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Recreational diver discovers up to 50,000 4th century Roman coins

Off the north-eastern coast of Sardinia, a huge collection of tens of thousands of coins dating from around 340 AD was found on the seabed near the town of Arzachena. Nearly all of them are in very good condition, and even the worse ones are all still legible today.

In a sunken ancient city, they found a temple with treasure

In the city of Thonis-Herakleion in the Abukir Bay near Alexandria, about 10 metres below sea level and 2.5 km from the coast, the remains of two temples were discovered - one dedicated to the Egyptian god Amon and the other to the Greek goddess Aphrodite. In the ruins of the Temple of Amon, gold and silver treasures from the time of the pharaohs were recently discovered.

Amateur diver discovers what is believed to be the oldest cannon in Europe

A cannon from the 14th century was discovered in the sea off the west coast of Sweden. According to an international research team led by maritime archaeologist Staffan von Arbin from the University of Gothenburg, it is probably the oldest ship's cannon in Europe. It provides an insight into the early period of naval weaponry and takes the history of this type of gun forward by at least a century.

Searching in the sea, or for gold in Italy

Searching in the water is a seasonal thing for me, when it's hot why not try the water. Last year I used the XP DEUS 2 detector to vacuum the sea in Krk, Croatia and this year I'm going to test the beaches and water in southern Italy with the new Manta from Minelab.

Robotic submersibles recover 1,900-year-old magnificent Roman glass

Archaeologists have discovered a set of well-preserved glassware and raw blocks from a Roman wreck between the Italian island of Capraia and French Corsica. This is only the second wreck with glassware found. Thousands of glass and other objects from the late 1st or early 2nd century AD lie on the bottom of this ship alone.

New treasures of the Spanish galleon 366 years after the sinking

In 1656, the Spanish ship Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas (Our Lady of Wonders) was wrecked on the west side of Little Bahama Bank about 70 km off the coast. It was literally stuffed with treasure, which is why it was repeatedly plundered by various societies and wild expeditions over the following centuries. When another expedition went to the site recently, few imagined there was anything left on the seabed...

21.11.2003 The steamer was carrying a golden treasure

Twenty thousand twenty-dollar coins were carried by the paddle-wheel steamer Republic, which left New York on October 18, 1865. Two days later, however, a storm hit the ship and its cargo went down. The treasure was not recovered by underwater archaeologists until 2003.

Divers discover a unique treasure trove of gold coins from the fall of the Roman Empire

One of Europe's largest collections of Roman gold coins has been discovered in a shallow shoal off the coast near the town of Xàbia in Alicante, southeastern Spain. The gold solids date from the late 4th to early 5th century; all but one are in excellent condition.

26. 8. 2013

26 Aug 2013 Treasure worth millions found by family in shipwreck

The Schmitt family from Florida made the discovery of a lifetime eight years ago. They've been treasure hunting for a long time, but none of the previous finds compare to the latest. They found gold coins and chains from shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean.

He fished a coin worth two million out of the water

First he found a silver coin, then after a while a gold one. Zach Moore discovered another piece of substrate from the wreck of a Spanish galleon worth over two million crowns. He's working under the banner of Mel Fisher's Treasures.

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