All this can't stop the determination of adventurers to continue taking risks. After the discovery of Titanic, there was an unprecedented treasure hunt. It is said that there are still eight treasures in the world that treasure hunters have been searching for since ancient times and are waiting for the lucky ones to find them.
The first treasure is also the most valuable treasure. The Caribbean Sea is about 740 feet deep, about 16 miles from the coast of Colombia. Compared with the treasures here, the gold and silver treasures on the Atocha are just a drop in the ocean.
On May 28th, 1708, the Spanish galleon "San Jose" set sail from Panama, full of gold bars, silver bars, gold coins, wine glasses, table lamps, altar supplies and jewels. The captain of "San Jose" is Fenander. Although he knew that the British navy general Wiggle was leading a powerful fleet to patrol nearby, Fenander didn't take this threat to heart. He naively thinks that "the sea is so vast that it won't happen by accident."
On June 3rd, Wei Ge's British naval fleet stopped at San Jose. In the evening, the San Jose was sunk, and more than 600 people on board and all the gold, silver and jewels sank to the bottom of the sea.
1983, Colombian minister of public works Silvia persuaded the president to officially declare that the "San Jose" is a national property of Colombia and does not belong to those "insatiable treasure hunters".
The Colombian government is convinced that the location of the sunken ship has been found, and it is estimated that the treasure on board is worth at least $654.38 billion.
The second treasure is California Gold Treasure. In 1849, gold mines were discovered in California, and a large number of eastern Americans flocked to California to dig for gold mines. Eight years later, they were ready to go home with the California gold they had dug up.
They took a boat from San Francisco to Panama, then crossed the isthmus of Panama by mule car, and then took a boat to new york.
Just two days after their ship left Havana, that is, on September 1857, their steamboat "China-America" was hit by a hurricane and the ship began to sink under the storm.
There are 750 passengers on board. They were shocked to see that the sails were blown off by the strong wind and the boiler went out. They quickly formed a self-help team to send women and children to lifeboats. Results All the women and children were rescued, and none of the 423 men survived.
Treasure expert Spencer once found several ships that sank in the American Civil War. He has spent 15 years looking for this sunken ship, and he is sure that he has found the position of the sunken Sino-American. He hopes to salvage this batch of gold as soon as possible.
The third treasure is the bottom treasure at the end of the rainbow. "The heir to the throne was covered with gold powder ... his people presented gold treasures at his feet ... the new Indian king threw all the gold at his feet into the lake as a dedication to God." This is the traditional coronation ceremony of King Musca described by the nephew of the last king of Colombian Musca Indians in the early17th century.
What Indians threw into Lake Guada, Europeans have been trying to salvage for the past 400 years. The first fishing operation was in 1545. The Spanish organized a treasure hunt team and fished up hundreds of gold products from the bottom of the shallow lake in three months.
19 1 1 year, a British company dug a tunnel to drain the lake, but left thick silt, which was quickly turned into hard mud bricks by the sun. By the time these Englishmen brought drilling equipment from Europe, the tunnel had been blocked and the lake was full again.
Since 1974, the Colombian government has sent troops to protect Lake Guada and its treasures. Since then, no one has been able to approach these treasures.
The fourth treasure is in the dormitory of Changmaoling. Four centuries ago, an Indian village head led a young Spanish businessman through an intricate underground maze to the king's mausoleum, which was often buried in ruins in the capital of the ancient Inca kingdom. It is full of gold and jewels, including some Huang Jinyu with emerald eyes. The village chief told the Spanish businessman named Guterres that all the gold would be his as long as he helped build local public works.
According to the Spanish tax record of 1576, Guterres reported the discovery of this "small fish" treasure to the king of Spain and donated 900 pounds of gold as tax. Since then, it has been pointed out that there is a "big fish" treasure under the local ruins, which is filled with more golden animals buried with him.
At present, this ruin has been protected by the Peruvian government, and two Peruvian archaeologists have been digging in the area for several years. Maybe one day they will dig up a lot of treasures.
The fifth treasure is the shipwreck of Columbus. 1492, Columbus led 27 sailboats to discover America, and sent some sailboats back to Europe in 1493, 1498 and 1502 respectively. Archaeologists believe that five of them sank in the Caribbean for some reason. Although there are no gold and jewels on these sunken ships, they are of high historical value.
The Texas Institute of Marine Archaeology has asked the Haitian government to allow these sunken ships to be salvaged in its territorial waters. Although the local seabed is dark and the mud is deep, and the sunken ships have accumulated for five centuries, the research is confident to salvage one of his sunken ships.
The sixth treasure is the Treasure Island treasure. The famous classical novel Treasure Island is said to be set in Cocoa Island in the Pacific Ocean. This desolate island is a treasure spot that has been thoroughly searched by most treasure hunters. In the past three centuries, about 450 treasure-hunting teams landed on this small island and dug along its coast to find ancient gold coins.
