Not quite. Imagine for a moment some divers "salvaging" 50 miles of underwater oil pipeline. Salvage applies to property lost at sea. Ballast attached to fishing equipment is definitely not lost. -- Mike -------------- Original message from "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: -------------- > Ownership of the dies is not that big a problem. The British > government sold the dies to a fishing company so the government no > longer has any interest or say in the use or the handling of the dies. > The ownership of the dies is now with the fishing company but maybe > they can be recovered under the Maritime Salvage laws. I am no expert > in that but if it is under the water and someone "salvages" them they > (the salvagers) may then become the rightful owners. This *could* be > interesting enough to get one of the cable channels to help. You would > not have to recover ALL of the dies, one or two would be enough. > Remember, each die set is composed of a female AND a male component so > if you wanted to get an actual working set you must recover the 2 > parts that go together. In any search like this you begin with > research. You try to identify from a paperwork trail exactly what you > are looking for (the # and type of dies, markings, and weights, for > instance) who dumped them, where they were dumped, etc. These things > are heavy, you would need a large boat equiped with a crane capable of > lifing them. From research you will find out just how heavy they are. > There had to be some kind of document when the dies were sold to the > fishing company or maybe from the bankrupcy records. Of course we are > talking 25 years ago so much of what you would be looking for won't be > found. > David Teitelbaum > vin 10757 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/