Top 5 BIGGEST Sunken Treasures Ever Found

These must be some of the luckiest people in the world. I hope everyone enjoys today's video on the top five sunken treasure finds!
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[@gollee123]

Hearing them scream out of happiness while diving IM EXCITED FOR YOU 😭

[@PeterOkeefe54]

its amazing how gold and silver can sit somewhere for years and not be tarnished or encrusted without air

[@itschandon1387]

peter okeefe because they come from the earth itself.

[@ClickClack_Bam]

Gold never tarnishes. It's in part what makes it valuable: It's rare & doesn't waste away. Silver does tarnish. Metals that tarnish are oxidizing away little by little.

[@chritinemagana9725]

This is fascinating, feel like i wanted to be a treasure hunter... surely i'll find plastics

[@d.v.r2346]

😁😁😄😄😃😃

[@damiencass8156]

Anytime you go off of your feelings that’s what you’ll find.

[@jacobgomez2682]

Definetly lol

[@ephraimnoble5786]

I can find only in the seashore

[@ephraimnoble5786]

@@d.v.r2346 I don't have underwater metal detector

[@mxmsrex]

I found a 20 Euro bill, several knives, a bike and underwear while diving. Nothing fancy yet, but it is just so satisfying to find something underwater - even if it is not a big treasure

[@customgrow7109]

You wearing the underwear lol

[@customgrow7109]

And bought a McDonald's meal with the money

[@ricktufts3643]

The gentleman that was head of this group is from Pinehurst NC. I’ve been to his home and have seen coins from this find. Totally incredible to see these coins first hand. This wreck was initially believed to have sunk of the Virginia/NC coast according to the Eastern Continental Shelf Survey which was produced by Duke University back in the 1970’s. This wreck was found off the South Carolina coast (Myrtle Beach) in over 10,000 feet of water. His investors put in $10,000 of investment monies and were paid close to 1 million in returns.

[@warriorsbloodline7587]

Got to love how when these people put in all the work and money to find something you have companies and government's saying it's theirs

[@severetiredamage6754]

Who? Is that Lil Xan’s Brother?

[@robinlrice]

If an insurance company paid claims on that sunken tresure, then technically they do own it, no matter who found it, they could file a claim., that's just the way it is. Same as if you lost a briefcase with a million dollars In it, & a month later, some guy finds it, you most certainly would try to claim it, same thing.

[@robinlrice]

@Hammerschlägen M it's not about peoples feelings, or motives.. It's all about legalities, as in the "law of the land" These people, &.companies who continuously are searching for lost treasures, do so, fully aware of the law, &.that most likely will not be entitled to keep the recovered valuables,.but instead, just a percentage that is negotiable with the, "legal owner" as per your comment about why the insurance company isn't out there searching, it's simple, because they don't want, or need to do so, that doesn't mean in any sense of the law, that they lose ownership of the lost property. If a private individual, or search & retrieval company wants to go out in the vast expanse of the world's oceans, in hopes of locating a major treasure, then they can do that, but they are also well aware that they will not be able to fully claim it as their own, nor should they be entitled to it. Sometimes, a company will make a deal up front with the presumed legal owner, and negotiate a deal that gives them a guaranteed percentage of the recovered artifacts, if and when that wreck is found, that's always better thsn just finding it, & later fighting with the insurance company, or Government of a Country for a small finders fee. Bottom line is, those who go looking for lost sunken treasure, do so knowing that it's not theirs to rightfully & fully claim, it's a risk they take, but also, they want their name to be known in the history books,.as the person who found "X" shipwreck. It matters not, that the legal owner was not looking for it, it was considered "lost at sea" and a claims were paid on that cargo. The company who paid a claim now owns it forever & ever, there is no time statute on that, regardless if they ever attempted to locate it, or not. This is why we have laws in place, the laws are for the most part, clear. Maritime laws can be tricky, rather in international waters, or within a particular countries jurisdiction, or territorial waters. However, legal ownership is not usually difficult to establish, due to meticulous records that have been preserved & safeguarded for centuries. Just because John Doe decides to go looking for treasures, and spends 3 years before he finds one, that doesn't really matter much under the law, nor does his time, or expenses & personal feelings, however, usually always, the finding party is compensated for their efforts, as well as going down in the history books as the person who discovered it.. Laws are designed to protects the rights of legal owners, not necessarily some guy who went looking for a well documented shipwreck, knowing it was never his to begin with.