Cocoa Island is located 300 miles off the coast of Costa Rica. It's a rest stop for pirates in the17th century. It is said that there are six treasures buried on the island.
What attracts treasure hunters most is the treasure of Peruvian horses.
There are many legends about this treasure on the island. It's not consistent, but it's similar. Raul, a famous historian in Costa Rica? Francisco? After years of research, Arias' conclusion seems quite credible.
/kloc-in the first half of the 0/9th century, the national independence movements of South American countries against Spanish colonial rule were in full swing. By Argentine national hero Sang? General Martin's fleet went north along the coast of Chile, preparing to liberate Peru ruled by Spanish colonists. The Spanish colonists in Peru knew they were invincible? Martin's army, panicked, was in chaos. At this time, William? British pirates led by Thompson took advantage of the Spanish riots and looted the Peruvian Pacific port city of callao. Before Martin's fleet arrived, they loaded the looted gold, silver and jewels and fled callao Harbor. According to historical records, these treasures are 24 boxes, containing a large number of gold coins, gold cups, a statue of Santa Maria and countless gold and silver jewelry and precious stones, which are priceless.
British pirates set sail from callao Port and sailed for the vast Pacific Ocean. After entering the high seas, Thompson discussed with his 10 companions and decided to sail to Cocoa Island, which was close to them and was deserted at that time. 182 1 Around the middle of the year, British pirates arrived in Cocoa Island and buried their gold and silver jewels on the island. Four days later, they left Cocoa Island and went to Panama to inquire about Peru. Unforeseen weather, on the way, they were attacked by a big storm, the ship sank, 1 1 British pirates drifted at sea. Just then, they met a warship. They were overjoyed and thought they had met a savior, so they shouted for help from the people on board. Who knows, the road to go is very narrow, and the ship is not a savior, just coming out of callao Port to track the British pirates. 1 1 The pirates were captured.
After boarding the ship, the pirates were brought before the captain. The captain immediately ordered the shooting of eight elderly pirates. Throw their bodies into the sea. The remaining three are 18 ~ 20 years old young pirates. Perhaps it is their young age that keeps them from dying. As it happens, the people on board were suffering from a plague. Many people were too sick to move, and one of the pirates was sick and dead. So the people on the boat can't go treasure hunting. The ship has been at sea for three weeks. One night, the moon was dark and windy, and the only two pirates jumped into the sea to escape. After drifting at sea for a few days, they were rescued by an American whaling ship. When the ship passed through the Hawaiian Islands, one of the pirates asked to stay on the island and live there until he died of old age. Another pirate followed the whaling ship to New Bedford, USA.
Twenty years later, British pirates became sailors again. Once, when the ship was sailing for Canada in Cuba, he told a good friend about the treasure theft that happened 20 years ago. Since then, the news has spread like wildfire and spread all over the world in a short time. In the past two centuries, countless treasure hunters have gone to Cocoa Island to explore treasures. Although nothing is found, treasure hunters are still in an endless stream, dreaming of getting this wealth. Those treasure hunters who left with hope but returned empty-handed hollowed out this beautiful island, leaving it scarred and devastated. The ecological environment on the island has also been seriously damaged.
Recently, the Costa Rican government, proceeding from the long-term interests, decided to prohibit people from exploring treasures on Cocoa Island in order to protect the island's rich plant resources and benefit all mankind. According to this decision, the tax payable by tourists in Cocoa Island has also increased from the original $65,438 +0.2 yuan to $65,438 +05 yuan; The berthing fee for ships has also increased significantly, ranging from $65,438+05 to $65,438+000 per day. These measures have greatly restricted the activities of tourists.
The last treasure hunters came to this island in March 1994. From now on, treasure hunters can no longer go to Cocoa Island to find this treasure. Whether the treasure has been secretly transported away or is still sleeping on the island is still an unsolved mystery of the mysterious treasure.
The seventh treasure is money pit treasure. Mark, a famous American writer? Tom Twain? The Adventures of Sawyer describes that all the pirates' treasures are "packed in a broken wooden box and buried under an old dead tree". At midnight, the place where the shadow of the dead tree branches falls is the place where the treasure is hidden. "The situation he described is almost a replica of the treasure of" money pit ".
10 In June, three young loggers boarded Oak Island near Nova Scotia. Although Oak Island is uninhabited, it has been said since ancient times that there are treasures buried on the island. Three young people noticed that the branches of a big oak tree on the island had been sawed off. The soil under the tree sank a little, as if something was buried under it.
The next day, three young people returned to the island with a round shovel and began to dig. Digging to a depth of 10 feet, they found an oak board. Dig down again to a depth of 20 feet and touch another oak board.
They dug for seven days, and every time they dug down 10 feet, they met something to stop them. When digging to a depth of 100 feet, the pit suddenly flooded with 60 feet of seawater. From then to now, someone has carried out 15 excavations, and * * * spent 3 million dollars, and six people were killed on the way to the bottom of the money pit. Legend has it that seven people must die to uncover the secret of the money pit.
