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Spain to send military planes to Florida to collect a half of a billion dollars worth of treasure
NY Daily News ^ | Feb 20, 2012

Posted on 02/22/2012 8:54:50 AM PST by KeyLargo

Spain to send military planes to Florida to collect a half of a billion dollars worth of treasure 17 tons of treasure that U.S. undersea explorers found could be the richest shipwreck treasure in history, experts speculate.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Monday, February 20, 2012, 6:12 PM

Spain said Monday it will soon send hulking military transport planes to Florida to retrieve 17 tons of treasure that U.S. undersea explorers found but ultimately lost in American courts, a find experts have speculated could be the richest shipwreck treasure in history.

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KEYWORDS: florida; godsgravesglyphs; seized; spain; treasure
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Odyssey co-founder Greg Stemm, left, examines coins recovered from the "Black Swan" shipwreck. Treasure is worth an estimated $504 million.

1 posted on 02/22/2012 8:54:57 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Easy come, easy go.


2 posted on 02/22/2012 8:56:13 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: KeyLargo

Lesson to divers:

If you find a treasure of gold and silver, shut your mouth and fire up the smelter.


3 posted on 02/22/2012 8:57:19 AM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: KeyLargo

The treasure hunters’ equivalent of “shoot, shovel and shut up” should apply to cases like this. Harvest it quietly, dispose of it gradually and discreetly, and keep your darned mouth shut!


4 posted on 02/22/2012 9:00:27 AM PST by JimRed (Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: KeyLargo

Lesson learned.
Hunt.
Dive.
Dig.
Find.
Shut the hell up..............


5 posted on 02/22/2012 9:02:11 AM PST by Red Badger (If you are unemployed long enough, you are no longer unemployed.)
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To: KeyLargo

So, if these “hulking” cargo planes crash into the ocean and someone finds them, does Spain have to refile, or can they use this precedent?


6 posted on 02/22/2012 9:05:51 AM PST by struwwelpeter
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To: KeyLargo

Good deal. Spain gets to keep the treasure without lifting a finger to recover it.

At least the court should have ordered their expenses covered for the salvage operation.


7 posted on 02/22/2012 9:06:44 AM PST by headstamp 2 (Liberalism: Carrying adolescent values and behavior into adult life.)
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To: KeyLargo
Can't this company charge a finders fee, service charge, salvage charge for getting the coins up off the ocean floor?
They would do it to us! Oh wait.... They must be obama’s butt buddy.
8 posted on 02/22/2012 9:07:21 AM PST by baddog 219
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To: headstamp 2

You mean that gold Spain stole from South America?


9 posted on 02/22/2012 9:07:30 AM PST by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: KeyLargo

What a deal. This is all booty Spain plundered from the New World.


10 posted on 02/22/2012 9:08:54 AM PST by 109ACS (If this be Treason, then make the most of it. Patrick Henry, May 1765)
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To: JimRed

Just went back and read the article. The treasure was found off the coast of Portugal (I thought Florida, because that’s the location they’ll be picking it up from).


11 posted on 02/22/2012 9:09:01 AM PST by JimRed (Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: struwwelpeter

Are the discoverers being reimbursed for the cost of retrieving the treasure?

This really sucks.


12 posted on 02/22/2012 9:09:28 AM PST by Reagan69 (I supported Sarah Palin and all I got was a lousy DVD !)
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To: JimRed

Just went back and read the article. The treasure was found off the coast of Portugal (I thought Florida, because that’s the location they’ll be picking it up from).


13 posted on 02/22/2012 9:10:49 AM PST by JimRed (Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: baddog 219

http://shipwreck.net/pr231.php


14 posted on 02/22/2012 9:11:06 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: JimRed

Yep, I had assumed this was the Mel Fisher haul off the Florida Keys.


15 posted on 02/22/2012 9:11:16 AM PST by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: dfwgator
Actually, this is late enough it may have been Philippine gold shipped across the Pacific to evade European pirates in the Souf' Seas!

The gold was then transported across Mexico or through what is now Columbia and reloaded on ships bound for Europe.

We'll never know ~ but in consideration of the fact this was the PERSONAL POSSESSION of the King of Spain I think the proceeds should be distributed to "the Family"!

16 posted on 02/22/2012 9:12:45 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: SampleMan
Lesson to divers: If you find a treasure of gold and silver, shut your mouth and fire up the smelter.

I have no doubt that pretty much every such salvage operation will follow that course from now on. I bet they all have smelters on board now, so that they will return with nothing but untraceable bullion.

17 posted on 02/22/2012 9:13:01 AM PST by denydenydeny (The more a system is all about equality in theory the more it's an aristocracy in practice.)
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To: SampleMan

February 22, 2012 10:20 AM
Spanish treasure to leave via US military base
TAMPA, Fla. — Leaving nothing to chance, the U.S. military is making sure the transfer of 17 tons of shipwreck treasure to Spain later this week is handled safely.

Officials at Tampa’s MacDill Air Force Base said Tuesday night that they are cooperating with the Spanish government on the transfer of the of 594,000 coins and other artifacts that were wrested away from deep-sea explorers Odyssey Marine Exploration after a nearly five-year legal struggle.

http://www.cbsnews.com/2102-505245_162-57382612.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody


18 posted on 02/22/2012 9:14:43 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

I’m sure the treasure hunters just happened to “lose” a few million worth of gold coins, just in case.


19 posted on 02/22/2012 9:15:41 AM PST by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: SampleMan

Local Shipwreck Divers React to Court Ruling for Tampa Treasure Hunting Co.

Video:

http://staugustine.firstcoastnews.com/news/news/73868-local-shipwreck-divers-react-court-ruling-tampa-treasure-hunting-co?odyssey=tab|topnews|bc|large


20 posted on 02/22/2012 9:16:36 AM PST by KeyLargo
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