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    <submissionType>SCHEDULE 13G/A</submissionType>
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      <amendmentNo>1</amendmentNo>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock, $0.0001 par value</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>03/31/2026</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
        <issuerCik>0000798528</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION INC</issuerName>
        <issuerCusips>
          <issuerCusipNumber>676118201</issuerCusipNumber>
        </issuerCusips>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <com:street1>205 S. HOOVER BLVD.</com:street1>
          <com:street2>SUITE 210</com:street2>
          <com:city>TAMPA</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>FL</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>33609</com:zipCode>
        </issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </issuerInfo>
      <designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(c)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>Brumder William George</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>X1</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>100000.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>0.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>100000.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>0.00</sharedDispositivePower>
      </reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>100000.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>0.2</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>IN</typeOfReportingPerson>
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      <item1>
        <issuerName>ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION INC</issuerName>
      </item1>
      <item2>
        <filingPersonName>This statement on Schedule 13G is filed by William George Brumder II.</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>c/o HoganTaylor LLP
1225 N. Broadway Ave., Ste. 200
Oklahoma City, OK 73103</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>United States</citizenship>
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      <item3>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item4>
        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>As of the close of business on the date hereof, Mr. Brumder may be deemed to beneficially own 100,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value of the Issuer (the "Shares").</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <classPercent>The following percentage is based upon 58,368,659 Shares outstanding as of April 6, 2026, as reported in the Merger Agreement, filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed by the Issuer on April 8, 2026.

As of the close of business on the date hereof, Mr. Brumder may be deemed to beneficially own approximately 0.2% of the Shares outstanding.</classPercent>
        <numberOfSharesPersonHas>
          <solePowerOrDirectToVote>See Cover Pages Items 5-9.</solePowerOrDirectToVote>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>See Cover Pages Items 5-9.</sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>
          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>See Cover Pages Items 5-9.</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>See Cover Pages Items 5-9.</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
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        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <classOwnership5PercentOrLess>Y</classOwnership5PercentOrLess>
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        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item7>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item8>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item9>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item10>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11.</certifications>
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    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Brumder William George</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ William George Brumder II</signature>
        <title>William George Brumder II</title>
        <date>04/21/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
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