What's under the money pit? No one knows, but everyone is guessing: including the plunder of Captain Kidd, the treasure of pirates, the gold of the ancient Inca Empire, and so on.
The eighth treasure is the deadly Arizona gold mine. Somewhere in the superstitious mountain of Arizona, the "Lost Dutch Gold Mine" is waiting for you to mine.
65438+In the late 1940s, a prospector named Beratha discovered a rich gold mine in this mountainous area and marked it. Since then, many treasure hunters have been trying to find this gold mine. Many people were buried in the mountains, and some people were killed by Indians.
Later, a German explorer Walter finally discovered this gold mine. Wordsworth's two companions knew the location of the gold mine and they were both killed. It is said that Wordsworth often goes to the mountains for two or three days, and when he returns to his hometown in Phoenix, he always brings back several bags of high-quality gold mines.
189 1 year, Wordsworth died of pneumonia. It is said that he drew a map before he died. 193 1 year, a man named Ruth entered the mountainous area of superstitious mountain with a map. Six months later, his skull was found in the mountains and he was shot twice in the head. 1959, three more people were killed in this mountain area. But all this can't stop the treasure hunters. Despite the high temperature of 1 10 degrees and fierce rattlesnakes in summer, many treasure hunters still venture into the mountains to find treasure.
The Mystery of the Treasure Sinking of the "Golden Fleet"
1702, Spain's financial deficit, King Philip V ordered the Spanish colonial authorities in South America to ship the handed-over treasures and pay tribute to Seville, Spain. It's risky to do so. Because there must be an amazing fleet to transport this treasure worth tens of billions of francs across the sea, and Spain and Britain were at war at that time. Nevertheless, 17, a galleon full of gold, silver and jewels looted from Peru and Mexico, left Havana on June 1702 and headed for Spanish territorial waters. This is the famous "Golden Fleet" in Spanish history.
Just as the "Golden Fleet" was about to pass through the last and most dangerous sea area, a huge British-Dutch joint fleet suddenly appeared in the Azores Sea. Facing the 10 Anglo-Dutch fleet composed of 150 warships, the "Golden Fleet" decided to sail to Vigo Bay for temporary shelter.
At that time, the wisest thing to do was to immediately unload the gold and silver treasures from the "golden fleet" and transport them to Madrid by land. It will be much safer this way. However, at that time, the Spanish authorities stipulated that all goods shipped from South America must be inspected in Seville first. Therefore, items cannot be unloaded from the "Golden Fleet". But on Mary? Under the special order of Queen Desava, the gold, silver and jewels of the king and queen were unloaded and transported to Madrid by land.
After the "Golden Fleet" quietly moored in Vigo Bay for more than a month, on June 265438+1October 265438+1October, 150, the British-Dutch joint fleet suddenly launched an attack on Vigo Bay under the command of Admiral Luke. 30,000 British and Dutch soldiers, under the cover of 365,438+065,438+05 cannons, quickly wiped out the defenders along the harbor and destroyed the battery and obstacles. It is said that in the face of such a large number of gold, silver and jewels, the fighting capacity of the British-Dutch Coalition forces has suddenly increased by 10 times. In less than a few hours, the Spanish army collapsed across the board. Belasco, commander-in-chief of the "Golden Fleet", made a desperate decision and ordered the galleon loaded with gold, silver and jewels to be burned. Burning galleons and other hit warships ignited Vigo Bay. The British-Dutch Coalition forces that soon took control of the battlefield tried their best to put out the fire. They rescued and towed away several large sailboats, but most of them were buried in the sea.
On the third morning, British divers began to venture into the bottom of the sea and salvage some trophies. However, under the fire of Spanish ground commandos, the British and Dutch Coalition forces had to give up the salvage work. According to Admiral Chacon, who was arrested by Britain, 4,000 ~ 5,000 carriages of gold sank to the bottom of the sea, which is the treasure left by the "Golden Fleet".
For nearly three centuries, groups of treasure hunters have been looking for these treasures. Some people have salvaged some empty sailboats, while others have salvaged some boxes containing pure emeralds, amethysts, pearls, black amber, Long Xianxiang and other jewels and jade.
Today, people still use modern technology and equipment to continue to look for these amazing treasures. Because it is rumored that at least half of the gold in the 4000-5000 wagons is still sunk under the sediment in the waters of Vigo Bay. However, with the passage of time, not only the waves and tides have already wrapped these gold and silver jewels in layers of sediment, but also various rumors have infiltrated into historical records, so that it is no longer an easy task to find these heavy treasures at the bottom of the sea near 1000 nautical mile.
According to historical records, it is estimated that at the order of Queen Mary, nearly 65,438+0,500 gold wagons were unloaded from the "Golden Fleet". Part of this treasure was also taken away by robbers on the way to Lugo, Spain as planned. It is said that this Spanish royal treasure is still buried in the mountains of Ponte Vidra, Spain, and still lies in an unknown place.