About the Authors

Tobias B. Skowronek

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

tobias.skowronek@thga.de

Affiliation Department of Machine Engineering and Material Sciences, Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola, Bochum, Germany

Christopher R. DeCorse

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Rolf Denk

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Eucoprimo, [European Union to Search for, Collect, and Preserve Primitive and Curious Money], Rüsselsheim, Germany

Stefan D. Birr

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization

Affiliation Zalando SE, Berlin, Germany

Sean Kingsley

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Wreckwatch Int., London, United Kingdom

Gregory D. Cook

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, United States of America

Ana María Benito Dominguez

Roles Resources

Affiliation Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi, San Sebastian, Spain

Brandon Clifford

Roles Resources

Affiliation Whydah Pirate Museum, Yarmouth, Massachusetts, United States of America

Andrew Barker

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Whydah Pirate Museum, Yarmouth, Massachusetts, United States of America

José Suárez Otero

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Geography, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Vicente Caramés Moreira

Roles Resources

Affiliation Museo do Mar de Galicia, Vigo, Spain

Michael Bode

Roles Data curation, Validation

Affiliation Deutsches Bergbau-Museum, Bochum, Germany

Moritz Jansen

Roles Data curation, Validation

Affiliation Deutsches Bergbau-Museum, Bochum, Germany

Daniel Scholes

Roles Resources

Affiliation Shipwreck Treasure Museum, Charlestown, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.