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Alabama Considers “Finders Keepers” Law for Underwater Treasures
Republican Senator Cam Ward has introduced a bill to amend the Alabama Cultural Resources Act, a law that requires underwater treasure hunters to obtain permits from the Historical Commission before...
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Federal Court Orders Treasure Hunters Return Coin Trove to Spain
On Friday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Pizzo gave Odyssey Marine Exploration, a deep sea treasure recovery company, just one week to return 17 tons of treasure from the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes...
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Scubadiving Thieves Evade Lasers and Coast Guard to Steal Shipwreck Bell
On January 13, 2012, the Costa Concordia cruise liner hit a rock and capsized off the Tuscan island of Giglio. Of the 4,200 passengers, 25 were killed and 7 are still missing. Captain Francesco...
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Canada Approves Export of $1 Shipwreck Back to Norway
Jan Wanggaard, former World Champion Windsurfer, is overseeing a project to return the shipwrecked Maud from Cambridge Bay in Nunavut, Canada, to Norway. Roald Amundsen, a famous Norwegian explorer,...
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100-Year-Old Titanic to Fall Under International Protection
As the Titanic shipwreck nears it’s 100th birthday, it also approaches eligibility for protection under the 2001 Unesco Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage. The Titanic sank on...
View ArticleSpain Seeks $4 Million in Fees from Odyssey Marine in Black Swan Case
Spain has filed a motion to recover fees and costs of approximately $4 million in the “Black Swan” case. According to the Local Admiralty Rule 7.03-(g), Spain should have petitioned for fees at the...
View ArticleSupreme Court Denies Cert in Black Swan Case
From The Telegraph: The US Supreme Court has refused to grant a final appeal to a Florida company that discovered treasure on a sunken Spanish vessel but was then ordered to return the gold and silver...
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Shipwreck Identified as MV Limerick
In 1943, a Japanese submarine torpedoed New Zealand merchant ship, MV Limerick. The 8,700-ton ship sank at 6:30 a.m. on April 26, 1943. The ship took only two crew-members down with it, as the...
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Odyssey Marine to Display Gairsoppa Shipwreck Silver in Times Square
Odyssey Marine Exploration, treasure hunters extraordinaire, are sending some silver to New York City. The silver was recovered from the SS Gairsoppa, a 412-foot steel-hulled British cargo steamship...
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Mystery Shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico
Marine archaeologists visiting a known shipwreck site in the Gulf of Mexico were surprised to discover two more ships nearby, at rest at a depth of 4,363 feet below the surface. Researchers from the...
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