Five Incredible Treasures That Were Found Recently

The world is so full of lost treasures that new discoveries are being found every year. Today we look at five recent discoveries including over 650 ancient Roman silver coins, textile dyed with royal purple from 3,000 years ago, famous pirate Captain Every’s lost treasure, one of the largest caches of ancient Roman gold coins ever found, and the San Jose Galleon, the most valuable sunken wreck of all time!
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[@cas4040]

I live on the Treasure Coast of Florida and one of my friends is a professional treasure diver. Every time a tropical storm or hurricane comes through, so many new discovers are uncovered. It’s pretty damn cool.

[@kirdot2011]

not so cool if you never manage to sell any of that so called treasure

[@decker528]

I've always wanted to go to the beach after a hurricane and look for coins but I never have the right combination of time off work and money to get down there

[@chawnadams9648]

I live in Jacksonville and always wondered if pirates or the Spanish ever cam up the St. John's and buried treasure around Jacksonville/ St. Augustine area. I've had the treasure seeking bug after living in the Florida keys for 20 years and searching for shipwrecks. I actually went out and searched/ marked submerged or derelict vessels after hurricane Irma. I'm in the process of getting my non profit ocean cleanup and conservation group up and running and if I find artifacts or treasure in the process that would be cool.

[@decker528]

@@chawnadams9648 right around Jacksonville is where all those Spanish treasure galleons sank

[@titmusspaultpaul5]

Who gets to keep the treasure? Do the government claim it and give a finders fee or do they take the whole lot.... or do the people that find the treasure get to keep it all? If you have any answers to these questions it would be much appreciated..... cheers.

[@robertwalker-smith2739]

The purple dye was one of the things that made the Phoenician city of Tyre wealthy. A contemporary account comments that the price of that wealth was having to breathe the air. All those dead snails in the hot sun. . .

[@damnits2200]

It’s called Tekhelet. Some tzitzis have them

[@ValkyrieofNOLA]

Ew. I never considered this consequence of the textile industry of ancient times… Though I can’t imagine the smell that rotting snails would have… I’m sure it was incredibly unpleasant. Especially if the necessary amount of snails needed was in the hundreds of thousands…yuk.

[@MegaKat]

​@@ValkyrieofNOLAit smelled so bad that women were permitted to divorce their husbands if their husband became dyers after they wed.

[@martinstallard2742]

0:27 ancient Roman silver 2:34 biblical purple dye 5:18 Captain Every's treasure 7:18 ancient Roman gold 9:32:San José galleon

[@KirtFitzpatrick]

Simon should give you a login already so you can add timestamps to the videos directly.

[@williambrown8374]

God among men, sir.

[@alphagt62]

I suspect that many old treasuries that are found go unreported. If I found a ton of gold, I wouldn’t tell a soul! Just for the government to confiscate it, or tax the crap out of it. Too many stories of such treasures lost to crooked governments, or some insurance claim that returns it to the owner who lost it 600 years ago.

[@Bambisgf77]

Thanks!

[@Striker9]

Legit need a system to give awards on KZbin for amazing comments. Thank you kindly!

[@Liquid278]

The ancient roman silver in my opinion is someones rainy day stash but they either died or were taken before they could get it back

[@andybrooke1961]

As you describe the making of the purple die, all I could think was how somebody figured all that out!

[@AngusKhan21]

some guy walked past a dead snail in the sun and saw that the slime oozing out of it had changed purple. this person was able to do some basic critical thinking and smashed another snail and placed it in the sun, getting the same result. centuries of trial and error ironed out the kinks, and history was left with a profitable method of producing a rare color of pigment. fascinating, yes, but also perfectly reasonable.

[@thelyle1399]

You forgot the biggest treasure found of all. Simon Whistler 😊

[@giantred]

Someday we will learn the story of the brave divers who brought him to the surface

[@dragonmist6699]

Wait, in order to find him, we first have to bury him. Quick grab the shovels. I'll tie him up if you dig the hole. And for heavens sake, don't let me forget to put a gag in his mouth. With all those channels he has the man couldn't possibly know how to shut up for more than an hour.

