In Namibia’s remote Sperrgebiet—a name that translates from German as “forbidden zone”—miners looking for diamonds stumbled ...

Colombia has recovered the first artifacts from San José galleon, also known as the legendary "Holy Grail of shipwrecks." It ...

Thousands of shipwrecks lie in the 4,080 square miles of the Bay and its feeder waters. The archaeologists, divers, and other ...

Ancient gold coins, a cannon and a porcelain cup, are just some of the treasures that have been recovered so far from the San ...

SEBASTIAN, FL — More than 1,000 silver coins and five gold coins worth about $1 million were recovered from a 1715 Spanish shipwreck off the coast of Florida, a shipwreck salvage company said. On Sept ...

In June 1708, the 62-gun Spanish galleon San José, carrying treasure from South America to Europe, was sunk by British ...

Dubbed the "holy grail of shipwrecks," the ship is believed to hold 11 million gold and silver coins, emeralds and other ...

The artifacts are the first treasures to be recovered from the wreckage of the San José, a Spanish galleon that was sunk by ...

Researchers recovered coins, a cannon, and more from the wreck, which is believed to hold billions of dollars’ worth of gold ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Treasure hunters found and recovered more than 1,000 silver coins from shipwrecks off Florida's coast that date back to the 1700s. While that might sound like the plotline of a movie or ...

The San José was returning to Europe laden with extraordinary wealth meant to fund Spain's war efforts when British warships intercepted it near the fortified port city of Cartagena, Colombia. The ...

An 18th century Spanish galleon dubbed the "holy grail of shipwrecks" for its storied cache of 11 million gold and silver ...