Salvor6
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- Shipwrecks
An anchor from a treasure-laden 17th-century shipwreck has been found off the coast of the U.K.SWNS reports that the anchor, believed to be from the Merchant Royal, was brought up in a fishing vessel’s net 20 miles off Land's End, Cornwall. The merchant ship sank in 1641 carrying an estimated $1.5 billion of treasure.
The Merchant has Royal has been called the richest shipwreck in the world but experts agree that the San Jose lost off Cartagena, Colombia is worth more than $5 Billion.
Dubbed “the El Dorado of the seas,” the Merchant Royal was carrying 100,000 pounds of gold and 400 bars of Mexican silver, as well as almost 500,000 pieces of eight (Spanish dollars) and other coins when she sank.
The full article with pictures can be seen here:
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The Merchant has Royal has been called the richest shipwreck in the world but experts agree that the San Jose lost off Cartagena, Colombia is worth more than $5 Billion.
Dubbed “the El Dorado of the seas,” the Merchant Royal was carrying 100,000 pounds of gold and 400 bars of Mexican silver, as well as almost 500,000 pieces of eight (Spanish dollars) and other coins when she sank.
The full article with pictures can be seen here:
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]https://www.foxnews.com/science/anchor-from-most-valuable-shipwreck-in-history-found
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