[@Mike504]

Allegedly, in my opinion.

[@terryarmbruster9719]

Wrong. treasures are buried or hidden. hence the basement. 😀💯👍

[@Amethyst_Dragon_]

#Don't forget the #Basement crew #Danny #Sam ETA #Jen and the others

[@RaelNikolaidis]

In high school I had a friend whose dad buried dozens of coffee cans filled with cash on their land. They owned a ranch. I helped him dig up a few. I won’t comment on what we did with the cash. So, yeah. The explanation of the buried Roman coins might be really, really stupid instead of mysterious and cool.

[@pieceofpecanpie]

Did you use the cash to buy toys for buttplay?

[@tylerkelley3400]

@@pieceofpecanpie that was my guess too

[@Jessepigman69]

@@pieceofpecanpie industrial quantities of lubricant

[@physetermacrocephalus2209]

You bought weed

[@alphagt62]

People have always buried jars of money in the yard to avoid paying taxes, a practice that is as old as time.

[@Nefville]

Just imagine in 1000 years all of the lost socks they'll find.

[@DarkFire1536]

This comment is buried treasure. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Toreno17]

Thats crazy how much the San Jose treasure is worth, crazy how much gold and other treasures were being transported back then.

[@nurichniemandsonst9639]

I wonder how they'll ever agree on who gets what part of it..

[@spritemon98]

Spice was also the weight of gold

[@Toreno17]

@@nurichniemandsonst9639 That will be a whole can of worms, Spain has a claim as it was their ship, the Colombia has a claim as it is in their territory, but as the ship sailed from Panama its unlikely the cargo originated in Colombia so other Central and South American nations could make a claim as the gold probably came from their nations territory. Overall seems a bit of a mess though as Colombia controls the physical area they seem to have an advantage on claims.

[@sunesnigel]

Mind boggling. And it really p*sses me off that the Spaniards want it back! They were pure terror on the entire continent and they don't seem to be the least bit ashamed. The id*ots wanting it back should be aware 10 really really hard kicks in the nuts.

[@tonivazquez1081]

They were not being moved the country were I lived robed many of them. Is colonialism and is shameful, believe me.

[@foomanchoo5409]

Simon, everyone loves a good treasure story. Good on ya.

[@darrenkrivit6854]

Amazing, how'd they figure out that process to get to a purple dye🤔🤯

[@ShikamaruXT]

Merry christmas to all who celebrate it, and in all cases, a happy new year. May this one be better than the last.

[@scottpeters1142]

You are.. one of the best and most interesting channels I've subscribed to on KZbin.

[@andycopland3179]

I live near The Wash in East Anglia. The original crown jewels were lost there and THAT would be a find.

[@jorgelotr3752]

About the purple dye: not only were there just 3 species of snail able to produce the dye, all of them were (are) sea snails, afaik.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:30 - Chapter 1 - Ancient roman silver 2:35 - Chapter 2 - Biblical purple dye 5:20 - Chapter 3 - Captain every's treasure 7:20 - Chapter 4 - Ancient roman gold 9:35 - Chapter 5 - San jose galleon

[@ryproar11]

I found a working atari 2600 in my attic of my new house. That is my ancient treasure I recently found. 😂

[@CutiePieSweetz]

I'd love to see something on the faberge eggs! 🤩

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

I prefer to call him Henry 'Long Ben" Avery, the most successful pirate ever. Not only did he raid The Moghul Emperor's treasure fleet on the way to Mecca, he also raided on the way back. He disappeared, and was one of the few pirates to get away with their ill gotten gains. Along with Henry Morgan, he ended up Governor of Jamaica and on bottles of rum!

[@Uk5haky]

How long was he? Was it a euphonium ?? And was his favourite letter, R? So many questions, so little time.

[@359thautisticmetallegion]

I’ve studied the Phoenicians and am familiar with Tyrian purple dye. To find a new oldest example of it by far is amazing

[@adamelliott3528]

The real treasure was the friends we made along the way.

[@earnestbrown6524]

Funny story was playing a DnD campaign and I would change my gold in for gems or valuable objects. Went out to stash them one night outside the city that we using as a base and the next day the group got transported to another world. Had like 2 silver and a few copper on me.

