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.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
Odyssey co-founder Greg Stemm, left, examines coins recovered from the "Black Swan" shipwreck. Treasure is worth an estimated $504 million.
Easy come, easy go.
Lesson to divers:
If you find a treasure of gold and silver, shut your mouth and fire up the smelter.
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!
Lesson learned.
Hunt.
Dive.
Dig.
Find.
Shut the hell up..............
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?
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.
You mean that gold Spain stole from South America?
What a deal. This is all booty Spain plundered from the New World.
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).
Are the discoverers being reimbursed for the cost of retrieving the treasure?
This really sucks.
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).
Yep, I had assumed this was the Mel Fisher haul off the Florida Keys.
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"!
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.
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
I’m sure the treasure hunters just happened to “lose” a few million worth of gold coins, just in case.
Local Shipwreck Divers React to Court Ruling for Tampa Treasure Hunting Co.
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