Inside the race to recover a sunken ship and up to $20B in treasure

[@mehnameehjeff6325]

There’s a Spanish galleon off the coast of Venezuela that has the same issue. A nation wanting private companies to recover billions in treasure but don’t want to even share enough with the company to pay for the recovery.

[@CP-28]

Trust issues (I don't blame them...ex colony)

[@javis9950]

chances are many pieces are already "missing"

[@livingstonprince]

I'm excited about Port Royal Jamaica s ocean floor

[@SuperEman500]

@@livingstonprince Don't make your plans public, last thing King Charles needs is more money.

[@amzbf3200]

​@@CP-28🙄

[@tsaffran]

who ever found this they sure told the wrong person

[@Cletus_the_Elder]

That museum housing this treasure will need to be the most secure building in that country, if not the entire continent.

[@seeharvester]

Yep. I'll just let them do all the work bringing it up. Then I'll make my move.

[@CP-28]

😅😊....yeah...is it more worth than all the gold bars inside Fort Knox?

[@danielmartin7838]

You think these crooked politicians aren’t goin to take a cut?

[@twokoollou]

@@seeharvester need a driver?

[@al28854]

it's Colombia, corrupt politicians and drug cartels will take most of the 'loot' before it finally ends up in the museum.

[@kl.8992]

Imagine how much more historical artifacts are at the ocean floor

[@whoogoesthere]

When you find them YOU TELL NO ONE! Look show selfish and greedy this government just became. They literally just claimed it all for themselves.

[@offtheblock4798]

A lot considering how much of the ocean’s floor is not explored

[@FilmMastersChannel]

There are 2,500 year old ships found at the bottom of the black sea. If you google it you can see videos and images. All preserved due to no light and little oxygen.

[@00tonytone]

As a spaniard it belongs to spain they stole it fair and scare from the incas.

[@kellygama921]

The atocha was the mother load. Any way that treasures belongs to spain its in a spanish galleon and they stole it from the incas fair and square

[@jshepard152]

In other economic news, a family sized box of Cheez-its is now up to $8.82.

[@eliochee]

You should not be eating cheeze-its

[@noahboat580]

​@@eliocheeyea he should be eating Cheese Nips

[@randomdachshund2452]

@@eliocheewould you rather he eat clover valley cheese squares?

[@davidder4516]

Tons of lost treasure out there lots of historical value..😊

[@jhenwhit]

Give Spain the ship and keep the treasure

[@cappernight9303]

yeah, because Spain has the the nerve to ask about the gold

[@BrokenWrenches]

great idea

[@MiloMilo-z7t]

Lol, yeah

[@czogg99]

Spain always be asking for any treasure found at sea

[@tomk.6846]

The ship was made in Colombia, it might be Spanish in it's flag but it still is a national treasure

[@JudielFua]

Ambition is a virtue but greed is unbearable.

[@jefforceone]

That’s my one big dream to find a whole lot of buried treasure and tell nobody about it you ,know finders keepers

[@mkdesu]

1:02 " and then ran into a british warship" of course it did haha

[@frantzpierre8303]

OceanGate should've been focused on this instead of the Titanic

[@theabristlebroom4378]

If any coins were ever actually cursed, these are. Let them rest in peace.

[@andrewcano5111]

The imagination is worth more than the gold…stuff like this is so cool

[@oceanblueheart1472]

CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 COLOMBIA. Its all yours fellas.

[@CrucialConflict.]

Colombia's crook president wants everything for himself. 🤑💰💸

[@lovelymix8056]

Not for long! I already know how this is going to play out.

[@gustavodiniz6156]

¡ESE TESORO ES DE PERÚ Y BOLIVIA!

[@jmemusic]

@@gustavodiniz6156 En Colombia también hay oro y plata. Aunque reconozco que sería legítimo dar una parte a Perú y a Bolivia. Y que España se quede con el barco 🤣

[@stargazer5073]

You don't bring up the ship, just the goods! Can't wait!

[@2days2cents]

This is an awesome find and the world deserves to see it. Wish I could metal detect aline the coast because they probably won't get 100% and I'm assuming some will wash up on beaches over time. Very cool!

