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The Detroit News
The Detroit News
Secrets of the Deep: A Detroit News project
SECRETS OF THE DEEP : A Detroit News project Reporter Carol Thompson explores the thriving and competitive world of Great Lakes shipwreck hunting in this four-part package: ∎ Tech transforms hunt for Great Lakes shipwrecks : Estimates say at least 6,000 shipwrecks lie in the Great Lakes, and about half have not been found. Still, many of the people who dive the inland seas say they are in the "fourth quarter of shipwreck discovery," thanks in part to advances in sonar and scuba technology that have cracked open what was once a highly specialized pursuit. ∎ It's not finders keepers for Great Lakes shipwrecks . Like other states, Michigan claims ownership of shipwrecks in its Great Lakes waters. It has a strict process for raising shipwreck pieces and other artifacts from the bottomlands. Conservation officers investigate cases of shipwreck items taken from the lake floor or beaches, or put up for sale. ∎ Shipwreck hunters find tug boat long lost in Lake Huron : A team of shipwreck hunters that has scoured thousands of miles of Lake Huron this month announced its newest discovery: the steam-powered Tug Tawas, lost in an explosion in 1874. ∎ Deep dive: What it's like