Quote:A Spanish galleon laden with gold that sank to the bottom of the Caribbean off the coast of Colombia more than 300 years ago was found three years ago with the help of an underwater autonomous vehicle operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the agency disclosed for the first time.

New details about the discovery of the San Jose were released on Monday with permission from the agencies involved in the search, including the Colombian government.

"We've been holding this under wraps out of respect for the Colombian government," said Rob Munier, WHOI's vice president for marine facilities and operations.

The exact location of the wreck of the San Jose, often called the "holy grail of shipwrecks," was long considered one of history's enduring maritime mysteries.

The 62-gun, three-masted galleon, went down on June 8, 1708, with 600 people on board as well as a treasure of gold, silver and emeralds during a battle with British ships in the War of Spanish Succession. The treasure is worth as much as $17 billion by modern standards.

http://www.wbur.org/news/2018/05/22/wood...-shipwreck

this is when you simply have to love passion and pay homage to technology......

that's just awesome relative to humanity.....

Perspective - Jeff Bezos could buy 5 of those "Holy Grail" shipwrecks. The Walton family could get together and buy 10 or 12.

(05-23-2018 11:09 PM)banker Wrote:  Perspective - Jeff Bezos could buy 5 of those "Holy Grail" shipwrecks. The Walton family could get together and buy 10 or 12.

to that point.....that's why protecting the USD coupled with 'nobody is above the law' has merit....

if you want to go there, that's your choice.........never crossed my mind in context.....

where the scratch go? does wood n hole get dat booty? kinda makes metal detecting look lame. oh wait

(05-23-2018 11:09 PM)banker Wrote:  Perspective - Jeff Bezos could buy 5 of those "Holy Grail" shipwrecks. The Walton family could get together and buy 10 or 12.

Now I get it. At first I thought you were talking about Grandpa and John-Boy and all those cousins on the mountain...

Yeah, Spain is going to want all that back.