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Rare gold coins discovered in a sunken steamship off the Louisiana coast have been put under the microscope of sorts, by coin experts.
The SS New York was a 165-foot side-wheel steamship that was found under some 60 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico.
It carried within its hull coins made in [...]

Three archaeological/treasure news articles stand out with extra interest today. With the upcoming Indiana Jones movie, a timely article discusses some of the real differences between "movies" and archaeological reality.
Ironically, there’s an article about German researchers claiming to have found the remains of the palace of the Queen of Sheba — and an altar [...]

The Namibian government is taking over the responsibility for the excavation of the 500-year old shipwreck diamond hunters found in the Atlantic, off the Namibia, African coast.
Last month geologists hunting for diamonds instead discovered a several hundred year old shipwreck filled with silver and gold coins, copper ingots, cannons and other valuable artifacts.
The [...]

Odyssey Marine Exploration, a shipwreck treasure-hunting company based in Florida, has announced their first quarter 2008 earnings to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
By accounts, their legal battle with Spain over the 17-tons of silver coins found in a shipwreck of May of 2007 isn’t helping them. Not only must the legal bills be substantial, [...]

Geologists hunting for diamonds instead discovered a several hundred year old shipwreck filled with silver and gold coins, copper ingots, cannons and other valuable artifacts.
Namdeb Diamond Corporation, a joint venture of the government of Namibia and the mining company De Beers, made the discovery during mining operations in the Atlantic, off the [...]

Taking steps that could be considered more procedural in impact, U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday made several rulings in relationship to the Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. v. The Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel (Spain) case.
As you may recall from past HuntTreasure.net articles, this series of events started in May of 2007, when the [...]

The digging near Deutschneudorf, Germany at a site that is hoped to contain buried buried Nazi loot, including parts of the famed Amber Room, has stopped according to the Associated Press.
Up to the third day of drilling, which was yesterday, Feb. 28, eleven holes at two different locations had been dug. (See photos of [...]

Digging for the suspected looted Nazi treasure in Deutschneudorf, Germany has begun. Treasure hunters in Germany hope to find parts of the fabled Amber Room along with stockpiles of stolen gold and other artifacts the Nazis hid toward the end of World War II.
The Amber Room was built from 1701-1709 in Prussia [...]

Deutschneudorf, Germany — Treasure hunters in Germany may have found the fabled Amber Room treasure, according to Spiegel Online. The Amber Room was built from 1701-1709 in Prussia and was beautifully created by German and Russian craftsmen with amber panels that were backed with gold leafs and mirrors.
The chamber was given to Russian [...]

Miami, Florida (US)  —   There’s been an interesting series of twists and turns in the struggle between Odyssey Marine Exploration, a Florida based company that specializes in deep ocean shipwreck exploration, and the Spanish government.
Earlier this year Odyssey discovered and recovered a huge haul - apparently 17 tons - of silver and gold [...]

Oregon (U.S.)  —   Whether you hunt wild game or treasure, it’s not only common sense, but just plain good manners to ask for permission to use someone’s land.
When it comes to your own land, you expect your rights, like hunting for treasure, are on a firm foundation. Of course, there’s some common sense [...]

The Mississippi, Missouri, St. Lawrence and Hudson; these are just a couple of America’s great rivers that served as roadways to multiple tons of potential treasure.
In the time of the fictional characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, steamships were the mainstay of trade up and down the river.
This meant that cargo for all walks of [...]

The island province of Gotland is a part of Sweden so when torrential rain pours down and unearths a few coins, you’d expect them to be of Swedish origin.
With two old coins emerging after the downpour, archaeologist interest perked up and exploration began.
The result? The discovery of 52 more coins. And more interesting, [...]