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I remember reading about the Atocha and how Mel Fisher went on the Tonight Show wearing gold treasure from the shipwreck. Upon which Florida said "it's ours." Took a while and the supreme court but Mel won in the end.

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Following the discovery, Mel Fisher appeared on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" wearing one of the enormous gold chains from the wreck. With the State of Florida thus alerted to the discovery, the state claimed title to the wreck and insisted that Fisher give 25% of the treasure to the state.

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An Engineer Found the Most Valuable Underwater Treasure Ever Discovered

Little did Fisher know that the search for the Atocha would consume the next 16 and a half years of his life. But it was worth the hassle as the quest yielded over 40 tons of gold and silver.
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Famous $1.3 Million Treasure Full Of Gold Auctioned Off​

Jan 20, 2024


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Secrets of 17th Century Shipwrecks: Pirate Silver!​

Dive into the captivating world of 17th century shipwrecks and pirate silver with Shawn Rich from Tortuga Trading! Join us as we explore a fascinating exhibit showcasing antique arms, armor, and treasures from history. Don't miss out on this thrilling journey through the secrets of the past - subscribe for more adventures!


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Secrets of 17th Century Shipwrecks: Pirate Silver!​

Dive into the captivating world of 17th century shipwrecks and pirate silver with Shawn Rich from Tortuga Trading! Join us as we explore a fascinating exhibit showcasing antique arms, armor, and treasures from history. Don't miss out on this thrilling journey through the secrets of the past - subscribe for more adventures!


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Here's part 2:

Rare Pirate Silver Coins: Secrets of Shipwrecks Part 2!​

 
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It’s not often that you get a chance to find a cache of ancient coins twice in your lifetime, but that is exactly what happened to some brothers in Norway; adding a twist to the story, the same cache was discovered twice.

The adventure started 60 years ago; Jan Gunnar Fugelsnes and his brother were digging under their local church, hunting for treasure in 1964. The two boys uncovered 14 silver coins.

Although the brothers didn’t know what they had, the coins were carefully kept in a small yellow Kodak slide box and forgotten about until Fugelsnes came across them last November.

Fugelsnes, who still lives in the area, handed the cache of coins to authorities in the Møre og Romsdal county in Northwestern Norway.

"We were just children on a treasure hunt under the church; we didn't realize how rare the coins were," Fugelsnes said in a statement released by the county. "In addition, we found three fittings, an amber pearl and nine needles that day."

Carl-Fredrik Wahr-Hansen Vemmestad, the archaeologist for Møre og Romsdal, said that some of the coins are about 600 years old and are incredibly rare artifacts.

According to the researchers, some of the coins may have originated from the reign of Magnus VI, the King of Norway until 1280. A "newer" coin in the collection dates to the reign of Christian I, who ruled Norway from 1450 to 1481.
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12 BIGGEST Gold Nuggets In The WORLD!!​

Apr 13, 2024 #goldnuggets #goldminers #goldnugget

This video is not what I usually do for video stories. However I feel that if you like old, abandoned mines and ghost towns that were once old gold mining towns, you'll be a fan of big gold nuggets.
In this video we take a quick look at 12 of the world's largest gold nuggets ever found.
Most of these nuggets were found in Australia however there are nuggets from the USA and from Russia as well.
I hope you enjoy this video.


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A UK couple's home renovation project turned into a profitable venture when they discovered a $43,000 treasure trove under their kitchen floor.

Robert and Betty Fooks were renovating their farmhouse in southern England when they found a valuable collection of 17th-century coins concealed beneath their kitchen.
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Couple renovating their kitchen find treasure trove of 1,000 silver and gold coins from the 17th-century

A UK couple discovered a 17th-century coin trove worth over $43,000 under the kitchen floor while renovating their farmhouse.
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A company that hauled $43 million in silver bars from the 'Indian Titanic' wasn't even given a salvage fee by a court​

  • A salvage company has lost a legal battle with South Africa over $43 million in shipwrecked silver.
  • The company claimed it was due a salvage fee from the country for hauling up the treasure.
  • The case highlights the complex legal wranglings that surround shipwrecks and salvage rights.
A company that hauled 2,364 silver bars from a shipwreck on the ocean floor has lost a legal case with the South African government over the treasure.

A UK Supreme Court judgment, seen by Business Insider, ruled that salvage company Argentum Exploration doesn't have a salvage fee claim for recovering $43 million of silver from the wreck of the SS Tilawa.

Argentum Exploration is majority-owned by British hedge fund manager Paul Marshall.

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A great catch! Couple finds $100,000 cash while magnet fishing in New York City park​

Money doesn’t grow on trees, but for one New York couple it emerges from the filthy gunk at the bottom of a city pond.