[@BelleCassidy]

So weird to think the ship that sank it probably knew what treasure was on it but had no way to recover it.

[@JJONNYREPP]

Inside the race to recover a sunken ship and up to $20B in treasure 1704pm 7.11.23 probably pirate booty Spanish and English fighting over it, no doubt, all those years ago... p,.s the guys tasked with salvaging this they have already begun legal proceedings to geta share of the miserable treasure. spoils the whole point of treasure finding.....

[@drkneevil]

its 700 feet under massive pressure

[@CP-28]

That's the main (only) reason they revealed the booty price... if they had the means to recover it themselves I dun think they would have revealed it....

[@reptar69]

@@drkneevil He says 3,000 feet.

[@_Eclips_]

My sentiments exactly. They know where it's at. They have current video of it. They're showing it so whatever pressure there was doesn't seem to be an issue to get video of it. And gold is not their Holy Grail. Blood is. And it doesn't belong to any government. It belongs to Indigenous families.

[@Goldensuninvegas]

That fish was like what you looking at

[@1pasupaty]

It should be distributed among the miners families tirelessly dig up those gold and minerals

[@johnnylego807]

But how would you even attempt to do that? That’s near even more of a impossible task.

[@charlessharber-adams6433]

It rightfully belongs to the Americans who found it in 1981

[@IIrandhandleII]

Give it to the indigenous people who it was stolen from. Build new schools.

[@thelink4-h9r]

it belongs in a museum end of no one should be allowed to own it for personal use

[@carlosdavidsabogalmotta4327]

@@thelink4-h9r Which would be fair, if on one hand they had mined that gold, which they did not, it was the Spaniards. The Qhara Qhara people in Bolivia already demonstrated that literally the Spaniards stole that gold when they expelled them. The gold is stolen, it's not theirs, besides being from the colonial era it doesn't help them.

[@juanfervalencia]

It should be used to build schools, hospitals and universities.

[@СергейМасленников-я1ч]

Хорошее познавательное видео! 👍👍❤️

[@SinCity4o1]

If i found it, i ain't saying a word

[@rayannab2314]

Put me in an ocean gate and I'll get the treasure

[@mitchelleroberson]

I been thinking about them I wonder if the death was instant or if in a second they realized

[@alanluscombe8a553]

@@mitchellerobersondeath itself was instant but they knew something was very wrong. They ended up turning vertical and plummeting straight down after the initial descent so everyone would have fallen towards the nose of the sub and they most definitely heard cracking before the implosion

[@THETRUTH-BR]

Pirate?

[@seeharvester]

One of the first rules of life you learn as a child is... Finders Keepers.

[@moteroargentino7944]

Then you grow up and learn that the real world is more complicated than that.

[@seeharvester]

@@moteroargentino7944 Yeah, you find out it's "Stealers Keepers".

[@mikewhocheeseharry5292]

Interesting how human values things

[@Psycandy]

i bet no-one has an eye patch or a parrot or has to walk the plank or even arrange a proper mutiny. it's all $$$, there's no panache any more

[@mitchelleroberson]

I had a dream about this!!!!!! It was like I was seeing the underwater vehicles combing over the treasure in my dream. I had that dream some time ago

[@CP-28]

Maybe that was no "dream"....😊 (remote seeing?)

[@seeharvester]

Was it a wet dream?

[@CP-28]

@@seeharvester Now now ... be respectful (that's a $20 bil dream right there! No joke!) 😁 Even if I got "just" 0.01% I couldn't sleep whole night(s)! 😆

[@seeharvester]

@@CP-28 Yes Sir!

[@crazylittlebigthings]

I wanna get a hand on those treasures!

[@al28854]

i wannt get a few buckets full of that treasure in my minivan, and not tell my wife about it.

[@wackey2k10]

no no its mine! right thats it im gonna go and get the treasure, here i go!! 😈

[@flee.The.Cities]

AAAAAAH PLEASE!!! THE TRULY HOLY GRAIL OF SUNKEN SHIPWRECK BOUNTY!!! LOOK SERIOUSLY IN JAMAICA'S PORT ROYAL..THAT'S THE MOTHER OF ALL HOLY GRAILS!!!

