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Press Release
March 24, 2008: Arthur C. Clarke's "Last Dive" Comes to Pass  Last Dive PDF

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After being underwater for over 250 years, the silver rupees were concreted together by coral and calcium deposits in the water. This clump was once in a bag containing 1,000 rupees.
About 750 coins are in this cluster.

Arthur C. Clarke and crew after his last dive in 1992. L-R Hector Ekanayeke, Richard Knecht, Arthur C. Clarke, Capt. Carl Fismer, Robert Lewis Knecht.

After being underwater for over 250 years, the silver rupees were concreted together by coral and calcium deposits in the water. This clump was once in a bag containing 1,000 rupees.
About 750 coins are in this cluster.

PHOTO: MIKE WILSON
Treasure recovery! Twelve year old Bobby Kriegel lifts a cluster of silver rupees from the bottom of the ocean in 1961.

Arthur C. Clarke exploring a shipwreck off Colombo, Sri Lanka - L-R Valarie Ekanayeke, Arthur C. Clarke with a Fisher 1280X Metal Detector, Capt. Carl Fismer

100 feet below the surface, Capt. Carl Fismer films Clarke exploring the bottom with his Fisher 1280X metal detector.

PHOTO: MIKE WILSON
Exotic Mughal treasure! L-R Bobby Kriegel and Mark Smith examine the treasure discovered on Great Basses Reef, off Sri Lanka.