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THEY FOUND A TREASURE THAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE MISSING FOR CENTURIES.

THE LOST TREASURE

By SAEED MUSAHPublished 3 years ago 5 min read
THEY FOUND A TREASURE THAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE MISSING FOR CENTURIES.
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The treasure that was thought to be lost forever has been found back in April 2015 through Deep ocean search. Ateam of treasure Hunters recovered 50 million pounds worth of silver rupee coins from the British steamship, the ship sank in the 40s during its Journey from India to England.The wreck was found at a whopping depth of almost 17000 feet setting a world record for the deepest recovery ever. To put that into perspective,the famous Titanic wreck is only found at a depth of 12500 feet. %We duped this was no easy feat the team faced multiple breakdowns of their systems due to the pressure temperature and repeated Dives at such a depth. Did you hear about the Epic treasure found on the Black Swan wreck? it was discovered by Odyssey Marine exploration in 2007 off Gibraltar and they hit the jackpot. The Salvage team found a whopping 17 tons of coins worth 500 million dollars.Can you even imagine that much money? It's said to be the biggest Hall ever found in the treasure hunting world but the crew didn't spill the beans on where they found it or what kind of coins they uncovered.snagged the rest.

it's believed the ship sank during a

gnarly hurricane just a few years after

Columbus discovered the new world.ornate gold chain talk about hitting the

jackpot.

Brent Brisbane the owner of 1715 Fleet

Queens Jewels LLC said those fines were

important not just for their monetary

value but their historical importance

but there's more.

The ship was recovered over 50 years ago

and divers have only found about 50

million dollars worth of treasure.It's

believed that there's still over 400

million dollars worth of treasure hiding

below the sea.They just hightailed it back to the U.S with their loot sneaky an old man in the Dominican Republic was selling a coin that turned out to be the oldest coin ever minted in the new world and that's just the beginning of the craziest shipwreck story ever. The team at deep blue marine used some fancy sonar to search the area where the coin was found, and they stumbled upon parts of a wrecked ship they also found jade statues, ancient Mayan bling, and gold coins from way back in 1535. The crew got to keep half of their booty while the Dominican Republic authorities received nothing else besides a postcard a passenger wrote to their parents.

Treasures from the Titanic are still

popping up for auction

like some deck chairs from the first

class Promenade deck were auctioned off

for 85 000 pounds. They're too delicate

to sit on now but still a crazy piece of

History.

The Schmitz, a family of treasure Hunters

just stumbled upon over one million

dollars worth of gold artifacts in

Shallow Waters only 30 miles north of

West Palm Beach and get this one of the

coins was even meant for the king of

Spain.These Treasures were part of the

17-15 treasure Fleet that sank 300 years

ago due to a massive hurricane after

leaving Havana Cuba. Can you believe it

was only 15 feet deep in the water?They

found 51 gold coins and 40 feet of

the Ultimate Party of exploration just

got a little more exciting

we're talking about Vasco da gamas

Esmeralda the oldest shipwreck from

Europe's Age of Exploration baby.

This bad boy was wrecked in a gnarly

storm back in 1503 along the India route

from Europe in the Arabian Sea but wait

it gets better.

The wreck was actually found way back in

1998 but it took almost two decades to

excavate it and guess what they found

rare coins,

a ship Bell and other cool artifacts

that confirmed the identity of the ship

and the treasures are still being

uncovered

just last year.In 2017, they discovered a

unique navigational tool called an

astrolabe at the wreck, how cool is that

a bunch of Indonesian fishermen found a

super old ship from the 9th century off

belitong Island in 1998. It proved that

trading between China and the Middle

East was totally a thing back then

thanks to the maritime Silk Road, the

wreck is so cool that it's also known as

the Tang treasure because it's the

biggest collection of Chinese Tang

Dynasty artifacts ever found in one spot

but there's some serious drama going

down over an exhibition of these

Priceless Treasures.

it's like a battle between commercial

treasure Salvage and archaeological

preservation of shipwrecks who will win?

only time will tell.

it's the Spanish Galleon San Jose and it

was loaded with silver gold and emeralds

worth billions of dollars today but get

this it sunk after a battle with British

ships off the coast of Cartagena

Colombia way back in 1708 crazy right

but here's the kicker 300 years later in

2015 some awesome peeps discovered the

wreck on the ocean floor the Woods Hole

oceanographic institution used a cool

underwater vehicle to identify the ship

by its distinctive cannons and their

still recovering treasure as we speak so

if you're feeling lucky keep your eyes

peeled for other Hidden Treasures that

haven't been found yet

the ultimate jackpot the sunken

motherload of the Nuestra Senora de

Atoka was discovered off the coast of

Key West Florida in July 1985. Mel

Fisher the legendary treasure hunter

spent a whopping 16 years searching for

it the atocho was on a mission to bring

back loads of riches to Spain from

Havana Cuba back in 1622 but got caught

up in a gnarly hurricane to celebrate

the 30th anniversary of the discovery

there was a sick auction where people

could buy pieces of the atokas treasure

like gold and emeralds

if you're Keen to see more of this epic

haul head to the Mel Fisher Maritime

Museum in Key West the whole shebang is

worth around 450 million dollars no

biggie

hey! have you ever dreamed of finding

Buried Treasure and becoming a

millionaire overnight? Well guess what?

it's not just a dream meet Forest Fenn

the man who hit a chest filled with one

to five million dollars worth of

treasure in the Rocky Mountains

and get this,it took 10 years for

someone to finally find it.

Fenn announced the treasure hunt back in

2010 and over the years tens of

thousands of people set off to look for

it,the treasure chest was filled with

265 American Gold Eagles and double

eagles,ancient coins, gold nuggets and

more but finding it wasn't easy. Fenn

used a poem with 24 lines that had hints

in it and it took some serious decoding

skills to figure out where the treasure

was hidden.

Finally in June 2020, the long-awaited

news came. the treasure had been found,

the lucky winner was Jack Stewaff, a

former journalist and medical student.

The treasure was hidden under a canopy

of stars in the forest in the Rocky

Mountains and it was so well hidden that

not all the advertised Treasures were

found in the chest,

but don't let that stop you from trying

your luck at finding buried treasure, who

knows maybe you'll be the next lucky

winner and if you need some inspiration

just remember that Forest fenn's only

goal was to give people some hope

so why not give it a shot and see what

you can find who knows maybe you'll

become a millionaire too.

Ancient

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