[@robinlrice]

@Hammerschlägen M yep. It may not always seem fair, especially when someone finds a sunken treasure that has been there for well over 100 years, anf as long as 300 years, one might think it's abandoned, & can now be claimed by anyone who finds it. The insurance companies paid out a lot to pay all the claims off, so they do technically & legally own it, regardless how much time has gone by..Thr good thing though, is the finder usually always recovers his expenses in locating thr treasure. As for the Spanish galleon ships that sunk, and are claimed by Spain when one is found, I feel is unfair, because all the silver & gold was stolen from the indigenoud tribal people, like the Maya, Olmec & Aztec people who lived in present day Mexico, & Guatemala, & the Inca empire who lived in whstbie now, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador & Chile. The Spaniards looted all of their gold & silver artifacts & bullion they had already mined & collected for centuries, then over the course if the next 300 years, Spain ruled all up &ndoen central & South America, & forced the indigenous to extract uncountable amount of gold from the gold mines, & transported it back to Spain, minus a handful of ships that sunk in the ocean on the way back. I feel those treasures should belong to the countries it was stolen & plundered from, & split with the people who found it, Spain should not be allowed to claim any part of it, since it was stolen in the 1st place. Like you sad though, they are very greedy, because there are hundreds of millions of dollars in gold at stake. When coins are retrieved, they are especially extremely valuable, for their numismatic (collector) and rarity value, which far exceeds the value of their gold and silver content. In 2018, one such ship, the San Jose that sunk in 1708, was found off the coast of Colombia, it's value? A whopping 22 BILLION DOLLARS! How's that for a surprising payday?

[@timothypanfilomaruchan8267]

It *almost* an incentive to melt 90% down and preserve the other 10%.

[@annabortion2446]

I find these videos so facinating.

[@carmenbecktel7509]

When he picked that gold coin, he did not notice two others right next to it!

[@jacobpeters5458]

he was admiring it bro

[@willbart1236]

2:26 That’s me. That coin sold for over $300,000

[@missieshainwhitaker9132]

That's freaking awsome! ..congrats...

[@chinocarson]

Plot twist, those “gold” coins are just Chuck E. Cheese tokens

[@BigStickWonder]

All the time and effort these guys put in to this good for them

[@fatimaadajar4832]

Stepkov K you lie

[@b41ts2late]

* *fish comes home* * Honey, where’s my gold?

[@AceDeclan]

Kevin Martinez hahahah omg 😂😂

[@ibyegeranyorwanda9852]

😅😅😅😅ridiculous

[@lluc84]

Dr Jones: "That Belongs in a Museum"

[@MobstersInc]

Amazing 👑

[@archaeology-treausor]

Super job

[@kunmwas9437]

Wow!!lucky catch

[@jonabila3329]

The gold cross that was lost for 51 years should be in the top10 of the most priceless find list.

[@imtiazsuharto5390]

Your voice is just amazing

[@RIISCHANEL]

Amazing invention

[@dennisvanlalchaka9933]

Wow that's great

[@dazzleglam95]

I’m so sick of watching other people live my dreams

[@clintontriplett158]

Quit being a wus then

[@simonbourne1498]

Came here after watching Uncharted

[@litlocampbell]

Good movie.

[@valuvivao3434]

Nice fine buy hard work it's hard because it's like working all day and night but thanks for your information video two thumbs up....🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏆

[@kimaldrin4895]

lol do u know how to speak english?

