{Category Archives} Odyssey Marine Exploration
Spain says it’ll share disputed treasure trove with Peru - Thaindian News
Jun 27 at 2:02pm
Spain has said it is ready to share with Peru a disputed treasure trove worth millions of dollars salvaged from a shipwreck, claiming it is a part of its cultural heritage, EFE news agency reported. The vessel which was apparently carrying coins worth some $500 million was sunk in 1804. US treasure hunting firm Odyssey Marine Exploration spotted the vessel and its treasure off the coast of Portugal.
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Odyssey President Talks to FOX Business - CoinNews
Jun 24 at 3:03pm
Mark Gordon, President and Chief Operating Officer of Florida based treasure-hunting firm Odyssey Marine Exploration, sat down with FOX Business to discuss Odyssey’s finding of over 590,000 shipwrecked, Colonial-era gold and silver coins.
The company discovered the 17-ton coin hoard in May of 2007 and has been battling Spain — in Florida court and through airways — over its ownership ever since.
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Peru group jumps into Odyssey and Spain treasure battle - CoinNews
Jun 11 at 10:10pm
The Association of Peruvian Consumers and Users (ASPEC) requested the Peru government to join the legal battle between Odyssey Marine Exploration and Spain over the sunken treasure trove of silver and gold coins discovered last year.
Ownership of the 17-ton treasure found by Odyssey in May of 2007 is worth several hundred million, and has been hotly contested.
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Odyssey and Spain Back in Court Over Coin Treasure - CoinNews
Jun 10 at 9:09am
Florida-based treasure hunting, deep-sea exploration firm Odyssey Marine Exploration is back in court this morning at 9:30 a.m. (ET) with Spain. The legal battle over 17-tons of silver and gold Colonial-era coins continues in U.S. Federal court before Magistrate Judge Mark A. Pizzo.
The coin treasure trove was recovered by Odyssey in May of 2007, and resulting legal disputes with Spain over ownership have resulted since.
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Spain’s lost treasure battle in U.S. court - CNN
Jun 9 at 3:03pm
A battle royale over an estimated $500 million treasure that a Florida deep-sea salvage company found last year is due for a fresh round in court in Florida on Monday.
The Spanish government now says the 500,000 silver and gold coins that the company, Odyssey Marine Exploration, found last year in the Atlantic Ocean near Spain came from one of its ships that sunk in a 19th-century naval battle. Spain wants the entire treasure returned, but Odyssey insists Spain may have no right to it.
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Odyssey strikes gold twice, TV deal and New Shipwrecks - CoinNews
May 30 at 3:03pm
U.S. treasure hunting company Odyssey Marine Exploration struck gold twice in a single week. The company announced Thursday it had discovered new shipwreck sites near the English Channel containing Colonial period artifacts.
That announcement came on the heels of Tuesday’s revelation that Odyssey’s adventures will be spotlighted on a Discovery Channel shipwreck series that will be seen around the world.
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Odyssey Marine Exploration Files Admiralty Arrests on Two Shipwreck Sites
May 29 at 10:10pm
Tampa, FL - May 29, 2008 - Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (NasdaqCM: OMEX), the world leader in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, today filed Admiralty Arrest Complaints in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on two separate shipwreck sites recently discovered by the Company.
Both sites lie within the general area of the English Channel but are outside the territorial waters or contiguous zone of any sovereign nation. The sites both contain cannon and other artifacts which are believed to date from the Colonial period. Odyssey has conducted preliminary surveys but has not yet been able to confirm the identity of either site. The Company’s archaeological and conservation teams are currently developing archaeological excavation and conservation plans for both sites.
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Odyssey shipwreck expeditions in new TV series - CoinNews
May 27 at 11:11pm
While many coin collectors are familiar with Odyssey Marine Exploration’s shipwreck offerings and their legal battle with Spain over the 17-ton bounty of Colonial-era silver and gold coins discovered last year, the world will soon see them in a new light — a 11-part HD TV series on the Discovery Channel.
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Odyssey and Spain on NPR - CoinNews
May 22 at 2:02pm
National Public Radio (NPR) had a segment Monday, May 19, discussing the legal battle between Spain and Odyssey Marine Exploration for the 17-tons of Colonial-era coins recovered from the ocean floor.
That legal dispute started back in May of 2007 when Odyssey discovered a 17th-century shipwreck, they code-named the “Black Swan”.
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Spain pressing claim against Odyssey - The New York Times
May 12 at 11:11am
The Spanish government is pressing its claim to a deep-sea treasure that it did not know existed until it was recovered last year by an American exploration company, saying that the gold and silver coins belongs to the state because it came from a Spanish warship sunk by the British in 1804.
Spain’s dispute with Odyssey Marine Exploration — which shipped the trove, worth as much as $500 million, out of the British port of Gibraltar to the United States last year — will be argued in a court in Tampa, Fla, where Odyssey is based.
Entire article: For This Treasure, Spain Says, Finders Aren’t Keepers
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Odyssey Marine Exploration responds to media after Spain “Black Swan” press conference - Odyssey
May 12 at 12:12am
Tampa, FL - May 8, 2008 - Following a significant amount of international media coverage based on a press conference held by the Spanish Ministry of Culture in Madrid on May 8, 2008, Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (NasdaqCM: OMEX) wishes to publicly address the most frequently asked questions by media and the public.
To clarify, Odyssey was not in attendance at the press conference, which was presided over by representatives of the Spanish government as well as Spain’s legal counsel. Our statements are therefore based on media reports of the actual event and Spain’s Responses to the Court’s Interrogatories that Spain filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on May 8, 2008.
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