Story last updated at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday, March 6, 2008
Judge orders treasure hunters to reveal name of lucrative shipwreck
TAMPA, Fla. - A federal judge has told Tampa deep-sea explorers that they must tell the Spanish government the name of the shipwreck that yielded an estimated $500 million in treasure.
Odyssey Marine Exploration has claimed it still doesn't know for sure the identity of the wreck from which the company salvaged 17 tons of colonial-era coins last year.
But U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday wrote in a ruling Thursday that Odyssey must provide its "best available hypothesis" of the ship's identity to an attorney for the Spanish government who is trying to determine if Spain has a claim to the treasure.They have NONE, IMHO.
WRONG - part 1 !!!!The judge also refused to grant Odyssey an injunction that would keep Spain or other parties from interfering with the wreck site.
WRONG - part 2:Spain contends the treasure should be returned if it turns out the shipwreck has any connection to that country's cultural heritage.
If Spain had any interest in it whatsoever, they should have mounted their own exploration for it....not wait until someone has spent countless hours and money looking for it & finally locating it! And now the team who found it are spending even more $$ defending their time and hardwork in the courts!!!
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on 3/8/2008, 8:36 am