James Kane and Barbie Agostini were magnet fishing — using a cable to toss a powerful magnet into a body of water — in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens on Friday when they “hooked” something big.

They yanked up their haul and discovered their magnet had grabbed onto a safe - with bundles of $100 bills inside. The soggy, but intact, bills were a new $100,000 fortune for the couple.

“We pulled out and it was two stacks of freaking hundreds,” Kane told NY1.

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A great catch! Couple finds $100,000 cash while magnet fishing in New York City park​

Money doesn’t grow on trees, but for one New York couple it emerges from the filthy gunk at the bottom of a city pond.

James Kane and Barbie Agostini were magnet fishing — using a cable to toss a powerful magnet into a body of water — in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens on Friday when they “hooked” something big.

They yanked up their haul and discovered their magnet had grabbed onto a safe - with bundles of $100 bills inside. The soggy, but intact, bills were a new $100,000 fortune for the couple.

“We pulled out and it was two stacks of freaking hundreds,” Kane told NY1.

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At least now they posted for the whole world to see. So, whoever got robbed now knows where their safe ended up and can file a claim and as an added bonus, whoever did the robbing now knows where their spoils are.
 
Plus they need to pay taxes on it, but at least they are famous for 15 minutes until their house is invaded.
 

The Motherlode | Ep. 2​

Jun 25, 2024

Dr. Michael Pateman and Dan Porter sit down with the legendary Mike Bolton to share old treasure hunting stories!


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Cursed Gold: A Shipwreck Scandal

Watched this last night on National Geographic. Good stuff, worth watching.

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National Geographic - Cursed Gold: A Shipwreck Scandal

In 1989, maverick scientist Tommy Thompson stuns the world by recovering three tons of gold from a shipwreck deep in the Atlantic Ocean. But the gold transforms Tommy’s life in a way no one expects. What follows is a 30-year story of adventure, decept National Geographic for everyone in everywhere
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Watch Cursed Gold: A Shipwreck Scandal TV Show - Streaming Online | Nat Geo TV

Watch full episodes of Cursed Gold: A Shipwreck Scandal online. Get sneak peeks and free episodes all on Nat Geo TV.
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How to watch National Geographic’s new series ‘Cursed Gold: A Shipwreck Scandal’ for free

When Tommy Thompson discovered a shipwreck full of gold, his life changed in a way no one imagined.
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Treasure Hunters BUY Old BOAT!! To Find TREASURE Underwater​

Sep 13, 2024

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What could be the world’s most expensive coin collection is going up for auction — after being banned from sale for a century​

Following the death of the Danish butter magnate Lars Emil Bruun in 1923, his will had a curious order: His vast accumulation of coins, notes and medals, amassed over more than six decades, should be held as an emergency reserve for Denmark’s national collection in case it were ever destroyed. After a century, if all was well, his own cache could finally be sold to benefit his descendants.

Next month, just under a year since the 100-year-old order expired, the first set of coins from Bruun’s personal 20,000-piece collection will go up for auction. It will take several sales to empty Bruun’s coffers, but once completed, it will be the most expensive international coin collection ever sold, according to Stack’s Bowers, the rare coin dealer and auction house hosting the sales. The L.E. Bruun Collection has been insured for 500 million Danish kroner, or around $72.5 million. The auction house describes it as the most valuable collection of world coins to ever come to market.

Where the numismatist’s collection has resided over the past century had been something of a mystery, its location known to few. But Bruun believed that hiding his treasure was for a noble cause; following the destruction he saw of World War I, he feared the Royal Danish Coin and Medal Collection could one day face bombing or looting, according to the auction house.

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A Plumber Tugged on a Mysterious Rope He Found in a Basement. Now He’s a Millionaire.​

  • A contractor saw a unique piece of rope during a home remodel project and followed it until he located a treasure chest full of gold.
  • With images of Mozart stamped on the coins, experts date the find to before World War II.
  • Austrian law allows the finder to share in the haul, along with the homeowner.
It is merely human nature to wonder what’s at the other end of any mysterious rope or cable one might encounter in the world, but rarely does the result wind up being worth anything, much less millions of dollars. But one Austrian plumber hit the proverbial and literal jackpot.

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While renovating their home, a couple from the United Kingdom discovered an unexpected cache of rare gold coins.

The couple found an unusual cup under the kitchen floor, hidden between old floorboards. Initially thought to be a trivial find, it turned out to be a pot of unimaginable value. The hoard consisted of about 260 gold coins dating from 1610 to 1727, ...
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Initially appraised at $231,390, the true worth of the gold coins transcended expectations, valued at a staggering $852,380 at auction. ...
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