A group of Florida-based treasure hunters recently recovered hundreds of coins from a fleet of 300-year-old shipwrecks off the Atlantic coast this week. One of the divers called the find late last month “almost numbing.” “You don’t expect that,” boat captain Grant Gitschlag told FOX 35 on Friday. “You always hope for it, but you […]
The Italian coastguard searched off southern Italy Monday for survivors or the bodies of dozens of migrants feared missing, after two shipwrecks left 11 people dead. With up to 60 migrants potentially lost at sea, the coastguard said it has been looking for “possible missing persons” since late Sunday, “following the shipwreck of a sailing […]
Nearly 1,000 pieces of treasure — including copper coins and ornate pottery from the Ming Dynasty — were recovered from a pair of ancient shipwrecks discovered in the South China Sea, officials said on Thursday. The yearlong retrieval operation came after the two shipwrecks were discovered in 2022 about 5,000 feet underwater near the northwest continental […]
The Colombian government has started exploring a sunk 18th Century Spanish galleon dubbed the “holy grail of shipwrecks”. The South American nation has also declared a protected archaeological area around the San José galleon – which was sunk by the British Royal Navy in 1708 in the Caribbean Sea. The ship, whose ownership remains contested, […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Shipwrecks are preserved better in the Great Lakes than any other place in the world. The cold, fresh water acts to stop the clock on wrecks, making for excellent scuba diving for those hoping to see a living preservation of history. Up until a few years ago, the wrecks in […]
Shipwreck hunters, divers, even a little girl out fishing found some of Lake Michigan’s most historic secrets last year in record numbers. Thirteen new shipwrecks were discovered, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society. The previous record was just four shipwrecks in 2016, and usually there are only two or three, said Tamara Thomsen, a maritime […]
Researchers have discovered 10 shipwrecks, including one estimated to be more than 5,000 years old, off the coast of Greece, along with scattered ancient artifacts from around the globe. Using Homer’s “Iliad” as a guide, an underwater archaeological team made the discoveries during a four-year survey off the coast of Kasos, a small island in […]
Humans have sailed the world’s oceans for thousands of years, but they haven’t all reached port. Researchers estimate that there are some three million shipwrecks worldwide, resting in shallow rivers and bays, coastal waters and the deep ocean. Many sank during catastrophes – some during storms or after running aground, others in battle or collisions […]