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Nuestra Senora de Atocha site, west of the Marquesas
Wreck beach Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
GoldAlso reported: reales, emeralds, bronze cannon (salvor recoveries).
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1622 Tierra Firme fleet
Treasure Salvors recovered roughly 40 tonnes of gold and silver after the 1982 Supreme Court ruling gave them exclusive rights; salvage continues and the sterncastle is still believed missing.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
open water, currents, remote
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