[@justdoingitjim7095]

I can't believe that co-host was dumb enough to think they'll try to raise the ship. They're after the treasure, not some rotten wood!

[@TheBlueCopperrrX]

A crew of 600 ?!? And it sunk with all hands… it’s clear what happened; The Ship was overweight/Unbalanced , the British probably sank her with 2-4 16 pounders to the hull. Sunk in 15 min or less

[@MiloMilo-z7t]

It would have sank anyway

[@will7its]

Yeah thats it exactly......Omg

[@johnnylego807]

You are truly brilliant.

[@Noneofyourbizniz1]

It belongs to Colombia 🇨🇴 period.

[@NoOffSwitch]

If there's a race to 20B I'm pretty sure the competition is very Intense and ofcourse Deadly

[@Lupinthe3rd.]

I better get Jigen, Goemon and Fujiko to help me with this heist before Pops tries to catch me.

[@caesaraltamiranor.7789]

The treasure should go back to Peru.

[@1906james]

Possibly the rewriting of history in those artifacts.

[@cr-it5lh]

well no just the physical prove of already written history..so kind to a test for written history

[@myphd-myprisonhistorydiplo691]

Wait so this treasure would make every person in Colombia comfortable but nah “we will just look at it in a museum” ya right corruption!! Oh the TOM FOOLERY

[@Yungbeck]

I bet Spain thinks it's theirs, such a Spanish thing to think

[@cr-it5lh]

yeah lol...crooks

[@LewisC-g4i]

It belongs to all Hispanic countries! Back then, we were all part of Spanish empire! The majority of Colombians and most other Hispanics are of partial or full Spanish heritage!! Spain is our motherland!!

[@dannyvazquez7004]

Because it is literally theirs. It was a Spanish ship with gold mined in their own territory. The independent republic of Colombia didn’t exist at the time.

[@Yungbeck]

@@dannyvazquez7004 Suuurely

[@carlosdavidsabogalmotta4327]

@@dannyvazquez7004 Which would be fair, if on one hand they had mined that gold, which they did not, it was the Spaniards. The Qhara Qhara people in Bolivia already demonstrated that literally the Spaniards stole that gold when they expelled them. The gold is stolen, it's not theirs, besides being from the colonial era it doesn't help them.

[@jeffnaval4894]

If this was already in the news and US knows how much it's total worth that means it's already recovered probably a year ago.

[@caesaraltamiranor.7789]

Peru debe reclamar yodo ese oro.

[@simonbird1973]

Britain should get half for sinking the ship & stopping Spain from having it.

[@bobsch-gd6ze]

ouch

[@jansonpena417]

😂

[@bobsch-gd6ze]

ouch !

[@stargazer5073]

Yes, please put in a museum!!!

[@al28854]

sure, after the corrupt politicians and drug cartels take most of the 'loot' before it finally ends up in the museum.

[@kathleenweinberg5991]

Good morning everyone

[@fv6125]

Can you imagine how much treasure Spain stole from the Philippines?

[@JonCeres]

And how many countries were stolen from América through history????????????????? Seems that the only empire in history were Spain and not the OTHERS ROME GREECE PORTUGAL AMERICA BELGIUM FRANCE GERMANY RUSSIA ETC........ All these countries and empires with hundreds more, stole from others and you know it.

[@1000-r3g]

No. How much?

[@The_D_Man]

Not more than south america

[@JULIOCESARANDRADE-r8k]

Nothing

[@nickchkheidze9189]

you can't stel from complete broke, that's what the Phillippines has always been

[@LindaGuy-yg6ju]

Very interesting. Love to hear results

[@blackbird5634]

The only question is can Colombia feed its people with money from this wreckage? Can they levy it against taxes for the poor?

[@cjlaity1]

How is it a "race"? It's been sitting there for over 300 years and they've known where it is for about 40 years. They aren't racing. They're taking their time trying to figure out how to do it.

[@davidponce6132]

Yup, that’s what I was thinking

[@MiloMilo-z7t]

Or who can claim. It

[@gustavomagana2281]

All that gold belongs to the indigenous people of South America.

