For nearly a decade, Brent Brisben believed a treasure hunting family he hired to salvage the famous 1715 Fleet shipwrecks had been wildly successful by finding 51 Spanish gold coins, including a ...
Archaeologists discovered ancient Roman inscriptions and a 1,900-year-old coin wedged between rock formations while exploring ...
The coins include a one-of-a-kind gold piece from 1709 that was mistakenly hammered with a silver coin ... More than 300 years ago, the 1715 Spanish treasure fleet was wrecked during a July ...
The team ventured into the partially flooded cave as part of an ongoing research project. See what they found inside.
The 37 stolen gold coins include a so-called "Holy Grail coin," a one-of-a-kind gold piece from 1709 that was incorrectly hammered with ... They hail from the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet, a ...
The dispute involves 500 million US dollars in gold and silver coins rescued from a Spanish galleon off the coast of Portugal. Bolivia has also approached the Spanish government on the issue.
The remains date to about 1,900 years ago, researchers say. The researchers were exploring the depths of the cave, which is located in eastern Spain, by flashlight when they noticed a rusty coin ...