The holy grail of shipwrecks just yielded its first treasure, with $17 billion still under the sea

Included in the haul is a cannon, two porcelain cups, and three gold and bronze coins.
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The holy grail of shipwrecks yields first treasure, $17B still down

The world’s most coveted shipwreck is finally giving up its secrets. After centuries on the Caribbean seabed, the Spanish galleon San José has yielded its first cache of coins, cannon and artifacts, ...
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Spanish Galleon Sank With $17-Billion Worth of Treasure In Today’s Money. Now Confirmed As the World’s Richest Shipwreck

Researchers used high-resolution underwater photography and photogrammetry to create three-dimensional reconstructions of the cobs — irregular, hand-struck coins known in Spanish as macuquinas. These ...
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Colombian scientists recover treasure from 300-year-old Spanish shipwreck

Scientists in Colombia have recovered gold and bronze coins, a porcelain cup and a cannon from a Spanish warship that sank three centuries ago. They are the first artifacts to be salvaged from a ...
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Colombia recovers first treasures from 300-year-old ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’

Colombia has recovered gold and bronze coins, a porcelain cup and a cannon from a sunken Spanish warship dubbed the “holy grail of shipwrecks.” The artifacts are the first treasures to be recovered ...