[@andyvanm1]

Hardly,they have no claim.

[@carlosdavidsabogalmotta4327]

@@andyvanm1 yes, they have .The Qhara Qhara people in Bolivia already demonstrated that literally the Spaniards stole that gold when they expelled them. The gold is stolen, it's not theirs, besides being from the colonial era it doesn't help them.Which would be fair, if on one hand they had mined that gold, which they did not, it was the Spaniards.

[@andyvanm1]

@@carlosdavidsabogalmotta4327 That ship sank over 300 years ago.

[@samuelg3586]

After current inflation adjustments experts have determined its only worth about $350

[@hondaxl250k0]

It’s gold silly. It’s not subject to inflation.. that’s why countries that are on a “gold standard “ have 0 inflation

[@samuelg3586]

@hondaxl250k0 Based on my studies at SwishaHouse University, my analysis says otherwise

[@zherin2063]

Another video says 700 feet down, so is it 3000 or 700? Big difference. They weren't stealing from Colombia; Colombia wasn't Colombia back then. Classic example of a modern lens out of historical focus. Also, you don't just "hoist a ship" like this from the deep hahaha, stupid Today anchor. It's in bits and pieces scattered all over the ocean floor.

[@rahmath3305]

Don’t forget my share. I listened to the news about it.

[@richardstubbs6484]

One wonders what the British acheived by sinking the ship .... they probably were hoping to seize the tresure before sinking it ...

[@swedemartyrsonswade]

These finds should be in museum. For generation sake.

[@cr-it5lh]

they will be obviously

[@1000-r3g]

On the other hand ... 20 billion cleverly invested could feed literal generations of a group of people. But why feed people when you could just stare at some shiny things? Yeah. Not realy a desicion come to think of. Yeah. Lets put it in a museum and not do anything actually usefull with it. Or put it into some science projects. Nah. Lets make pictures of it \o/ Or use it to fund other salvaging projects like this. Nah. Just *this* one time ... we stuff it in a museum ... just for once ... we will stare at it ;)

[@Vernbubba]

Whose going to Columbia to see the treasure if recovered. Not me

[@ScubaNut22]

Interesting that someone else found it, Columbia wouldn't let them salvage, claimed they found it in a new location, and are keeping exclusive rights to it. They would never have found it without the original salvage company.

[@EmmanuelBediako-yg8ne]

Will come to your house and take whatever l can find in your basement. Do you agree to that. ?

[@675R1]

Interesting that the salvage company claimed to have found it back in the 80s, didn't say anything until now that Colombia wants to take it out of the sea floor

[@CrucialConflict.]

@@675R1 Colombia's crook president doesn't want to pay Salvages company fees they agreed upon. He wants everything for himself.

[@pube66]

Unfortunately they have no right to the treasure only columbia does.

[@jmemusic]

*Colombia, not *Columbia 🤣

[@Oniontrololol]

Spain should get involved :)

[@ernst91]

Who ever touches it first, wins.

[@SpencerjonesBoxing]

Of course it can’t be separated 😂

[@tomhenry897]

Are they going to pay the finders fee?

[@zolo49noname45]

At first I thought it said "up to $208 in treasure" and I was like "well, seems pointless to me, but everybody's gotta have a hobby".

[@doc-vg9lq]

imagine being the American company that found it first only to see the Columbian government do their own search after realizing they had a valuable shipwreck in their territory. that American company should had just taken it without saying anything to the government. I'm sure they could have bribed the local officials off and pretend they're doing oceanic research.

[@offthewallsurfer1]

Mmmm, there is something called territorial and or international waters, just like there is airspace that’s “owned” by countries. The Colombian government and people have every right to this treasure, it was theirs to begin with some 300 years ago as the Spaniards stole it from Colombian natives at that time. Not everything is about the good ole USA. And even if we got to keep that treasure, do you actually think the US Government would give us Americans 1/2% of that 20 billion? C’mon.

