Even during the days of financial prosperity archaeology still had to struggle to find the money to fund field work. In an interview with Gregg Stemm, founder of Odyssey Marine Exploration, published yesterday on Speigel Online Mr. Stemm had some very interesting comments. In particular, he points out that ONE excavation, that of the HMS Victory Continue reading →
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009Admiral Balchin’s HMS Victory Discovered by Odyssey Marine Exploration
Monday, February 2nd, 2009Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (NasdaqCM: OMEX), has discovered the British warship HMS Victory which was lost at sea in 1744. The HMS Victory sank during a storm in 1744 with at least 900 men aboard and it is believed that the ship had more than 4 tons of gold coins on board, which could be worth Continue reading →