$500 Million Booty: Treasure Hunters in Dispute with Spain Posted: 10 months ago by FreeMind
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.
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Dispute Over Treasure Ship Wreck Will Continue a Year or More Posted: 1 year ago by maxriter
Florida deep-sea explorers will continue their disputes with the Spanish government over a sunken treasure that was found near Gibraltar in a ship wreck. You may ask what's the prize - here's the answer: the treasure includes coins and artifacts with a total value of $500 million.
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Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers, unless it's $500M Posted: 2 years ago by pulsisx
"What we're seeing here is a presumed incidence of plundering," First Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said.
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Shipwreck loaded with treasure found off coast of Africa Posted: 7 months ago by Moe
Diamonds, gold and silver coins, ivory and cannons to fend off pirates. ARRRRR!!!!
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Nazi treasure found? Posted: 9 months ago by buddha
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
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One of A Kind Gold Treasure Discovered in UK Posted: 1 year ago by maxriter
Presumabmly the treasure dates back to the 17th century and its is made in 90 percent finest gold.
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Found: Thousands of pearls Posted: 1 year ago by hisidea
A Spanish galleon. A hunt for sunken treasure. A sealed lead box. And the payoff: divers recover thousands of pearls from a 17th-century shipwreck.
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Divers find $500 million in coins. Posted: 2 years ago by kxmk
Now that's a big booty!
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Google Treasure Hunt Posted: 7 months ago by 2manyusernames
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.
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Treasure seas incorporated Posted: 10 months ago by Archbob
Rig up your submarine and go on treasure hunting adventures. Discover hidden treasures in the deap seas.
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Dynamite, not treasure found in box Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
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.
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Missing man may have died while digging for buried treasure Posted: 8 months ago by muppet
Investigators think a Vancouver man may have been accidentally buried and killed while he was digging for treasure in Clark County.
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Arson suspect says sorry for torching Korean treasure Posted: 10 months ago by topofall
A South Korean pensioner on Friday re-enacted entering a 600-year-old gate designated the country's top treasure and setting it on fire, saying he was sorry that the gate was gone, but adding that no one was hurt by his actions.
Link to Wikapedia and pics -
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Ancient shipwreck yields "fishy" treasure Posted: 2 years ago by hypnotode
Large vessel was carrying hundreds of jars of fermented fish guts and blood, a Roman delicacy.
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Octopus helps find 800-year-old treasure Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Archaeologists have said they have discovered a sunken vessel packed with ancient pottery, in an exploration prompted by an octopus which attached its suckers to a plate.
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Treasure of Rome unearthed near Amsterdam Posted: 2 years ago by donteatpoop
Approximately 200 silver Roman coins, several jewels, an armband and a ring hidden in a clay pot.
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Viking treasure found buried at farm in England Posted: 1 year ago by hisidea
Hundreds of coins and other valuables. Some coins mixed Christian and pagan imagery, shedding light on the beliefs of newly Christianized Vikings, said Gareth Williams, a curator at the British Museum.
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Man Says He Found Missing Treasure, But State Won't Let Him Dig Posted: 10 months ago by dollyllama
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.
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Treasure trove of new species deep in Antarctic ocean Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
The lightless depths of the Antarctic's Southern Ocean harbor an unexpectedly diverse "treasure trove" of marine life, including more than 700 previously unknown species, according to a study released Wednesday.
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Treasure trove of Homo erectus found Posted: 1 year ago by 2manyusernames
A trove of the oldest human skeletal bones outside Africa is reported in Nature this week — a find that will help researchers to improve their understanding of the biology of the 1.8-million-year-old hominins.
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Huge Viking Hoard Discovered in Sweden Posted: 8 months ago by AutumnLotus
Hundreds of ancient coins unearthed last week close to Sweden's main international airport suggests the Vikings were bringing home foreign currency earlier than previously thought, archaeologists say.
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