[@675R1]

Supposedly they found it in 1982 but all of a sudden now that Colombia wants to take it out of the sea floor they come forward claiming the USA found it first? Come on, USA doesn't know how to mind their own business, if they found it first according to them then why didn't they say so back in 1982? Why wait until now? Rightfully it belongs to Colombia because like the person before myself mentioned it's on the territorial waters of Colombia so the USA has no reason to be there

[@tomhenry897]

And get caught A company salvage a ship in international waters Spain said it was theirs and American courts agreed

[@Noneofyourbizniz1]

American companies can’t take it.

[@lactusgalacto1174]

@@offthewallsurfer1 That money will go to pay the USA National debt to the Rothchild banksters.

[@treelonmusk5723]

Uncharted 4 remake looks great

[@joependleton6293]

Theres millions of lost wrecks out there under the sea, so much lost. We dont know how much ?

[@831farmeros2]

It belongs to Spain! 🇪🇦

[@jmemusic]

Yes, the ship belongs to Spain. The gold and the silver to Colombia, Perú, and Bolivia.

[@CriesinShower]

Finders Keepers

[@ghostwalk2446]

I'm skeptical of the underwater footage, that fish lying at the bottom looks suspiciously identical to a freshwater "Pleco" lol

[@johnnylego807]

Buddy that ain’t no “Pleco” lol 😂😂. Tho they may have a similar look. That is a saltwater dwelling specie depicted in the video,

[@ghostwalk2446]

@@johnnylego807 A suspiciously unnamed "saltwater dwelling species" you say, well I'm convinced lol

[@livingstonprince]

Thanks so much for sharing. Congratulations Columbia, your ancestors did not die unknown

[@guillandanthony711]

At the end of the day, someone is going to get richer, and others will be fooled, for sure. Those who will be in possession of the treasure will make sure that others will have to pay to see it.

[@elijahvoge9078]

That gold belongs to Poseidon

[@dannyvazquez7004]

It wasn’t “stealing from Colombia”. Colombia didn’t exist at the time. The area was known as Nueva Granada and it was a Spanish territory. The spanish were mining gold in their own territory.

[@messsatsu4118]

Guess time to start my pirate training & find the true ONE PIECE.

[@DePalma.]

Treasure salvors are going to make a ton on this😎🇺🇸

[@cr-it5lh]

nah this is national property by law

[@DePalma.]

@@cr-it5lh just might be. Thing is that Colombia lacks the domestic ability to salvage the wreck, so they’ve got to make a deal with those that can:)

[@thelink4-h9r]

i doubt the Colombian goverment would allow that they will probley get to keep a silver coin has a thank you token for helping with the salvage but that will be all

[@DePalma.]

@@thelink4-h9r Colombian government isn’t capable of salvaging it, so they’re gonna have to make a deal with the salvors.

[@DRP1640]

To be precise: It was not Colombia at that time, all south American land (except Brazil and the Guyanas) was part of the Spanish empire, so legally, the treasure was not stolen. And, slave force was the common labor for the time, also for the English, Dutch and French that colonized the Americas, so the comment they made is irrelevant for the news release.

[@javieracevedo4069]

Definitely belongs to Colombia

[@adriangarcia543]

i find Gold can as Disney to make enchanted tales again

[@fer04i81]

The gall of Spain to claim the ship and the gold. lol

[@thelink4-h9r]

the ship belongs to Spain but the gold belongs to Columbia

[@fer04i81]

That ship's construction was most likely financed by the gold Spain stole from Colombia, so technically even the ship is not truly theirs. @@thelink4-h9r

[@alvarotorres9057]

It should be given to Spain. Most of Colombia is European or African. There are few indigenous people left.

[@jmemusic]

Then give it to the indigenous

[@donnah5378]

How many billions will it take to salvage it?

[@VirusForPrez]

Don't worry about the cost , coca leaves will take care of that !

[@dboogeman2002]

That's my money and I need it now!

[@darkalligator]

Belongs to Colombia.

