Shipwrecks, Treasure, Hoards, and Finds From Around the World

A bench trial started today in a breach of contract case involving treasure recovered off the coast of the Bahamas. The parties are asking Chief U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor to decide how to split

125,000 people have enjoyed Wreckwatch’s first documentary series, Mystery of the Pirate King’s Treasure. Their underwater exploration with the New Providence Pirates Expedition has been featured in National Geographic, The Guardian, Smithsonian Magazine, New York

Image: Gold and coins from the shipwreck. (Credit: British Museum/CC) Learn about the wreck of the Dom can Keulen, a Dutch trading ship that sank along with gold coins and other cargo in the 17th

The Brother Jonathan maritime disaster was the West Coast’s Titanic. The sidewheel paddle steamship carried goods, gold, and passengers between San Francisco, Portland, and Vancouver. In 1865, it sank into the Pacific, taking over 200

Watch the video/read the full article on Local 10 News:https://www.local10.com/news/local/2026/06/11/keys-treasure-hunters-find-silver-bar-from-300-year-old-shipwreck/ MONROE COUNTY, Fla. — A discovery not seen in nearly 30 years came to shore in the Florida Keys on Thursday: a 22-pound silver bar

Image: Workers recovered this cannon from the Savannah River in 2022. Savannah District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 The centuries-old artifacts emerged from the riverbed between 2021 and 2022.

Episode 3 of Mystery of the Pirate King’s Treasure is now live at Wreckwatch TV on YouTube. Storms, Blackbeard’s ghost, the real Aquaman, and diving a true Pirates of the Caribbean shipwreck. Episode 2: Hunting Henry

After 27 years, it happened again! Mel Fisher’s Shipwreck Expeditions recovered a 22.5-pound silver bar from the Nuestra Señora de Atocha wreck site off the Florida Keys—the first silver bar recovered from the site since

The history of currency in the United States offers a fascinating journey through cultural changes, economic innovation, and shifting monetary policies. Between the colonial era and the mid-20th century, numerous forms of currency emerged that

In the Fall of 2025, the New Providence Pirates Expedition & Wreckwatch TV splashed down in the Bahamas to dive in search of elusive pirate wrecks. The discoveries introduced in this issue of Wreckwatch magazine