Considered the Holy Grail of all shipwrecks, the Spanish galleon San Jose blew up and sank in 1708 at the hands of British cannons, and it took with it what experts have estimated to be $17 billion in ...

Centuries-old coins, believed to be part of a $17 billion treasure trove on the shipwreck of the Spanish galleon ship San ...

Centuries after the Spanish galleon ship San José sunk in Colombian waters and nearly a decade after it was initially discovered, the estimated $17 billion shipwreck is set to be recovered as ...

These historic wrecks offer more than just gold and jewels. From the coast of Namibia to the South China Sea, these ships held riches hidden from time. When the Spanish naval galleon San José ...

New artifacts have been found on the legendary Spanish galleon San Jose, Colombia's government announced Thursday, after the first robotic exploration of the three-century-old shipwreck.

Shimmering gold lies in wait… ” promises the website of treasure hunter Martin Bayerle. It is now 44 years since he discovered the “billion dollar wreck” of the RMS Republic, the White Star Liner that ...

Spanish Galleon Sank With $17-Billion Worth of Treasure In ... “This case study highlights the value of coins as key chronological markers in the identification of shipwrecks,” Vargas Ariza ...

Gold coins found in centuries-old shipwrecks off Colombia 00:53. More than three centuries after a legendary Spanish galleon loaded with treasure sank off the coast of Colombia, researches have ...

A Spanish ship that sank in the Caribbean in 1708 could hold sunken treasure including gold, ... Sunken Spanish galleon from 1708 could be ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’ with $20bn of treasure.

The San Jose was a marvel of 17th century technology. The Spanish galleon weighed more than a thousand tons, was made of wood reinforced with iron, and featured three masts and 64 cannons.

Researchers used robotic diving vehicles to study gold coins on the seafloor by the wreck of the Spanish galleon San José.