Non-Fleet related news including shipwrecks, treasure, hoards and finds from around the globe.
‘Spectacular’ shipwreck found with underwater time capsule of untouched cargo: ‘Amazing find’
Image: Archaeologists say a newly discovered shipwreck off Norway’s southeastern coast contains one of the best-preserved cargoes ever found in Northern Europe. (Espen Saastad og Norsk Maritimt Museum; Sindre Kinnerød Flash Studio AS) Undamaged Chinese
Take an Exclusive Look at Three Newly Discovered Medieval Shipwrecks in Menorca’s ‘Cove of Mysteries’
Meteorological tsunamis likely sank the 13th-century trading vessels, whose cargo included objects from both Christian kingdoms and Moorish communities on the Iberian Peninsula Image: Archaeologist Gino Caspari holds an iron artifact recovered from one of
Treasure Hunters Win $26K From FBI in Gold Dispute
Image: Dennis Parada, right, and son Kem Parada stand at the site of the FBI’s dig for Civil War-era gold in Sept, 2018, in Dents Run, Pennsylvania. The FBI says it found nothing, but the
4 Unusual Finds From Sunken Warships and Wartime Wrecks
Image: Kano Takahashi, Unsplash Sunken warships usually bring to mind cannons, anchors, and broken hulls. Yet some discoveries feel far more personal. Divers have found tiny dice, polished marble, old tableware, and a bell that took
Treasure Hunters Reach $26K Settlement Over FBI Civil War Gold Dig
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Detectorist ‘Overwhelmed’ to Discover Huge Hoard of Treasure Lost in Shipwreck
Image: Peter Hughes discovered the treasure on Margam beach after storms blew away sand concealing it [Amgueddfa Cymru] By Angharad Thomas – BBC Wales A huge collection of treasure lost in a shipwreck before being
Divers Recently Found a Long-Lost Shipwreck That Sank in a Hit-and-Run
More than 160 years after vanishing beneath the waves of the Atlantic, the wreck of French steamship Le Lyonnais was discovered off the coast of Massachusetts. The ship’s demise in November 1856 was a bit
How Peter Accidentally Discovered the SS Gothenburg and ‘All the Bits of a Great Shipwreck Story’
Image: The Gothenburg sank off the coast of Townsville in 1875 and then went missing from all records. (Supplied: State Library of Victoria) It was 1967 and Peter Rubiolo was spearfishing with two friends off
Gold Coin Analysis Solves the 400-Year-Old Mystery of a Long-Lost Dutch Ship
By Raquel Brandao Thirty years ago, divers off the Devon coast of southwest England found a glint of gold in the sand. A small ingot, then 17 coins, then hundreds more. Nobody knew whose ship
An Archival Discovery Became a Treasure Map Leading a Diver to a 17th-Century Shipwreck Carrying Coins and Gold Jewelry
Image: Isles of Scilly Museum curator Xavier Duffy examinating recovered treasures with diver Todd Stevens Isles of Scilly Museum See artifacts recovered thanks to a clue about the last resting place of a lost captain