Columbia raising objects from 1708 ship wreck "San Jose"

[madPete]

Saw this in the news today:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/colombia-try-raise-objects-1708-181118094.html

If we were true pirates, we would mortgage a submarine or raise an army to go pirate the booty... 11 Million Gold and Silver coins and Emeralds worth BILLIONS at current prices (and that's just what was officially listed in the manifest).

 

[Red-Handed Jill]

I didn't realise the Caribbean got that deep - I once swam out a mile from Jamaica and could still stand up, easily.  That ship is 2,000 feet down.  That WOULD be a challenge...

[michaelsbagley]

Neat, I hope the archeological stuff can be rescued despite the monetary stuff, or at least a balance found.