Treasure: 48 TONS of silver
Deep-sea explorers have pulled up 48 tons of silver treasure from
three miles below the surface of the North Atlantic in what may be the
deepest, largest precious metal recovery in history.
The haul was retrieved from the S.S. Gairsoppa, a 412-foot steel-hulled British cargo ship that sank in February 1941.
The
expedition, by Odyssey Marine Exploration, a company specializing in
shipwreck exploration, recovered 1,203 bars of silver, totaling 1.4
million ounces...
The marine exploration company is also in the process of exploring another British sunken ship, the S.S. Mantola, which is believed to hold an estimated 600,000 ounces of additional U.K.-insured silver.
More details at
Discovery News.
Oooh - how cool. Thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteWill this find drive down the price of silver? ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it would if it entered "circulation," but I suspect it will be held in reserves to back up debts, currency, or something like that. I don't really know.
DeleteAs of today (2012.08.06) the spot price of gold is about 27.8 USD/oz so the treasure is worth something shy of 39 million USD.
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