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Vince Capone: Hunting Shipwrecks, Submarines, and Spacecraft: Untold Stories of Underwater Finds Come to this lecture and learn from about fascinating undersea rescues! The speaker is  Vince Capone  of Black Laser Learning, in Hockessin, Delaware. The event is sponsored by New Jersey Historic Historical Divers Association to benefit their museum here at InfoAge. For more information please email  info@njhda.org . Saturday, April 13 New Jersey Shipwreck Colloquium 8:00 PM  – 10:30 PM InfoAge - Science History Learning Center and Museum 2201 Marconi Rd, Wall Township For reservations and more information, please call 732-776-6261 or e-mail NJHDA . Send checks payable to NJHDA, 107 Wilson Road, Neptune, NJ, 07753 Admission: $50 per person. $40 for NJHDA members. Reservations are required. Seating is limited. Reception to Follow Presentation Special Guest: Vince Capone Join US Navy sonar subject matter expert Vince Capone as he shares a behind the scenes  look at h...

Thursday, March 21 – Cape May County      The Museum of Cape May County will present a lecture that will take you to the depths of the northern Atlantic Ocean and discover the secrets of what lies beneath.     Captain Gene Peterson of Atlantic Divers, a division of SeaGear Outfitters, has been exploring and discovering Nova Scotia shipwrecks since 1980. His expeditions include the discovery of dozens of unknown wrecks such as the British Freedom, the Anna, the Sonja Maersk, and the Zoe, among numerous others.      On Thursday, March 21 Peterson will tell the stories of his diving adventures off the Canadian coast as part of his shipwreck lecture series, “To Halifax and Beyond.”  According to Peterson, noted shipwreck author and pioneering diver Gary Gentile “first touted the phrase, ‘If you can hook it, we can dive it.’ With the breakers surrounding us and an alarmed captain manning the helm, we bowed out lest we...