[@notapsychicbuttmor6124]

@@kimaldrin4895 maybi tipe fass in fone.

[@zeldafouche1610]

Wow so cool!

[@somee6823]

I feel like the sea creature is rich than me..🤣

[@RLEDC3444]

I really need to go Scuba diving

[@secondstance3380]

Sharks keep me from doing this same thing --- I'm not afraid of much, but Sharks freak the sh*t out of me...

[@MahsenAvcs]

Great success for me support

[@donaldtrump1550]

That is a statue of Pericles from the Greek myths 👀

[@cuocsongthuongngaytv3847]

Very good

[@augenfreund1]

Toll!!!!!

[@billyedwards6101]

Incredible.

[@ThePbZepplin]

That was one happy Florida Man

[@ilegbinosajonathan9543]

I will really look for gold down there if I may also see it😁😁👍

[@Pumkin932]

Prime example of "it takes money to make money". It's usually people who have the kind of cash to be able to afford diving and submersibles along with all the equipment, permits and licenses required.

[@juliejuliet5770]

Honestly yes !

[@jacobpeters5458]

not usually, just the last one in this vid. #2 you could see the boat 10 feet above their head

[@jasonmcpheters9413]

I’d be staying down their for as long as possible trying to see if their was gold coins in the sand

[@emanuel5247]

For the love of money is the root of all of evil

[@jacobpeters5458]

@@emanuel5247 but the love of saying stupid things isn't?

[@NYMArts]

Put boots on the necks of the leaches invading our pocketbooks. This video is really inspiring :o)

[@mishabaay4738]

Wowwww...lucky gold coins.

[@anniegaddis5240]

Sharing!

[@AshuriSatoshi]

When you see old treasures and you got heart atack nothing happened 😂

[@jacobpeters5458]

you find a treasure and u see a diver near it - the first discoverer who died after a heart attack of excitement xD

[@thomas1523]

If anyone found captain Henry Avery's treasure this would be chump change

[@vincegultiano7758]

Eyy uncharted 4 right?

[@AceDeclan]

Flor de mar is worth over 2 billion. Henry Avery’s is only estimated at 400 million.

[@frxnkvibesi4353]

😂😂😂 u got that right

[@vinceneilmangiliman1995]

I was thinking the same while watching these videos

[@liammcgrath6184]

The merchant royal is estimated in the 1.5bn

[@eamonshields2754]

1:45 - yea I would feel the same haha

[@wolfurban3740]

imagine he drops it and then it just gets swallowed into the ocean

[@Psychol-Snooper]

OMG the guy scratching the coins! Don't clean them with your fingers!

[@aluq3769]

why?

[@richardvirchow3390]

I feel like I’ve been taken by a used car salesman. There ARE NOT the 5 biggest sunken treasure finds..!

[@alexb8823]

The screaming underwater is hilarious

[@AdamSmith-vj5uk]

Cool beans

[@AstonTheVillaFan]

The absolute obsession with the mystery of treasure in humans, it makes us go different

[@chrisnichols9014]

It's called greed. All of us humans have a bit of it in us.

[@Moose-wm3xt]

Hey this was a good vid but could you make a vid about sports

[@omarmoreno5325]

Nice

[@waxf4226]

Looks like the guys was just inside an aquarium lol

[@miyaheyy]

Woah i wish that i can see the tytanic boat

[@texas_germanic7073]

What dreams are made of

[@paridancerktmishra5971]

good luck for new hope

[@deepterror612]

The guy in the video made it sound like he said skarsoppa but it is actually SS Gairsoppa

[@eyenusantara4240]

Good👍

[@martyjohnston700]

Got to love salvage rights

[@marcusthompson8981]

Who's here after watching outerbanks?

[@mateocr3710]

Me lol

[@AaronWerner]

Just finished it..great show!

[@AaronWerner]

Just finished it..great show!

[@AaronWerner]

Just finished it..great show!

[@AaronWerner]

Just finished it..great show!