[@Textile_Courtesan]

Your DM is devious and planned that just to leave you penniless.

[@loganrobinett1783]

If you have to say funny story before hand it's probably not funny.

[@Dank-gb6jn]

Yeah...if I’m metal detecting and find a hoard of silver, gold, or other precious valuables; you can bet I’m not letting anyone know. The shit part for random people who find buried treasure is that once they let people know, the treasure is stolen from them and not single payment is made to the person who found it. No special royalties fund, nothing.

[@GBEZ]

Always a great video to put on with dinner, I look forward to the new uploads for this channel a lot. Thanks for your content!

[@fattywithafirearm]

How the heck did somebody figure out how exactly to make the purple dye and that it took that many snails to make that tiny amount.

[@Quantum_Donut]

I could listen to Simon explain cool stuff all day long.

[@ashb7846]

Me going to the proper authorities after finding 10 gold coins: “Hey, you might want to check out the location where I found these 8 gold coins!”

[@Pbav8tor]

Hey, Simon! Thanks for the content on so many channels!

[@hotmechanic222]

The real reason the San Jose is worth so much is that they will be able to recover the time machine that was used to transport a ship built in 1698 back to 1588 so it could take part in the Spanish Armada!!

[@anlemeinthegame1637]

You are the GOAT presenter, Simon. I'm subscribed to all your channels. One Simon = one like from me! Keep up the great work.

[@harridan.]

i will take Sir Tony any day. so much more than a mere voice

[@Textile_Courtesan]

@@harridan. oh that's hard. Sir Tony of Time Team is an amazing presenter but he's more than that. I think he's in a category all unto himself. Apples and oranges.

[@newman653]

For every treasure find we hear about there would be several finds we will never know about .

[@JupiterLune]

Your winter chin plumage is exceptionally remarkable, Simon. From a faithful facial topiarist, I love it. Good content too, with a humourous twist. Happy Winter stuff, Sir!

[@sarabrucker7847]

Love the ancient Roman camo gear

[@markfinlay422]

Beautiful use of "numismatic". Chef's kiss Simon.

[@route2070]

With the pirate treasure, I gotta take a closer look at that, since I lived in Middletown RI, for about a year, years before this finding happened. That said, I doubt it was found on a farm, unless it is a fish farm, or a spot in someone's backyard where they grow some crops for personal consumption. Middletown is one of three towns on a rather small island, inside of the bay that nearly divides the state in half.

[@rieskimo]

It doesn't need to be a huge agricultural stretch to be a "farm" and there's plenty of little farms on Aquidneck island

[@MsMcKat-ub4sm]

I can't believe you couldn't find a picture of the shells that produced dye. Not land snails like you showed but Murex sea shells, or rock snails.

[@btetschner]

I spent a semester abroad studying at the University of Alicante. Very interesting treasure finds.

[@zackmoon592]

Ancient king wanting purple clothes; "I DECLARE A SNAIL GENOCIDE" 🐌 Same king later, writhing around in a snail snot jacket; "I AM A *GOD*"

[@Ruminyx13]

Im just wondering how someone figured out how to get dye from snails

[@igxrruaof]

my heart goes to those snails, you the mvp

[@xxxYYZxxx]

I'm calling "BS" that we don't know why the coins were buried, as if taxation hadn't been invented yet.

[@brutalpenguincollectables5065]

"the diaper juice was a brilliant shade of royal purple."

[@gmoney4980]

Christmas has gone & passed, yet Whistler keeps giving us gifts..

[@aintmisbehavin7400]

That purple dye process! I mean, what had to happen for humans to come up with that? Did someone find a half dried dead snail and see a drop off purple liquid? Lordy.

[@laztoth3104]

Happy New Years Simon stay well.👍👍👍👍👍

[@brianstone3663]

while the treasures are great, I'd like to point out how awesome the 2 men on vacation conducted themselves..f n modest..real humanists

[@ashleydolin4292]

Okay how the hell did they find out how to make purple dye using snails? That's some crazy stuff

[@RealBradMiller]

They also use scale insects found on opuntia cacti that makes a red dye for clothing and food! Who the hell thought that up?!

