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Nov 11, 2023 · Treasure from the four-centuries-old vessel is now scattered across the ocean floor by hundreds of other storms, the company says, in a debris field that stretches tens of miles.
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- Jay O'Brien,Bobby Gehlen,Allie Weintraub
Apr 24, 2020 · The Greatest Underwater Treasures Ever Found. With nearly three-quarters of the planet covered in water, what lies beneath the surface hides more than undiscovered marine species — it also holds treasures lost at sea. Sea crossings were recorded as early as 60,000 to 70,000 years ago.
- Lissa Poirot
Apr 5, 2018 · Far below the ocean’s surface lies buried treasure: precious metals, rare earth elements, oil and diamonds – riches that have, until now, remained inaccessible to even the most intrepid...
May 11, 2024 · This deadly legacy has left thousands of haunting artefacts and in some cases - lucrative treasure - resting on the sea floor. From time to time these relics re-emerge, found by divers on...
Mar 31, 2008 · The United Nations estimates that there are more than three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor. For years, much of the bounty salvaged by treasure hunters was recovered from wrecks in...
May 21, 2024 · Off the coast of Big Sur, California, deep beneath the waves, lies a mysterious landscape dotted by large holes in the clay, silt, and sand.
- Tina Donvito
- The San José. Called the “holy grail of shipwrecks,” the Spanish galleon San José was carrying a treasure of silver, gold, and emeralds worth billions of dollars today.
- Caesarea treasure. Imagine you’re floating along enjoying a scuba diving trip when you happen across some gold coins you think are child’s play money. Then you realize that they are actually valuable coins—more than 2,000 of them—and they’re over 1,000 years old.
- The Titanic. Sometimes the shipwreck itself is the treasure. Everyone knows the story of how the “unsinkable” Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage on April 15, 1912, and unfathomably sunk in the North Atlantic.
- The Atocha. Turns out that 1985 was a big year for shipwrecks: The sunken “mother lode” of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha was found in July of that year off the coast of Key West, Florida.
