PRECIOUS OLD NEWS I (July 1932 - June 2005)

A selection of old news and articles on Shipwrecks,
U/W Archaeology, Treasure recoveries &tc...

(Regularly updated... More than 300 exclusive stories
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Search on for secret of Greek sea battle - June 2005

Global Marine Ltd. to sell recovered shipwreck artifacts - June 2005

Shipwreck found in Missouri River - Dec. 2004

The shipwreck tragedy of the A.R.A Fournier - Nov. 2004

Irish shipwrecks studied in new book - Nov. 2004

Shipwrecks around States Island South Atlantic, Argentina - Nov. 2004

The Phoenix Steamboat - Shipwreck Discovered - Nov. 2004

Black Sea slowly gives up ancient secrets - Oct. 2004

1822 letter describes shipwreck - Oct. 2004

182-year-old shipwrecks possibly found - Sept. 2004

Laboratory brings shipwreck relics to Indiana University - Sept. 2004

Shipwreck salvors see treasure for the taking - Sept. 2004

In the land of fire, a shipwreck story - Sept. 2004

Artifacts tell the tale of 1850 shipwreck - Aug. 2004

In shipwrecks, new clues to a buried past - July 2004

Shipwreck pays tribute to 278 sunken ships - July 2004

Surviving the Titanic, Argentina way - July 2004

Explorers search for slave shipwreck off Florida - July 2004

Sunken treasure brings tidal wave of trouble - June 2004

Portuguese shipwreck a real treasure - May 2004

Sailing the Cinnamon Route - March 2004

400-year-old treasure - Feb. 2004

Bid to find lost Persian armada - Jan. 2004

Shipwreck gold found off U.S.—Worth $180,000,000 ? - Dec. 2003

Historic Hawai'i wreck found - Oct. 2003

Wreck adventurer's fiction revealed as true after 270 years - Oct. 2003

Cold war spy plane found in Baltic Sea - Oct. 2003

Gold rush-era shipwreck on Northern California coast - Aug. 2003

Mary Rose divers' exciting find - Aug. 2003

MIT - shipwrecks in deep seas - July 2003

India's underwater heritage - May 2003

Treasures under the sea - March 2003

Remembering Great Lakes marine disasters - Feb. 2003

Greece guards sunken treasures - Feb. 2003

Ancient Greek wreck found in Black Sea - Jan. 2003

Bones unearthed at medieval ship site - Dec. 2002

New submarine discoveries spark interest in submerged cities - Dec. 2002

Shipwreck census - Nov. 2002

Wreck adventurer's fiction revealed as true after 270 years - Oct. 2002

The shipwrecks of Astypalaia give up their treasure troves - Oct. 2002

Finding shipwrecks and then putting them online - Sept. 2002

Gun turret of Civil War shipwreck raised from ocean floor - Aug. 2002

2,000-year old ship's discovery - Aug. 2002

'Wrecked British ship' found off India - June 2002

Is it JFK's PT 109 ? - May 2002

The tanks that didn't land on D-Day - May 2002

Sunken mystery ship may give up secrets - May 2002

A 200-year-old gift from under the sea - Apr. 2002

A new theory puts Chinese fleet ahead of Columbus - March. 2002

X-ray analysis may help conservators save waterlogged artifacts - Feb. 2002

British wreck off Gibraltar may hold £2.5bn of gold - Feb. 2002

The Water Witch of Lake Champlain - Oct. 2001

Roman shipwrecks from the wine. Dark Sea - Oct. 2001

Wisconsin shipwrecks: finders keepers ? - Sept. 2001

Steamship Champlain - Aug. 2001

Wartime shipwrecks are surveyed - June 2001

Great Lakes treasure ship found - June 2001

Treasure hunt on Christmas ship - May 2001

Explorers discover deepest ancient shipwreck - Apr. 2001

An ancient wreck, clues to seafaring lives - March 2001

Gold bars and a battle over authenticity - March 2001

Artificial reefs: trash to treasure - Feb. 2001

Landlocked shipwrecks - Jan. 2001

Le mystère Lapérouse demeure - Jan. 2001

Mystery shipwreck set to reveal its secrets - Nov. 2000

Le "chasseur d'épaves" hante les cimetières marins - Nov. 2000

About intruders at wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald - Nov. 2000

