Non-Fleet related news including shipwrecks, treasure, hoards and finds from around the globe.
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
Archaeologists in France Dig Up a Jar Packed With Tens of Thousands of 1,800-Year-Old Roman Coins
Image: A jug holding a vast number of Roman coins was found during an excavation at a French village. Credit: Simon Ritz/Inrap Archaeologists in France found a hidden hoard of Roman coins buried beneath a
“Once-In-a-Generation” Expedition Launched to Survey Two Legendary Shipwrecks
Image: The Quest, the ship on which Ernest Shackleton set sail before his 1922 death, in 1935. Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images Canadian researchers will begin a “once-in-a-generation” expedition to survey two legendary shipwrecks, which
16th CenÂtury ShipÂwreck TreasÂure Goes on DisÂplay
By Ian Lewis A display of 16th CenÂtury treasÂure which includes gold coins from the wreck of the merÂchant vesÂsel Ann FranÂcis has opened at the National WaterÂfront Museum in Swansea. On pubÂlic disÂplay for
Julius Caesar Was Once Kidnapped by Pirates
Author: Timothy Ott Before he emerged as a military hero and the envy of Roman senators who feared his popular reach, Julius Caesar demonstrated his ability to manipulate minds during a reported encounter with pirates
Museum to Display Treasure From 1680 Shipwreck
Image: Xavier Duffy (left) said the condition of the finds was “outstanding” | Isles of Scilly Museum By Lisa Young Artefacts from a shipwreck dating back to 1680 have been given to a museum. Items