a local historian may be of help to you,coastgaurd also and insurance co.s 

 But be warned even if you think your first to a site and spend time and money and your hard work to get a name on a wreck Some one will come along and say 'Oh We found it first,or we dove it! so I just call myself the Great Rediscovererer! this ends all the other stuff!

And make your find public so others can enjoy,a hid wreck serves no value unless your in that secret club of old wreck hunters that love to strip artifacts and stash them in basements or let them rot in back yards.

Last trust no one !wreck hunters And  Ship Wreck Researchers can be some of the lowest forms of life on earth,not all but some!They will run public with your find,grab the news,and make self serving lies,stab you in the back and throw you out in the wind to lay and try to cover the facts to protect the looters of the past! As this has been done to me!

  Last of all it is the Greatest thing to find or discover a new site! Freakin GREAT! so go too it and be safe, And it looks like we may have a new wreck located on LakeMichigan and just got to get a name on her!

Brad  Ingersoll

[Narcosis]

drm (11/3/2005)Check out for starters our http://www.divingindepth.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=679&tabindex=4'>Shipwreck Regulations page.

Also, check out http://uwex.us/'>AUE.

 

I actually dove with Mike the founder of AUE and the book 'Wrecks of the sunshine state'. We did the RJ thompson in the Gulf of Mexico last month. I found interesting what he said about wreck divers in general. The real wrecks, the old ones that weren''t intentionally sunk, and are harder to find are the one''s nobody wants to dive. Apparently because they are harder to find, and there isn''t the big cool wreck to see. what''s usually left is a litle bit of hull or a ballast pile, but those are the wrecks with real historical relevance unlike the site seeing wrecks like the Duane in Key Largo. It''s made me rethink how I look at wrecks.

I for one would love to find a 'Virgin' historical wreck, but I don''t know that I''m qualified, or have the right equipment needed to locate such wrecks. If I do find one it will probably be dumb luck, but I will keep trying either way

[Mossback]

For those of you who want the best of both worlds - diving on an ancient wreck AND being able to see the ship - you should try the freshwater wrecks in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River.

In the ocean wrecks of these vintages are nothing but coral encrusted mounds of ballast stones.  Sometimes there is some wood left buried in the sand - but most often only the non ferrous metal objects are left.

Its a real thrill - and no need to rinse everything afterwards!

Still careful scientific examination of a wreck/wreck site will reveal much about the society who built it, including the date.