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On Thursday, April 10, author and shipwreck enthusiast Brian Magrane will share his knowledge of Florida shipwreck treasure ...
A Portuguese vessel lost in 1533 resurfaced in Namibia’s desert, offering a treasure trove of coins, ingots, and a glimpse ...
Australia has some 8000 documented shipwreck sites ... that can easily wind up in court. Another Spanish galleon sank with more than 500,000 silver coins aboard, alongside two gold tobacco ...
A mining firm uncovered an epic lost shipwreck in the middle of an African ... including thousands of rare and valuable gold coins, as well as nearly 2,000 copper ingots. More than 100 elephant ...
Primarily from sunken shipwrecks that were carrying items ... “Looking for gold or Spanish coins. There is a sunken ship out there that it’s a 1715 fleet. It’s 600 yards out,” said Shannon.
It is by far the oldest shipwreck ever found on the coast of ... Archaeologists had been puzzled by the huge quantity of Spanish coins found among the wreckage—about 70 percent of the gold ...
The gold coins recovered from the wreck included Portuguese coinage such as cruzados from the reigns of Kings Manuel I and João III, as well as Spanish ... in dating the shipwreck to the early ...
In his decades long career he discovered over 100 historic shipwrecks in Bermuda waters ... gold bars, silver coins, swivel guns, ancient hand grenades, brass dividers, timing glasses, brass ...