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

Check out Bob’s latest Treasure Talk: Episode 10 Part 1 “So, this is gold dust” on Finest Known. Fleet Society member Bob Evans (member #78) of S.S. Central America fame has embarked on a new project in the

U.S. currency is strongly associated with the green color that blankets these bills — so much so that “green” is understood to be a synonym for “money.” But while this link is deeply ingrained in

1715 Fleet Society President Ben Costello adds: “The coins found are Lima eight escudos. They are very similar to those found on the 1715 Fleet. We are having a speaker at our conference who has

Image Credit: Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro (centre), looks at a cannon recovered from the San José. Photograph: Colombian presidency/AFP/Getty Images Cannon, three coins and a cup taken from San José, a 1708 wreckage that could

Image Credit: United Archives // Getty Images From the smoking lounge to first-class bedrooms, explore the ship like you’ve never seen it before. By Alex Aronson The public’s fascination with the Titanic spans generations —

As the United States entered the turbulent era of the Civil War, the government set aside long-standing concerns about non-metallic currency and began issuing a series of paper banknotes in 1861. These “Demand Notes” were

by Isabella Sanchez A historically significant jewel, appraised at over one million dollars, has been unveiled for the first time in Miami. This revelation was made through a video featuring Cuban jeweler Carlos Marcelín and collector Antonio Sánchez

Image: A CHINESE GOLD RECTANGULAR SYCEE INGOT FROM THE GELDERMALSEN. Highest bid: 18,000 GBP. Estimate: 20,000-30,000 GBP. (Jam Press/Lawrences Auctioneers) A small gold bar from a historic shipwreck looks set to fetch £30,000. The three-inch by

Not unlike Leo the Lion, who roars at the beginning of many a movie produced by MGM, the eagle seen on early U.S. coins was a real creature with a surprisingly common name: Peter. In

Image: Archaeologists from East Carolina University recently documented four 18th-century shipwrecks along the Cape Fear River shoreline. (ECU Program in Maritime Studies) La Fortuna, which attacked North Carolina port in King George’s War in 1748,