Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
The shape was found at the bottom of the Gulf of Bothnia during a
search for a sunken wreck which contained several cases of champagne.
Seems like an awful lot of trouble to go through to get a few cases of
champagne.
Did you see they are selling some bottle for 20,000 euros? Who would be
so dumb as to pay that much for liquor from 1907? See:
http://www.oceanexplorer.se/index.html
It does not seem to be very profitable though. They are asking for
donations.
Arthur Clarke said one sure way to lose a fortune is to find sunken
treasure. He actually did find undersea treasure, and he lost his shirt
recovering it. Quite a story. That was a long time ago. I think the
methods of recovering stuff from underwater are cheaper and better now. See
http://www.shipofgoldinfo.com
<http://www.shipofgoldinfo.com/?gclid=CPDVzYmYtKoCFVAD2godVz2Pyw>
- Jed
