These guys found the wreck of a ship containing around $500 000 000 worth of coins. Question is who gets the money? Thats a ship load of coins. Record shipwreck 'discovered off Cornish coast'
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The Most Valuable Shipwreck Ever Discovered
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I thought i did alright when I found a two pound coin at Durdle Door last year! Pretty amazing that there are still wrecks with lots of booty on board left in the Oceans, especially so close to shore in a well dived part of the coast.
I think something like that mite be one of the coolest jobs in the world, imagine what it must be like hunting for real treasure every day of your life. Sure bad luck at some times but then you find something like this 
kaching...
It is very possible that it should be there, most of the time people dont know what theyre lookin at. Have you searched the area where you found the coin a bit more, surely if theres one there should be more hey...
kaching...It is very possible that it should be there, most of the time people dont know what theyre lookin at. Have you searched the area where you found the coin a bit more, surely if theres one there should be more hey...
Who is entitled to the salvage? Is is deemed a state treasure and the exploration company just get a fee? I must start tracing my genes now, hope to find a black beard or long john silver and ready my claim. Must cost a fortune to hunt for these finds, very exciting though!
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According to this there's one hell of a bun fight brewing!!
According to this there's one hell of a bun fight brewing!!
I think probably depending on the age of what is found they determine wether the finder gets a finders fee in relation to the worth or the worth of the whole shebang. Also if it was found in international waters and coastal waters plays a role methinks. So this should actually be uk property...
Well if you ask me, if If I found someting like that, i'd just keep very quiet!
I read a book on this actually. In South African waters it works something like this: If the wreck is younger than 75 years old, it's finders keepers! so long as it is no on sombody else's strip of sea. If you unintentionally (whatever that means) find something on someone elses property, you are entitled to a cut of the findings. But generally speaking treasure hunting on somebody elses property is conciderd ilegal. If the wreck is older than 75 years it's government property no matter who found it or where it's found.
I read a book on this actually. In South African waters it works something like this: If the wreck is younger than 75 years old, it's finders keepers! so long as it is no on sombody else's strip of sea. If you unintentionally (whatever that means) find something on someone elses property, you are entitled to a cut of the findings. But generally speaking treasure hunting on somebody elses property is conciderd ilegal. If the wreck is older than 75 years it's government property no matter who found it or where it's found.