The case accidentally discovered ancient treasure under the sea

Until now, there were many times the divers accidentally discovered ancient treasures filled with precious gold coins with high historical value in the giant ocean.

The times accidentally discovered treasure under the sea

Discovered 2,000 ancient gold coins

In early 2015, amateur divers found ancient treasures with more than 2,000 gold coins weighing up to 6kg dating back thousands of years off the coast of the port city of Caesarea, Israel.

These gold coins will provide valuable archaeological evidence from the Fatimid period, around the 10th-11th century, Kobi Sharvit, director of Israel's maritime archaeological unit, said.

"Ancient treasure" 2,000 gold coins were discovered in Israel.(Photo Business Insider).

The divers initially thought they discovered toy coins but then they brought these gold coins to the archaeologists for assessment.

Archaeologists later used metal detectors and discovered large amounts of gold coins around the area where divers found the first coins. Divers have delivered all the coins found to the research agency.

Find ancient treasures full of gold coins

In July 2015, an amateur treasure hunting group in Florida (USA) suddenly found a gold store full of rare Spanish currencies, valued at around $ 4.5 million.

In a surprising coincidence, the time to discover the treasure was on the 300th anniversary of the entire fleet carrying the gold warehouse wrecked on a fateful voyage from Havana to Spain, according to New York. Post.

The "ancient treasure" of350 gold coins salvaged recently in Florida.(Photo 1715 Fleet-Queens Jewels).

The gold was found off Vero Beach, Florida on July 30, with the help of the wreck salvage company 1715 Fleet-Queens Jewels, which owns the rights to the wreck.

The owner of the company is Mr. Brent Brisben, who said that the treasure was being transferred to the King of Spain when he was wrecked. A total of 350 gold coins were found, of which 9 were extremely rare, known as the royal 8 escudos . Before finding these 9 coins, there were only 20 similar coins left in the world, according to Stuff news site.

William Bartlett, 51, is a divers who discovered the treasure while working for the S / V Capitana ship of 1715 Fleet-Queens Jewels. The salvage campaign took 5 days, but this gold was only a small part of the treasure that was shipped to Spain by a fleet of 11 ships in 1715, before they encountered storms and capsized off the coast. east of Florida.

Accidentally collecting gold coins while clearing garbage

In September 2015, the diving team of 99 Crew Dive Team found ancient treasure and mud in the work of cleaning up the garbage on the ocean floor to clean up the water environment in Wellington Harbor.

The leader of the divers, Rob Wilson, said they found 868 gold coins, but the value of the treasure has yet to be determined. In addition, divers also collected 577 cans, 116 glass bottles, clothes .

Ancient gold coins were brought to shore.(Daily Mail photo).

A member of the divers team said: The proceeds from the sale of the gold will be used to cover the costs incurred in clearing ocean waste.

This group of divers is responsible for regularly cleaning up garbage, cleaning the waters around Wellington harbor. Currently, divers are having to pay out of pocket for their own activities.