[@suhasdp6398]

I dont know afterwatching this i was thinking that life is not just to learn ,write and going to job we have to explore the world with our little life span

[@acapulcoaventuradetectorte9248]

This why im on this hobby

[@TheExplorerPHI]

The last one is so deep that's why they use a Robot.. I think there's still remaining gold in that ship, Robot can't pick up coins 😄

[@youngpro211]

who ever made this video must be the guy who found that $700 chain lol 🥴

[@abdulkhaliquemuhammed6391]

😄😄😄

[@ramadhanirashid7798]

Good

[@jim-do5pt]

first scenes, a diver finds a big gold coin and swims away from others, that were right there too...!

[@gregv8690]

jim FAKE

[@piealb1]

Fake

[@bongestrada1997]

Yes that scene is a fake

[@cahayatahajud]

how much is the metaldetector brother?i like watching your videos

[@smuglerhd1665]

Top five “ever” he puts a freakin 700$ neckless .. clickbait for days

[@mikewigen8646]

For sure. Out of all the treasures found under water since time began, at fifth place is a gold necklace worth $700 bucks

[@estebanmorales6568]

No mention of Mel Fisher finding the Atocha in the Florida Keys? 400 Million in treasure was recovered.

[@reynalentuangco2225]

Wow

[@karakaktm2327]

wish to have those kind of gadgets.. very helpful though

[@LittleSparrow.]

This is my biggest dream, i wish found treasure.

[@milomaloney9749]

But why tf is a $700 chain in the list? Has their only been 4 times when someone found something worth more than that?

[@milomaloney9749]

I know there has been more than 4 btw

[@arowcatarman8077]

can it be right that is utilize pililinas here in

[@arneldelrosario4964]

Nice videos

[@HazbinHotelStaff]

I have 7 Escudos from the 1700's... I kid you not... I got all of them appraised and 4 of them are worth around $35,000 and the other 3 are worth around $11,000.. I plan on selling a few of em around my retirement, but I plan to give one to my child, and for him to pass down his children and so on..... But if someone ends up selling them after I die, then so be it..... But When I do die, I plan to be buried with 2 of my highest valued Escudos..... I love the History of the Golden Age of Pirates.... an I want to be buried with a bit of their history....

[@barigwapo7392]

Divers waaaahhhh weeeehhhh wiiiiiiihhhh woooohhhh wuuuuuhhh...😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@timhoppie1]

Nice job Drake

[@DaPiviotMavrick]

I really want to experience what those people are feeling know

[@ganime6653]

Me tooooo

[@friedburner6075]

Yeah ... suddenly being so rich.

[@mytube143]

*it's more over like hide the coin and seek the coin with better performance infront of camera*

[@gjuetaretethesareve]

Hello from Albania

[@nostxl]

cool

[@rodelitopunzalan1356]

Non stop Christians songs by Gary v.

[@susanseastcoastdigs]

cool treasures

[@rhysclarke3807]

It literally makes me so sad that this isn't me 😂😩😔

[@mleon77]

I AM grateful for you to find my load. I AM in Seattle and Ready to reclaim my property and vessel of my crew. Thank you

[@waheedalikhan2551]

That time where I was so

[@BB1951]

Every time that guy going "Oh my god!" rubbed his fingers over the coins he can deduct a lot of $ in value. Condition = everything.

[@petxx8155]

HE DOES THAT BCOZ HE IS D ONE TO PLACE "THE FINDINGS" OVER THERE B4 HAND PRETENDING TO "OH MY GOD I FOUND A TREASURE"!...WE CAN TELL EMIDIATELLY THAT HE FOUND SHIT!!..ITS FAKE!!...HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE A "TREASURE FOUND" ESPECIALLY UNDER SALTY WATERS!...RUBBING FINGERS, TURNING IT UPSIDE DOWN OVER & OVER & OVER JUST SIMPLY SHOWS HOW IGNORANT HE IS!...GOLDEN CHAIN & COINS WOULDN'T B Sooooo SHINING (like NEW)!...THAT GUY SOUNDS LIKE Chinese I GUESS?! BCOZ HE KEEP SAYING IN Cantonese "HOI SAM, HOI SAM" meaning "Woww I'M HAPPY, I'M HAPPY"...and d Golden Chain IS TYPICALLY D Chinese GOLDEN NECK CHAIN!!...crap!!

