In recent years a number of divers have adopted an idiosyncratic hit-or-miss approach to "recreational treasure hunting" around Taiwan. They have stumbled quite accidentally into--and even recovered artifacts from--some historic sunken ships.
近年來，一些潛水人員藉著「土法煉鋼」，在台灣海域試作「休閒尋寶」，誤打誤撞，也找到了一些歷史沉船，甚至加以挖掘。