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Originally Posted by VtwinVince
. And so these 'philanthrops' are making a profit from this 'dig'? Why am I not surprised.
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mmmmmmmmmmmmm...I am going to disagree with your comment.
What profit?
Do you know how much it costs to recover a wreck like that?
When items were dug up from Freeman Field a few years ago...The Museum kept what they wanted...and gave the rest to the dig team. It cost the dig team around $30,000.00...and they did not get $30,000.00 in return.
They sold what they did not want, and were able to make "some" of their money back.
This is common practice. It covered some the dig expenses and the time to recover the items.
I think you need to look at the realities of "costs" before concluding that the dig team "sold item to make profit".
Though they were a bit "rough" with the dig...nothing they did during the dig, was out of the ordinary...nor what they did with the parts afterwards.
I have been involved with numerous digs and talking from experience.
Maybe you need to step back and think before you jump to conclusions?
Just a thought...
Mike