[@patrickmanasco5905]

Finally a list that isn’t 100% bs

[@michaelsummerell8618]

Surprised not to see the Padmanabhaswamy Temple treasure find in here (unless you've covered it elsewhere) - this surely has to be one of biggest treasure finds of recent years.

[@jackalbright4599]

4:20 Not to mention the process is incredibly stinky! Apparently, the dye comes at more of a cost than you’d think. Lol 🐌🤢🐌

[@Paul-hl8yg]

The purple cloth of a king found in a slag heap? The ancient Egyptians used purple dyes from molluscs. I'm not sure this find actually confirms king David's existence, although he probably did exist. In ancient Egypt a time came when non royals were allowed to wear purple, perhaps others were allowed in Israel or the wearer being a foreign visitor? A lot of conclusions based on little evidence with this find i believe.

[@PATRICKSMITH1]

For any would- be treasure hunters, England's original crown jewels are lying somewhere off the coast of East Anglia.

[@jimistephen]

What about the guy that hid a bunch of stuff and then put the location in a riddle in a book he wrote and it was found in '20?

[@marty0063]

I think I know what you’re talking about. The Secret or something like that. Only part of them have been found. There are still more to find, but you have to decipher the clues.

[@tomhenry897]

Another video

[@wolfiemuse]

1:40 this is OUTSTANDINGLY good condition for coins like these, much less for the state of relics of this age PERIOD. I had never seen these pictures; I heard about the find (majored in Humanities with a focus in ancient Roman literature) but never saw these pictures. I have a different career path now, but I still love all things Roman & Greco-Roman. These coins.. it looks like they were plucked out of time. This condition is similar to what an average person would have used at the time. Outstanding.

[@O-sa-car]

lol at the random b roll footage

[@RupertFoulmouth]

I thought the purple fibers were muppet pubes. Learn something new every day.

[@rhondasisco-cleveland2665]

Thank you for talking me to sleep Simon. (I’m trying to sleep through the Covid. 😷🤒😴💤)

[@wcbbsd]

U r all incredible treasures.

[@Someaddress555s]

When you find something buried in the ground neatly it's a pretty good guess it was a bank of sorts, where someone hid something valuable because others wanted to take it.

[@babyrazor6887]

or it's a fake vid. Actually during the colonial period German settlers would bury 4 little jars with a few coins inside in the four cardinal directions around the home thinking this brings good fortune. AND during construction of their home, over the main doorway, in the masonry, they would also conceal a small jar with coins for the same reason.

[@pleb6869]

More!!!

[@Baldric1600]

I like the new look young man.

[@deepbludude4697]

I worked on a salvage project off Colombia actually quite far off, on a tiny reef that goes sry at low tide. Its truly amazing the stuff you can find in absolutely remote locations. At night I could hear the ghosts of all the souls that drowned when there vessels also found the reef.

[@invisiblue3212]

🙄🤨

[@HelixMX]

The real treasure is the friends we made along the way

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Getting to be mostly "buried treasure" at this stage of my life! 🤔🙄😱

[@craigschaffert]

How you figure out the purple snail trick???

[@JohnGardnerAlhadis]

You forgot to mention the shitloads of platinum that the Spanish conquistadors threw overboard while sailing back home, because they thought it was a useless, lesser form of silver (hence the name _platina,_ Spanish for "little silver").

[@oreskec]

why are these videos often so low in volume? turned to 100% and I still have to have my ear glued to speaker to hear anything

[@vic5015]

Josh Gates is *super* jealous that Captain Every's treasure has been found. Same for the San Jose.

[@rikspector]

Do you know the way to San Jose???? Cheers, Rik

[@chrisridley1840]

Lost of people used to bury their valuables for safety...it would almost be a safe bet to say that's why it was buried.

[@rhhr5698]

The real treasure was the friendship found along the way

[@ewetoobblowzdogg8410]

I was hoping Oak Island would be on that list...

