Find the rare treasure from 1840 on the seabed

Some divers have found extremely rare gold coins from 1840 by the shipwreck off South Carolina.

According to The Charlotte Observer, there is a mysterious area about 20 miles off South Carolina, where a number of centuries-old gold coins were found scattered on the ocean floor.

Specifically, these coins were found in the wrecked SS North Carolina ship, a steam ship that historians say it sank in 1840 for some strange reason.

In November, exactly 178 years after the ship sank, an expedition was underway to confirm the evidence of the wreck's identity and unravel the mystery of why the ship had crashed straight into. the direction of another ship.

Gold coins were found on the SS North Carolina ship wrecked.

Worth mentioning, this expedition was also carried out by hundreds of gold and silver coins that are believed to be still in the wreck, promising a large sum of money for the expedition team.

According to many experts, the SS North Carolina ship sank so quickly that some of the wealthy passengers on board could not pack up their belongings before boarding the lifeboat. Among those passengers, a businessman lost $ 20,000 in gold, said Blue Water Ventures International, a partner of the project.

Specifically, Keith Webb of Blue Water Ventures said: 'Some of these extremely rare currencies will help fill the missing periods when it comes to US coin history. Before that, we knew 10 gold pieces were recovered at this location last year and they were sold for $ 70,000 / piece. '

Artifacts can begin to be found in the next few weeks, as divers scatter and perform archaeological surveys, Webb said. However, most artifacts can be found in May or June, which is the traditional diving season.

Over the past year, Blue Water Ventures and Endurance Exploration have restored artifacts from a shipwreck on the coast of Carolina, the Pulaski sank in 1838. Five hundred gold and silver coins were found on Pulaski. , including some of the oldest and rarest US coins ever found on a shipwreck.

'The SS North Carolina will be the same as Pulaski. We believe that artifacts similar to Pulaski's ship artifacts will also be found on the SS North Carolina ship , 'Webb said.