However, you should be aware that a few who call themselves archaeologists are unqualified and that their degrees come solely from the university of life. But I fear that might come about, because of what is happening now in the world of wrecks. Or rather, what is not happening. I believe that underwater archaeologists are letting the whole diving world down. They are failing in their duty to the amateur divers of Britain by failing to communicate.
Archaeologists can do little to stop treasure-hunting.
What they should be doing is trying to infect amateurs with their own excitement of discovering our seafaring past. Indeed, they have a duty to do so. It is extraordinary that once someone becomes involved in marine archaeology they seem duty-bound to treat the amateur diver with contempt or even, in extreme cases, with downright hostility. And yet there would be no marine archaeology in Britain if it were not for amateur divers. It is they who, by reporting their finds, put the archaeologists in business under the waves.