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Two British Men Found A Viking Treasure Worth $3.8 Million — Now They’re Going To Jail​

Two metal detectorists who found $3.8 million worth of historical treasure are facing jail time for their indiscretion.

Two British metal detectorists who came across a 1,000-year-old treasure haul and failed to report their discovery to local authorities are facing jail time because of it.

According to The Guardian, it all started when George Powell and Layton Davies were hunting for treasure in the fields of Herefordshire. After probing the remote area, they came across an unimaginable haul: a treasure hoard dating back to 1,000 years ago.

Among the treasure they found was gold jewelry, including a chunky ring, a serpentine arm bracelet, and a small crystal ball pendant. They also found 300 silver coins and ingots made out of pure silver. Even before they could verify the haul’s worth, it was clear Powell and Davies had hit the jackpot.

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Sal's take:

They're Going To Jail After Finding MASSIVE Treasure!​

Apr 29, 2025 #silver #gold #preciousmetals


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2025 Season Begins!

On May 15, Captain Mike Perna, Milan "Choppy" Kalelkar and Levin Shavers had their first day out this season aboard the MV Mighty Mo. This was their shakedown day, and it would turn into their best shakedown ever. Early on they located three gold coins from the 1715 Fleet! Pictured below are...
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For centuries, a £16-billion treasure trove of gold, silver and emeralds was lost beneath the waves of the Caribbean.

But now researchers believe they have identified the “holy grail of shipwrecks”.

The rich treasures of the Spanish galleon San Jose appeared to have been gone forever after they were sunk by the Royal Navy in 1708.

A squadron commanded by Charles Wager, who would go on to serve as the First Lord of the Admiralty, intercepted the treasure fleet near Baru Island, off Cartagena, Colombia, and attacked, detonating its powder magazines and sending it to the seabed.

The treasure was being transported from Peru to Spain to fund the War of the Spanish Succession against Britain and its allies.

Gold and silver coins, pearls and gems, claimed to be worth as much as £16 billion in current prices, sat aboard the San Jose.
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Academics in Colombia now claim to have confirmed that a wreck found off the South American country’s coast in 2015 is the San Jose.

Using underwater drones, they photographed cargo scattered on and around the wreckage of a ship found on the seafloor near Baru Island in 2015.

Analysis of the images found silver coins – minted in 1707 with the hallmarks of the mint at Lima, Peru – among the wreckage.
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Sunken ship with £16bn of treasure ‘found in Caribbean’

‘Holy grail of shipwrecks’ is believed to be vessel sunk by Royal Navy in 1708
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Huge coin collection found hidden in house’s walls sells for nearly $3.5 million​

A huge collection of historic gold coins, recovered from the wall of a house in France after their owner passed away, has been sold for millions of euros at auction.

Auction house Beaussant Lefèvre and Associates told CNN on Thursday that all of the coins had sold in Paris this week, fetching more than 3 million euros ($3.48 million) in total.

The coins were collected by Paul Narce, who lived in a small village in south-west France until his death in 2024, according to Beaussant Lefèvre and Associates.

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Forgotten Kingdoms: August Gissler's Cocos - Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog

When August Gissler (obit 1935) became, at last, governor of Cocos Island, off Costa Rica, in 1897, he was not interested in the tiny and transient population of tobacco growers there, most of whom he had brought over from his home country. The German was obsessed, instead, by the vast quantites...
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An Adventurer's 17-Year-Long Hunt For Pirate Treasure On Cocos Island​

Sep 5, 2025
German adventurer August Gissler spends nearly two decades searching for buried pirate treasure on Cocos Island.


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Interview w/ Captain Bill Black l 1715 Fleet l Florida Treasure Coast l Queen's JEWELS - (Ep.57)​

Feb 6, 2025 #shipwrecks #cavediving #discovery
Keep your eyes peeled for this week's episode because it is a GREAT one! I get the chance to have an incredibly rich conversation with my Captain (and friend) Bill Black about our adventures in this is wonderful industry of ours.
Oh, and we might discuss some Atocha finds and the Treasure Coast so don't miss out ;)


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Alejandro Mirabal - Profile on Academia.edu

Alejandro Mirabal: 158 Followers, 22 Following, 33 Research papers. Research interests: Marine Archaeology, Artillery, and Numismatics.
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Underwater Adventures with Alex Mirabal

Welcome aboard, to Underwater Adventures (UWAs)! I'm Alex Mirabal, a Cuban-Portuguese maritime archaeologist and Guinness World Record holder for visiting 243 historic shipwreck locations. Join me as we unravel the mysteries of the ocean's past together. With over 30 years of fieldwork and...
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300-year-old pirate-plundered shipwreck that once held 'eyewatering treasure' discovered off Madagascar​

Archaeologists say they've found the submerged wreck of a sailing ship captured in 1721 near Madagascar, during one of history's most infamous pirate raids.

The American researchers, from the Center for Historic Shipwreck Preservation, have investigated the wreck for 16 years and now think it's the remains of Nossa Senhora do Cabo, a Portuguese ship carrying cargo from India that was attacked and seized by pirates, among them the notorious pirate captain Olivier "The Buzzard" Levasseur.

The wreck now lies on the floor of a small harbor on the island of Nosy Boraha off the northeast coast of Madagascar, which was a hangout known as Île Sainte-Marie during the "Golden Age of Piracy" in the early 18th century. New details of the investigations have been published in the latest issue of Wreckwatch magazine.

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300-year-old pirate-plundered shipwreck that once held 'eyewatering treasure' discovered off Madagascar

Researchers think a shipwreck off Madagascar was a Portuguese treasure ship captured by pirates in 1721.
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MYSTERIOUS CELTIC HOARD — Jersey's Greatest Lost Treasure​

Mar 11, 2025 #WreckwatchTV #Shipwrecks #MaritimeHistory

📌 At 70,000 silver coins and 11 gold neckrings, the Celtic Câtillon hoard on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands is the largest in the world. But why such riches were buried and not recovered in ancient times has never been cracked. New 'x-ray vision' into the soils has found a possible settlement and discovered that the area was sacred ancestral ground for millennia. Has one of the world’s great mysteries finally been cracked? Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more underwater discoveries!


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A Million Dollars laying on the beach | A Real Treasure Story​

Premiered Jun 13, 2022 #Livelife #metaldetecting #gonediggin
This is the amazing story of Jim Tippitt and his half a million dollar discovery on the beaches of Florida. I hope you enjoy this episode, it has taken over a year to complete and has been a work of passion. Please let me know what you think in the comments.


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