The 150-foot-long Spanish galleon ship was sunk by British warships in 1708 Researchers believe they have uncovered coins from a 317-year-old shipwreck, which sank in 1708, containing treasure thought ...

More than three centuries after a legendary Spanish galleon loaded with treasure sank off the coast of Colombia, researches have uncovered new details about gold coins found scattered around the ...

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The San Jose was a marvel of 17th century technology. The Spanish galleon weighed more than a thousand tons, was made of wood reinforced with iron, and featured three masts and 64 cannons. In its ...

These gold coins, known as cobs, date to 1707, the year before the San José sank. ARC-DIMAR 2022 / Vargas Ariza et al., Antiquity More than 300 years after the Spanish galleon San José sank off the ...

The galleon was laden with up to 200 tons (180 metric tons) of gold, silver and uncut gemstones when it sank, and the treasure's modern value may be as high as $17 billion, Live Science previously ...

A replica 17th Century Spanish ship has arrived in Manx waters. Operated by Fundación Nato Victoria, Galéon Andalucía is 160ft (48m) long and weighs about 500 tonnes and serves as a floating museum.

Treasure salvor Daniel J. Porter, who found his first Spanish coins as a boy off Fort Pierce beaches where he grew up, is turning to the courts to get what he claims is his share of a wealth of ...

Centuries-old coins have been found by researchers looking into the San José shipwreck, thought to be located in the Colombian Caribbean Sea The wreckage is reportedly worth approximately $17 billion ...

The San José was sunk by British forces on June 8, 1708. In June 1708, the San José and a fleet of 17 other vessels departed the capital of Colombia for Europe laden with gold, silver, and uncut gems.

The treasure, discovered by researchers, is thought to be from the Spanish galleon ship San José, which was sunk by British warships in 1708 Centuries-old coins have been found by researchers looking ...

The treasure, discovered by researchers, is thought to be from the Spanish galleon ship San José, which was sunk by British warships in 1708 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE.