The lure of sunken treasure under the waves has wreck-hunting salvage investigators scouring the sea beds to make their ...

The San José - a 62-gun Spanish galleon laden with treasure - sank on the night of 8 June 1708 after the ship’s powder ...

The French navy’s CEPHISMER team, a specialized diving and underwater operations unit, accidentally found the wreck at a depth of about 8,200 feet during an exploratory seabed control operation, ...

Now that the location of this Holy Grail of treasure ships is known, a fierce legal wrangle has begun. The key question is, ...

The San Jose galleon was believed to be holding gold, silver, gemstones and other treasure worth billions of dollars when it was sunk in 1708.

New research revealing details of gold coins found aboard a shipwreck off Colombia provides further evidence that the vessel ...

“Hand-struck, irregularly shaped coins—known as cobs in English and macuquinas in Spanish—served as the primary currency in ...

The Spanish galleon sank in 1708 and was discovered in 2015, but its true identity remained unconfirmed—until now.

The San Jose galleon has been lost beneath the Caribbean for more than 300 years, but researchers have now confirmed that the ...

You don't need a submarine or scuba gear to see the remains of these five wrecks, which are visible from shore.

A Sebastian treasure hunter is seeking a 20-year permit renewal to continue salvaging artifacts from 10 Spanish shipwrecks. The proposed salvage operation involves using various methods ...