[@persnikitty3570]

I reckon that many adults now buried keepsakes when they were children, be it something special, porn mags or time capsules made from a lunch or shoe box. Well, those were Things to my curious self in the 1970's, and to be honest, I would often forget where I buried such treasures due to distraction, and this was a few decades before the rabbit hole known as Wikipedia. I mean, seriously...go there to check on a minor detail about a particular cheese, and four hours later I'm mildly conversant on Type V molten salt reactors.

[@invisiblue3212]

Factual and accurate representation of my every Wikipedia search 👍

[@harridan.]

funny that i found your post....i went to check a historical reference on Wikipedia today and found it scrubbed....it was regarding the development of thalidomide and its testing at Auchwitz during WW2, and the subsequent hiring of nazi scientists by Chemei Grunenthal and ALL major pharmaceutical companies in the United States. Compound 4589. Wikipedia used to make reference to an article in Onco Zine, and though i found some, i couldn't access them.

[@persnikitty3570]

@@harridan. Yeah, they stopped being how they used to be, and I have a hard time trusting their information when anyone can edit or scrub. Just look at pages for politicians, and the sources used.

[@harridan.]

@@persnikitty3570 i knew that anyone could contribute, and i don't trust Wikipedia for much...i have caught them out regarding white tigers being a species when they are actually a product of inbreeding, for instance; i didn't realize that anyone could edit. i am old enough and well read enough to be able to do my own internet research, and i can spot rewritten history at least in areas in which i am fairly well read, however there are well researched history books and there is outright balderdash masquerading as "history" being published more and more lately. Britannica used to be reliable, i hope it still is. i recently had intricate hand surgery during which i recall extolling to the surgeon the virtues of my 1926 Webster's Unabridged over the OED....gawd, the very definition of pomposity. (though i WAS correct)

[@katmannsson]

"hadnt faded one bit" has clearly faded

[@seanmcdonagh1937]

Simon, you are a national treasure 👌😆💯

[@mike86812]

Oh good ,someone found my coins! I have tried to took for them a few times but the area became so politically unstable, I had to give up. It's not easy getting older...

[@timehaley]

After this the sale of metal detectors is going to shoot through the roof. lol

[@olwynskye417]

I think that in Finland you get 20 € or something for a massive find. If you find gold here, they'll take it without negotiation. Never ever report any find to anyone. If you find a WW2 bomb or something, just leave it there in hopes that some government official s stumbles upon it

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

Lesson of the day. If ya find treasure.........tell no one!! 😎

[@susanrobinson910]

Ancient dude: drops a coin somewhere Modern dude: “Look! Buried treasure!!”

[@donaldoehl7690]

Treasure Hunters just found a shipwreck in Lake Michigan near Manistee (?) that they believe is full of gold coins, and even more interesting, many barrels of 150yo whiskey.

[@mynamea.n.s.s5472]

I remember finding a really old coin that wasn’t normal looking and because I was a child I lost it I remember a big head of a man and it was bent 😢

[@honodle7219]

Coins cannot have a date 'B.C.' on them as you said. It's simply not possible.

[@rodchallis8031]

Well, when Jesus was born, Emperor Tiberius thought, "Wow, this could be big", so with his advisors they projected that well into the future, the corner of the Empire that is the U.K. today would eventually end up enjoying some fleeting supremacy, and that they'd also need to project the migration of post Empirical peoples, and how their language would morph and evolve. That's how they came up with "Before Christ." Then they had everyone in the Roman Empire bring in all their coins so they could be re-stamped with the correct date. I'm surprised you didn't hear about that, it was in all the news scrolls.

[@RobertJarecki]

Someday, hopefully in 500 to 1,000 years, someone may find the treasure of The Ford Front Door. My uncle bought a Ford car in the 1930s. As he got change, he dropped it in the driver's door through the window slot. After he was drafted in 1942, grandma sold the car without his knowledge. Somewhere, there may be the remains of a Ford Front Door filled with tens of dollars of change. Well, maybe but not likely.

[@judithhope8970]

How on earth did they discover a snail gland could produce a dye? Who discovered that?

[@KokkiePiet]

The biggest act of piracy was the stealing of a complete silver fleet by Piet Hein.

