Finding Raises Hopes of Treasure Hunters

A cache of emeralds, gold and silver found off Bimini in the Bahamas has raised the hopes of treasure hunters that they have finally located a Spanish galleon said to have sunk with a huge cargo of gold and silver coins more than 200 years ago. In an interview published today in The Miami Herald, Rick Meyer, who has led a five-year, $3 million search for the galleon Santiago el Grande, said: “It all matches up — the carbon dating, the size of the ship, the maps from the archives. There’s no wa…

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Finding Raises Hopes of Treasure Hunters

Finding Raises Hopes of Treasure Hunters

A cache of emeralds, gold and silver found off Bimini in the Bahamas has raised the hopes of treasure hunters that they have finally located a Spanish galleon said to have sunk with a huge cargo of gold and silver coins more than 200 years ago. In an interview published today in The Miami Herald, Rick Meyer, who has led a five-year, $3 million search for the galleon Santiago el Grande, said: “It all matches up — the carbon dating, the size of the ship, the maps from the archives

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