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Pewter Recovered by GME to be Auctioned in United Kingdom
TAMPA, Fla, Nov. 12, 2013 The earliest pewter ever found in the Americas is to be sold in the UK later in November. One of the most important shipwrecks discovered in thirty years, the 450 year old Punta Cana Pewter Wreck has given up a unique assemblage that is changing history. Lost in the mid-16th Century just off the easternmost point of Hispaniola, the ship sank before it could make port to offload. This merchantman out of Seville was full of the wares found in wealthy households of the time, intended to be sold in Santo Domingo and elsewhere in…
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Next Generation Treasure Hunters; Global Marine Exploration Inc. Seeks $12 Million Dollar Investment In Emerging Deep Diver Technology
Orlando, Fla./Sept. 24,2013/–Global Marine Exploration Inc. ( GME ) a successful treasure salvage company seeks to raise 12 million dollars for their deep underwater salvage division GME deep. This effort is the next step in the company’s plan to rescue billions in gold and treasure from the ocean depths. Recent advances in deep-water technology are opening up a trove of immensely profitable and previously unobtainable ship wrecks. GME’s use of Nuytco Research’s ‘DeepWorker’ submersibles and the new state-of-the-art ‘Exosuit’ one atmosphere pressure suit will position GME as the only organization in the world using these deep-ocean tools in treasure salvage…
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GME’s Silver Coins Generating Excitement at Sedwick’s Upcoming Treasure Auction
Sedwick’s Auctions released the following announcement this afternoon in preparation for their upcoming Live Auction. “We are excited to present the largest-ever offering of the first silver coins of Santo Domingo under Charles and Joanna (1542-1552). Surpassing the famous Ray Byrne sale (Jess Peters, June 1975), this 10-coin offering consists of three 4 reales, five 2 reales, one 1 real and one 1/2 real, every one a different variety and in nearly fully readable condition despite generally light corrosion as they are from a shipwreck off the Dominican Republic. While highly important from a numismatic standpoint, these coins are in…
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More Incredible 16th Century Artifacts Arrive at Conservation Lab
The conservation lab is buzzing as we clean and conserve the many artifacts just recieved. In addition to numerous examples of fine 16th century pewter to add to our extensive collection, we also got some surprises, like the gold-gilded horse stirrup and perfect pewter salt pictured below. The stirrup has such detail in the gold gilded design that it was no doubt destined for a very important person. These artifacts add further clues, all of which support our theory that this is the famed ship carrying the future governor of Cuba, Diego de Mazariegos. His ship was known to have…
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GME Dive Teams Prepare for Most Exciting Artifact Rescue/Recovery Season to Date
Global Marine Exploration, Inc. dive teams have been undergoing intense training on many levels while the weather and seas calm down. This year’s accelerated survey and archaeological recovery plan offers new challenges and potential great rewards. Safety is always our primary goal and all GME divers were updated with full CPR and First Aid medic training, including AED certifications. In addition all divers will be attending Cave Diving, Technical Diving, and Tri-Mix classes from PADI and IANTD. Our senior dive team members went to the Kirby Morgan Pro Dive Training Center in CA. for equipment training on diver-based and top-side…
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Pewter Recovered by GME to be Auctioned in United Kingdom
Nov 14, 2013
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Next Generation Treasure Hunters; Global Marine Exploration Inc. Seeks $12 Million Dollar Investment In Emerging Deep Diver Technology
Oct 3, 2013
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GME’s Silver Coins Generating Excitement at Sedwick’s Upcoming Treasure Auction
Jul 10, 2013
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More Incredible 16th Century Artifacts Arrive at Conservation Lab
Jul 4, 2013
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GME Dive Teams Prepare for Most Exciting Artifact Rescue/Recovery Season to Date
Mar 21, 2013
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GME Mission Statement
Global Marine Exploration, Inc. (GME) is the culmination of research, planning, team-building and development. GME was formed to develop a new methodology that would facilitate profitable shipwreck search and salvage. Part of the GME model is to go into previously unexplored depth range between 200 and 2,000 feet. To date, salvors have fallen into two categories, moderately funded shallow water hunters and goliath deep water operations with daily operating costs that render most treasure ships unprofitable to salvage. GME has built a solid foundation, and has developed a proven model to solve this problem, and open up this mid-water depth…
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