re: ‘Holy grail of shipwrecks’: recovery of 18th-century Spanish ship could begin in April

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You first survey the booty, re-bury it.

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Or just don’t tell any government and go to a private equity group to fund extraction of the goods. Split the proceeds quietly. Leave a little bit at the wreck then say “hey you found it”

Kind of like when you find 50 kilos of coke washed up on the beach and report 5 kilos to the cops