[@alexhein6054]

Because a lot of these treasures are like 500 to 700 years old

[@p51mustang24]

@@petxx8155 water does not corrode gold. Silver, on the other hand, will corrode in the ocean.

[@fabianwylie8707]

@@petxx8155 sorry I only came across your comment a year later , let me tell you , I am a metal detector user , gold in fact if any thing above 18ct will always keep shine !.

[@petxx8155]

@@fabianwylie8707 you guys METAL DETECTORE & EXPERTISE OF TREASURE FINDINGS are really AMAZING!!...please EXPLAIN or JUSTIFY to me WHY MY PURE GOLD BRACELET, WHICH I DROP IT INSIDE OF A ZOO SHARKS TANK (BIG AQUARIUM) FULL OF OCEAN WATER, WHEN WAS FOUND 6 YEARS LATER WAS TOTALLY RUSTY & GREENISH?? IT TOOK ME ALOT OF TROUBLE & MONEY TO HAVE IT PROPERLY CLEANED & BACK TO D INITIAL NATURAL COLOUR "GOLD"!!😨

[@aidanbarnes4290]

As a kid my life long dream was to go on a real treasure hunt and find pirates gold. But sadly all the pirate treasure must have been found by now plus gold is extremely scarce so what are the odds of that happening

[@ToXicFAR]

True buddy but still let’s go on a treasure hunt

[@yessedejong1737]

@@ToXicFAR can i join too pls?

[@M0vingtargetz98]

I wanna join too

[@bigren1635]

To fill you in on fact their a about a million undiscovered shipwrecks on the ocean floor, so if it’s a dream go for it.

[@simonriley1981]

Not true where I live theres still a search for a treasure left by pirates

[@geezer4444]

amazing how insurance company's claim 100% of found lost treasure,,,, but never paid towards the cost of recovery in some circumstances, are they that greedy? don't answer an obvious answer lol

[@mexicogoldrush6760]

Cool1

[@baldomero6313]

shouting underwater - y not preserve all ur energy and just pick all the coins

[@abdulkhaliquemuhammed6391]

hearing i was saying myself, i wouldn't have wasted so much oxygen

[@brianmercado1842]

Interesting that they were diving on Nitrox, which means that the wreck was in less than 30 meters os water. Nitrox becomes toxic when the depth exceeds 30 meters, 3 atmospheres.

[@tytaylor1843]

How could you tell its Nitrox. I was skeptical about them first two videos. I couldn't believe them coins was that shiny and just laying there like that plus they didn't look like they was that deep.

[@jakobfreshman5036]

عملات جميلة

[@Mocking69]

お宝っすね！！ 最後のはどれ位の時価総額になるのでしょうか？

[@hailuagoquao7175]

Thật tuyệt vời nguyên kho báu dưới nước luôn

[@teresanavarro7545]

en Mexico ay mucho orro

[@PeterCombs]

why did you skip the Wreck of "the Unbelievable"...?? arguably the greatest underwater gold find of all time, by a mile...

[@brianbourgoin6427]

The wreck of the Unbelievable was a hoax, a fake, basically performance art.

[@nazeerazees2175]

Super

[@1MCUTIES]

wow

[@rvaatienza4033]

Spanish era but the gold coins are clean w/o green calcinate. Hmmmm

[@ninolouweln.baloran8462]

Oh my god

[@SpeedomusicSM]

Song name ? During silver ship wreck

[@sanzoyt3576]

I have a golden.tooth because i forgot to toothbrush😂😂