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Famous Treasures Lost & Found => Famous Shipwrecks, Spanish Galleons, Treasure Salvage => Topic started by: Tascio on August 11, 2006, 20:12:22 PM

Title: The Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion Salvage
Post by: Tascio on August 11, 2006, 20:12:22 PM
The Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion (https://www.detecting.org.uk/html/Nuestra_Senora_de_la_Concepcion_Treasure_Hunting_Metal_Detecting.html) struck the Los Abrojos reef, 60 miles north of Haiti, after being severely damaged in a hurricane in 1659. Her cargo: one hundred tons of silver coin and bullion.

Full story here: https://www.detecting.org.uk/html/Nuestra_Senora_de_la_Concepcion_Treasure_Hunting_Metal_Detecting.html