1,500-year-old ship is found off coast of Turkey - Nov. 2000

Diving for Diamonds - Sept. 2000

Key Shipwreck Actions in Norfolk - Aug. 2000

Court ruling on Spanish frigates - July 2000

Legendary shipwreck reveals treasure trove - July 2000

Investor trips up treasure hunter - Jan. 2000

Mysteries of La Belle - Nov. 1999

Shareholders want change at RMS Titanic - Nov. 1999

Clearer water reveals sunken ships - Sept. 1999

The urban deep - Aug. 1999

Steal cannons from St. Augustine shipwreck - Aug. 1999

Seahenge gives up its secrets - July 1999

MIT helps map ancient Phoenician shipwrecks - July 1999

Old shipwreck found off Israel - July 1999

1492: The Prequel - June 1999

Due 'Titanic' fenici in fondo al Mediterraneo - June 1999

The lost sub is found, and Israelis can grieve - May 1999

'Seahenge' moves on - May 1999

Undersea treasure chest stirs up tensions - Apr. 1999

Firm to keep most of shipwreck’s Coins - March 1999

Mel Fisher, 76, a treasure hunter who got rich undersea - Dec. 1998

Possible shipwreck on submerged land - Dec. 1998

Chasseurs de trésors se bousculent au large de La Ciotat - Nov. 1998

Hunter admits sale of fake gold coins - Nov. 1998

When treasure and technology meet, who gets the gold ? - Nov. 1998

On the trail of treasure and tragedy in lakes' depths - Nov. 1998

Shipwreck of lost 'Sea People' found - Oct. 1998

Shipwreck - treasure hunters vs. archaeologists - Oct. 1998

A tale of treasure hunting gone awry - Oct. 1998

Deep-sea clues to an ancient culture discovered - Oct. 1998

Explorer revels in wreck-seeking - July 1998

Titanic sightseeing trip is barred by U.S. judge - June 1998

Sunken treasure's sinking fortunes - June 1998

Croatia resurfacing after a long dive - May 1998

Battle likely over visits to Titanic wreckage - May 1998

Brother Jonathan - Supreme Court of the United States - April 1998

Freshwater finds - Jan. 1998

Supreme Court takes up sunken treasure case - Dec. 1997

Florida treasure hunters fined - Dec. 1997

In shipwreck linked to pirate - Nov. 1997

Michigan law limits photos of remains - Oct. 1997

Mindell has role in ancient shipwreck discovery - Sept. 1997

Old logs deep in a lake become a sunken treasure - Sept. 1997

Treasure hunters fined for destroying sea grass in Florida - Aug. 1997

Roman ships found off Sicily - July 1997

Team uses sub, robot to recover ancient shipwreck ruins - July 1997

Viking ship in Russian waters - July 1997

Lake yields a Benedict Arnold gunboat - July 1997

Search for a galleon off Ecuador yields a ship and a dispute - Apr. 1997

Classical pirates made new in a Swashbuckling revival - Apr. 1997

Iron age shipwrecks in deep water off Ashkelon, Israel - 1997

Timber clues to Severn shipwreck's stormy end - Dec. 1996

Mystery shipwreck lost in Old Lyme - Nov. 1996

The 1996 Anguilla shipwreck survey - Sept. 1996

Treasure hunters seek gold off Cape Verde - March 1996

Is 1865 wreck a sunken treasure or a time capsule ? - March 1996

The treasure hunters - Winter 1995

The Azores to yield shipwrecked riches - Jun. 1995

Secret sub to scan sea floor for Roman wrecks - Feb. 1995

Old shipwreck goes into prospective custody - Dec. 1994

Le trésor de l'île Fortune - Sept. 1994

Robert Ballard 20,000 bytes under the sea - Aug. 1994

1784 Spanish found in the gulf - Dec. 1993

Rights granted for salvage of Andrea Doria - Dec. 1993

Items on Titanic brought to U.S. - Jul. 1993

Ancient Greek shipwreck found - Apr. 1993

Shipwreck prompts fancy footwork on current theories - Oct. 1992

Insurers to share shipwreck's gold - Aug. 1992

The hidden museums of the Mediterranean sea - Oct. 1990

The rise of underwater archaeology - Aug. 1990

Pastimes; Coins - Dec. 1989

Diver battles Illinois over 2 lake Michigan wrecks - Oct. 1989

Peter Throckmorton dies at 61 - June 1989

A diver's map of Bermuda: here there be treasures - March 1989

Shipwreck salvors snubbed by peers - Dec. 1988

Westchester guide - Nov. 1988

1800's Turkish treasure ship found by Greeks in Aegean - May 1988

The amphora war, looting of ancient shipwrecks is widespread - Nov. 1987

Shipwrecks pose a problem for state - May 1987

States pursue sunken loot, real and archaeological - Apr. 1987

The Fraud of the San Lorenzo - July 1977