{Tag Archives} Treasure
Treasure hunt coins sell for £35k - BBC News
Jun 11 at 10:10pm
A hoard of ancient coins discovered by a man with a metal detector in a Kent field have sold for more than £35,000.
The 41 Celtic gold coins, many in pristine condition and dating back to the 1st Century, fetched three times the expected price at auction.
Entire article: Treasure hunt coins sell for £35k - BBC News
Filed in: Ancient Coins, Coin Treasures, Metal Detecting, World Coins
Article Tags: Gold Coins, Metal Detecting, Treasure.
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.
Entire article: Peru group jumps into Odyssey and Spain treasure battle - CoinNews
Filed in: CoinNews, Odyssey Marine Exploration, Shipwreck Coins
Article Tags: ASPEC, Odyssey Marine Exploration, Peru, Spain, Treasure.
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
Filed in: Odyssey Marine Exploration, Shipwreck Coins
Article Tags: Odyssey Marine Exploration, Shipwreck Coins, Spain, The New York Times, Treasure.
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.
Entire article: Odyssey Marine Exploration Responds To Recent Media Reports Following the Spanish Government’s “Black Swan” Press Conference
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Article Tags: Odyssey Marine Exploration, Treasure.
Treasure hunters at Horn Rapids - Herald
May 11 at 8:08pm
Quinton Markel instantly dropped to his knees when his metal detector buzzed, expertly fingering through the thick grass and pocketing his prize — a quarter.
The 10-year-old Richland boy was among nearly 80 treasure hunters spending the weekend scouring the landscape at Horn Rapids Campground at the Southeast Washington Association of Treasure Hunters’ 20th Anniversary Treasure Hunt.
The hunters, armed with their requisite metal detector weapons, comb sectioned-off areas to find the bounty hidden by event organizers.
Entire article: Treasure hunters buzzing around at Horn Rapids
Filed in: Metal Detecting
Article Tags: Metal Detecting, Treasure.