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Possibly the biggest shipwreck find ever, the San Jose offers potentially upward of a billion dollars in treasure. In only 700 feet of water. And despite the article, the finders face a long battle with the Colombian Government for their fair share of the loot.
Link: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/06/wreck-spanish-galleon-treasure-haul
&& Link: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/06/holy-grail-of-shipwrecks-in-three-way-court-battle
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The World's 2nd largest diamond found in Botswana, apparently on the news yesterday and everyone was telling me about it today...we had customers reserve tables just to tell me...
Don't count me out, I'm not done by a long shot...
Read the full article here: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34867929
Found by the Canadian Mining company Lucara, and at 1,111 Carats (that's only 210 grams, or a little under 8 oz) the 2nd largest gem quality diamond ever recovered.
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Inspiring.
"In June, a family of treasure hunters found $1m in gold coins in the area south of the latest discovery."
Link: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/20/sunken-1715-spanish-fleet-gold-coins
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In Germany (Bavaria), so one automatically wants to credit the Nazi's (again), apparently authorities have other suspicions
Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33880350
Of course, you can't go swimming in any lakes in Germany for tripping over all the loot left behind by the Nazi's, which is starting to make it a very attractive tourist destination to me...
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Rumours from Poland that a legendary lost train full of Nazi loot - 300 tons of Gold Bullion, etc - may have been found:
Links: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33994483 & http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/finders-keepers-two-treasure-hunters-claim-to-have-found-nazi-ghost-train-filled-with-gold-but-want-10-per-cent
Yep. We'll be finding their loot for a few hundred years yet...
Update - Found Train Confirmed: http://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/news/a17087/confirmed-nazi-loot-train-found/ & http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34090936