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Re:Spanish archaeologists discover trove of ancient shipwrec... by analog31 on Monday April 27, 2026 @11:59PM (#47930304)
I suppose this is an area where amateurs can help out. I live near the Great Lakes. Once in the while, amateur divers will discover a new shipwreck. It's like the way that amateur astronomers used to look for comets with the hope of being the first to report one.
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Re:Spanish archaeologists discover trove of ancient shipwrec... by riffraff on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @02:51AM (#47931181)
in Italy there are "archeological groups"[0] which are amateurs that mostly help with maintaining and popularizing archeological findings.

I think actually excavating stuff is beyond their purvue tho.

[0] https://gruppiarcheologici.org/

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Re:Spanish archaeologists discover trove of ancient shipwrec... by nradov on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @06:12AM (#47932465)
Divers almost never just randomly find a shipwreck underwater. Usually they'll spot some kind of object on sonar first, then dive to check it out.
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