[@Korenstein1]

Colombia has found the one piece 😂

[@StinkySeaGoat]

LEAVE IT THERE, DO NOT DISRUPT THE ECOSYSTEM FOR YOUR OWN GREED

[@czogg99]

Gold is not part of the eco system .Too much gold to be left down there😅😅😅😊

[@thelink4-h9r]

its not going to disrupt and Clobumia wont allow any company to take it

[@eliochee]

It wasn’t a colony it was a legally established viceroyalty

[@rsbrehm]

Spain may claim it. That's a lot of money....

[@johnpalumbo2821]

They can claim the ship from which they stole the gold from, Colombian keeps the gold

[@rsbrehm]

@@johnpalumbo2821 spanish "stole" it from the Aztecs, the Aztecs stole it from the Maya, the Maya stole it from the Olmecs... I mean at the end of the day its just b.s. propaganda. The modern Colombian government doesn't represent the old native one any more than the modern Spanish government represents the old Spanish crown. At the end of the day we are just seeing "might makes right" all over again.

[@markanthonyarancina7769]

So bold of Spain to claim what they stole. 😂

[@SaberToothBicycle]

100% of the stolen gold is rightfully the property of the living descendants of the Aztec and Maya. So Columbia's approach makes good sense to me. National treasure--repatriated.

[@mitchyoung93]

@SaberToothBicycle LOL, you need to read a book on pre-Columbian meso-America. The Maya and the Aztecs were never near Colombia.

[@will7its]

Oh boy......

[@enoname]

The descendants of those slaves and further marginalized demographics should be at the forefront of who benefits from this treasure, in a significant way.

[@crysblac4944]

If they can even be traced.

[@user-ew3dm1jq6j]

No. The descendants aren't current slaves. Put it all in a museum.

[@haroldlee6923]

Unfortunately, descendants if even can be traced, won’t pocket one American cent, 90 percent back to Columbia the country , 10 percent to private enterprise who goes down to retrieve it..

[@noahc6246]

Lol 😅

[@cr-it5lh]

no this is national property and world heritage ...not for sell to ultra rich to have these as toys...

[@Psycandy]

no mention of pirates, whew

[@thecommonsenseconservative5576]

Just remember if you ever find treasure don't let anyone know sell it off piece by piece to a pawn shop

[@Richard-t2b]

On another note, food has become so expensive I’ve decided to quit eating…. 😂 😮 😊

[@stevenchan3822]

Spain should have it.

[@dharpoon]

Oceangate will make tons of money on this.

[@RickeyCook-kh2ss]

Truly amazing really

[@flamechick6]

Thank you Britain 💥😂

[@armageddonready4071]

Pirate$ and scammer$ are just drooling trying to figure out how to get a piece of eight.

[@columbmurray]

Since the Royal Navy sunk this vessel the treasure rightly belongs GS to Britain.

[@ghoraxe9000]

No doubt poachers are already hitting that location.. and the government is struggling to keep the sight unplundered. A small crew could hoist up a single chest after a storm and be set for life.

[@godprotectsme2712]

The Colombian Navy has presence there Subs and Frigates.... 24/7

[@ghoraxe9000]

That's impressive.. so their not doing their normal job? They better be careful.. its going to cost them more then what what the treasure is worth@@godprotectsme2712

[@jdgarcia2004]

20 Billion...yea nobody is getting close to that area.

[@MiloMilo-z7t]

It's heavily guarded already!!

[@agorpb5871]

It's almost 2,000 ft. deep. It would take a whole expedition crew ship with specialized equipment that only few people in the world have. It would probably take several days just to loot some and the Peruvian Navy would see this. Very easy to guard for a Navy.

[@Major_Pipps]

The Audacity of the Spanish Government to say "That is our gold, turn it over to us immediately" when it was forcibly stolen and the ship still sits sunk next to the crime location... Why you ask? O, because the stolen goods is on a Navel vessel. We need to seriously look at and change these salvage laws asap! If you don't make true effort in a set period of time to get it, if you have first claim, then it's on to the next.

[@alexiatorrez7680]

🆗, but the ship belongs to the king 👑 of Spain. Spain 🇪🇸 still has a king… so does he have right over the ship 🚢❓❓send them the ship without the gold

[@jmemusic]

Yes, I think exactly the same. They can take their ship.

[@inieves14218]

It belongs to the slaves who mined it out of the ground. Period!