[@clownbasher2911]

Simon and Company are the real treasure! ♦🔶💠

[@TheGrinningViking]

Buried treasure = No banks

[@joeobrien196]

But he did put his money in a bank.

[@joeobrien196]

A river bank

[@JohnGardnerAlhadis]

@@joeobrien196 Oh ho ho, nice one.

[@Kiarean]

My favorite treasure was the one found by that Australian guy... and promptly taken from him by the Australian Government. You just can't quite leave behind that criminal past, can ya Australia? -_-

[@redcalx9568]

Can hear the snails shouting " just mix red with bloooooooooooo"

[@darrengreen7906]

0:09 Was that Simons lost hair? Probably hanging out with mine 😅

[@vortexgen1]

I would love to see that 17 billion dollar treasure spread around to all the countries museums that have a claim to it, so everyone can see some of the parts of this treasure.

[@ryanward3923]

Great content! I was your 600,000th sub.... Do I win a prize? lol

[@tk-zh3dd]

You forgot about Forrest Fenn’s treasure!

[@MrKimberlove]

Suggestion: do a history on the dog breed Keeshond.

[@venomous7321]

Do you already have a video on the greatest sunken treasure that were never found?

[@Yostuba]

>Why was the jug burried. This was like around the late bronze age collapse. Shit was utter chaos during that time constant war/attacks. Throwing coins in a jug and digging a shallow hideyhole hastily makes perfect sense.

[@bradbailey5807]

Are you related to James Abbott McNeill Whistler, the famous artist who lived between 1834 and 1903?

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Yep, he's Whistler's Brother!

[@orien2v2]

To think that there's over $17B worth of gold treasure on a ship back in the day, you could literally be a billionaire pirate by today's standards...despite not being called that...and put that into context, a pirate can actually buy an island officially and legally from any country and build Treasure Island!

[@meh7348]

If I was Spain I would have just sat down and kept quiet. That'd be like if something went missing from the British Museum and England said they want their stuff back 😅

[@justanoman6497]

Nit: Colonial country rarely literally steal things. It is usually a combination of robbery, plunder, scam, unequal trade and spoil of war. And depending on the exact nature, that might affect how they should be treated. For starters, let's consider scam and unequal trade. The difference here, IMO, is whether or not the terms of an exchange is carried out. If it isn't, it's a scam. If it is, then it's unequal trade. Here I mean stuff like shiny glass for gold. IMO, scam should be treated the same as "stolen" and profit reverted. But unequal trade, by our standard, is still fair trade in the eye of the supposed victim. As such, I do believe "unequal trade" should be upheld, as they are only unequal in our eyes. Robbery and plunder should also be reverted like "stolen." This then leads to the question of, what is the difference between plunder versus spoil of war? For the most part, I'd say by how the battle, if any, started and how it progressed. For the most extreme examples, attack on a pure civilian settlement for no cause is simple plunder. On the other end, if the natives attacked first and the colonials won, counter attacked and won again, that is most likely spoil of war. The stuff in the middle would be more murky. Things would be simpler if there were formal declaration of war but as the colonials rarely thought the natives as actual nations, that's rarely if ever done. So it will probably go roughly by the degree of military involvement. And with that, we come to the most difficult part of this, what do we do with spoil of war. A lot of people advocate for those too to be reverted as that would be the "right" thing to do, and intuitively, this is how I *feel* as well. But this does not pass intellectual validation in terms of standardization of practice. There are a lot of things that were the spoil of war, including many nations and domain thereof. We aren't seeking for all of those to be returned, so why these specifically? It feels like the decision is more based on whether it is easy and feels right than whether it is right. And... I can't agree with such hypocritical practices. Besides that, the modern view on spoil of war is very... modern. For the longest time, it is was accepted as a normal course of action. In fact, in many ways it is still practiced as such. It's just that today, instead of direct plunder of valuables, it is often more in the form of political influence. Now, in the event of high profile artifact where we know which form of "transaction" took place, we can act accordingly. But barring that, given all of the above, I would only advocate for return of about 70% of the item, favoring those with higher culture value over monetary value. So statues, tablets and other artifacts etc over simple gold.

[@CYCLONE4499]

I like treasure.