Gold chain found off Key West; could belong to 17th century Spanish galleon

Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 00:49 UTC

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Divers from Mel Fisher's Treasures in Key West, extreme south Florida, have recovered an antique gold chain believed to be from the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha, which sank during a 1622 hurricane. In 1985, these same treasure hunters had previously found more than 450 million US dollars in artefacts from the wreck. Read full article

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Glad to see two of the poor slaves survived.
Mar 29th, 2011 - 07:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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lsolde
lf you listen to the usual Argentine lies, neither them nor their ancestors (Spanish) had slaves. Only the British did, so hey, presto it must have been a British(or Falkland) ship!
Mar 29th, 2011 - 09:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
This must be ours, probably one of drakes ship HMS lost it.
and changed its name to [Nuestra Señora de Atocha ] to escape but got caught,
And now in davy joneses locker.
yes definitely British,
Mar 29th, 2011 - 12:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Fido Dido
This must be ours, probably one of drakes ship HMS lost it.

Ours? who's ours. Certainly not yours. It's going back to the Government where the gold was from. It's happened before and will happen again.
Mar 29th, 2011 - 05:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Be serious
All Spanish galleons were at that time insured by Lloyds of London. A claim was submitted and paid out, so the ship and all its contents are now the property of Lloyds.
Mar 29th, 2011 - 06:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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