The playground legal principle "Finders keepers, losers weepers" is being put to the test in an international dispute over what could be the richest sunken treasure ever found: 17 tons of silver coins brought up from a centuries-old shipwreck. picked by FreeMind 7 months ago

Presumabmly the treasure dates back to the 17th century and its is made in 90 percent finest gold. picked by maxriter 10 months ago

It took him 11 long years to build the ship, a process that was completed on June 23, 2005. On that day his ship started sailing from port Sarreguemines. picked by misswinkle 11 months ago

Diamonds, gold and silver coins, ivory and cannons to fend off pirates. ARRRRR!!!! picked by Moe 4 months ago

Relatives of the skipper of a catamaran that was found drifting empty off the Great Barrier Reef said today that they had been in "spiritual" touch with him and believe that he is fighting for his life "somewhere dark".
Update to an earlier post picked by suebe 1 year ago

A YACHT has been found drifting off the north Queensland coast with computers running and even food on a table ready to eat - but no crew. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Treasure hunters believe there are almost 2 tons of Nazi gold and possibly clues to the whereabouts of the legendary Amber Room, a prize taken from a Russian castle during World War II picked by buddha 6 months ago

Rig up your submarine and go on treasure hunting adventures. Discover hidden treasures in the deap seas. picked by Archbob 7 months ago

Three divers died when they became trapped deep inside the wreck of a sunken Navy landing ship off the Florida keys. The 510 ft long USS Spiegel Grove was sunk as an artificial reef and sport diving attraction... picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

It's a mystery going back more than 140 years. Many have searched, but no one has found the millions of dollars in gold lost during the Civil War in Elk County. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

A U.S. underwater archaeology team announced Thursday it has likely discovered the shattered remnants of a ship once captained by the notorious buccaneer William Kidd off a tiny Dominican Republic island. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Now that's a big booty! picked by kxmk 1 year ago

A Viking ship made from ice-cream sticks set sail for England from the Netherlands on Tuesday. picked by topofall 5 months ago

Google is having another of its Treasure Hunt contests. It will test your problem-solving skills in computer science, networking, and low-level UNIX trivia. Prizes will be awarded to those who get their answers in fast enough. picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

Lori Artman thought she'd uncovered a fortune when she found an old wooden box partially buried in her backyard. But there was no hidden loot in the box—just dynamite. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A crew battled pirates in a deadly fight Tuesday to regain control of a North Korean cargo ship off Somalia, the U.S. Navy said. The Navy is still chasing a second ship held by pirates in the area.

And just after this
picked by Proverb 10 months ago

Investigators think a Vancouver man may have been accidentally buried and killed while he was digging for treasure in Clark County. picked by muppet 6 months ago

A man in the Netherlands has built a full-size Viking ship to sail across the Atlantic Ocean in, and it's made entirely out of old ice-cream sticks. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A cargo ship pulled by a giant, parachute-shaped kite will leave Germany on Tuesday on a voyage that could herald a new "green" age of commercial sailing on the high seas. picked by tigertony 8 months ago

The wreck of a British warship sunk by the Germans during World War Two, killing more than 100 men, has been discovered on the bottom of a deep fjord in the north of Norway. HMS Hunter went down on April 10, 1940, in the Ofot fjord outside of the Arctic port of Narvik during the first of two battles between the British and the Nazis, during which several other ships were sunk and never seen again ... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago