Shipwreck hunters have been closing in on over $ 20 million in treasures on a vessel that had sunk in the middle of a storm over 150 years ago.
It’s forbidden to recover any artefact from Great Lakes wrecks without permission. The Westmoreland is also not an exception.
But now discussions are ongoing to salvage the cargo, per Ross Richardson, a shipwreck hunter who has discovered the vessel.
The Westmoreland was reportedly lost amid a storm on 7 December 1854,...