View full page at metalsmine.com

 

Mystery of gold coin shipwreck finally unmasked after 30 years: ‘Fantastic conclusion’

From nypost.com

Researchers in the United Kingdom believe they’ve finally identified a shipwreck off England’s southern coast — a discovery three decades in the making. The identification was announced in June by Bournemouth University and centers on a shipwreck discovered near Salcombe, Devon, in 1995. At the time, divers recovered more than 400 Moroccan gold coins — but there was no clue as to what the ship was called and where it came from. Now, researchers have identified it as the Dutch trading ship Dom van Keulen, a vessel that left Morocco for the Netherlands in the fall of 1633. At the time, the ship “sprang a leak and ... (full story)

Story Stats

  • Posted:
  • Category: Entertainment News