13 BIGGEST Treasures Ever Discovered

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From gold coins to sunken treasure to ancient tombs, these are the 13 biggest treasures ever discovered.

Back in 2014, a middle aged couple in Northern California accidentally stumbled across 1400 gold coins while walking their dog. The old coins were likely stolen from a coin minting factory back in the Gold Rush era of California and hidden underground for a couple hundred years. The individual coins were auctioned off and ended up raising 11 million dollars. The couple has chosen to stay anonymous and refused to disclose where they found the gold to prevent a false gold rush in their area. Most of their 11 million dollar profit was donated to charity.

The British are constantly sweeping their own land with metal detectors, in hopes of finding ancient treasures and trinkets lost to history. In 2001 one such hobby treasure hunter, a retired electrician, was sweeping a grassy field with his metal detector, hoping to find something valuable in the dirt. He unwittingly uncovered a bona fide treasure - a 3.5 oz cup carved from 20 karat gold. The 3500 year old cup was made around the same time Stonehenge was built and was valued at £270,00 british pounds or roughly $390,000 USD.

The Silverdale Hoard is the name given to one of the largest caches of Viking Silver ever found. This massive find was uncovered in North Yorkshire a few years ago in 2011 and is comprised of 1000 year old silver heirlooms, including 90 silver viking coins with the name of an unknown Viking king minted onto it. This mysterious hoard is still being analyzed to this day with hopes of uncovering more details of Viking history and culture. The continued study of the treasure makes the monetary value unclear, but the Silverdale Hoard is estimated to be worth at least 100,00 British pounds or about 145,000 US dollars.

A sunken ship full of nearly 600,000 gold and silver coins was found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean by a private treasure hunting company called Odyssey Marine. A priceless hoard of gold coins and hand crafted gold chains were found inside of the ship, which was called the Frigate Mercedes, and became the center of a controversy when Spain claimed ownership over the gold. A legal battle between Spain and Odyssey Marine ensued and lasted half a decade before the Spanish government prevailed. In 2015, Spain finally flew their 17 tons of priceless coins across the Atlantic.

This massive load of treasure was found in 2009 when a farmer in Central England lost a tool in his field and called a friend with a metal detector to scan for it. In search of a farm tool, Terry accidentally uncovered the largest single hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found. As excavators dug up the field they found a total of 3500 pieces of gold, silver, and garnet that would total to 3.285 million british pounds or 4.75 million US dollars, split in half by the man who owned the land and the man who found it.

Amateur divers were exploring an old sunken dock off of the coast of Israel when they discovered 2,000 gold coins hidden in the sea bed. The centuries old currency was miraculously unmarred by age or water damage at the bottom of the ocean. There is no current estimated monetary value of the 20 pounds worth of coins, but they are considered extremely rare and valuable to historians. Even at the time of their minting in 900 AD they were considered a royal sum of cash.

One of the most exciting and largest treasures on this list has come close to being discovered but hasn’t actually been found yet. In 2010 the successful art dealer, hobby treasure hunter, and eccentric millionaire Forrest Fenn had the idea of hiding a huge fortune in a treasure chest and burying it somewhere for someone else to find. Fenn hopes to share the fun and thrill of treasure hunting which he has enjoyed throughout his life with others. If you were to discover Fenn’s Treasure with the set of 9 clues he has put out, you would be looking at a sweet 1 to 3 million US dollar cash out of gold nuggets and precious stones.

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michaelmarkham

is a Treasure ❤️❤️❤️❤️💪from india kerala.... tvm

mammukafanboy

Says :. They swept the grass with their metal detector

Shows : someone cutting grass with a sythe

jw

So what I learned from this video is to do exactly what the first couple did. If you find treasure... Stay anonymous and keep a low profile.

raul

Pathmanapaswami temple, the tredition of india, kerala😘

svcreation

Imagine how much gold and sliver is at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

classys-chassis

British: How the f**k did we miss this?
Padmanabha: Because it’s mine😂😂😂

anvesha

There's a reason why India was called the "Golden Sparrow" before the Britishers came. Long Live India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳💪💪💪

animeworld

There are many temples like that in india. Government should give order to open doors of all temples....

davep

The India was the richest country in the past. I heard tellings that say that the children of india played with Diamonds at a time.. It was known as the "GOLDEN SPARROW" in the Past...Many People Tried To come to India because of This
It was famous for it's land and crops, Its karnatic/Hindustani music, Ayurveda, Maths and much more...
Almost all countries traded with India and India was very popular, that even a ocean is named for it's name.
In 1700, 25%of the world GDP was contributed by India alone..
we were peace loving and compassionate people..

In 1729 Nadir Shah The Persian Ruler Took 10 Billion Dolor Worth Possesions from Delhi.The Britishers arrived, the biggest issue.

We didn't had brutal weapons like the Britishers though, that's why we couldn't counter them in war much.

we didn't realize their hidden plans and cunningness and allowed them to trade in our country and allowed East Indian company in our country..

Slowly britishers conquered us and took all our wealth.The Kohinoor diamond in the crown of Queen Victoria is Looted from India.

The people of our country then became poor..And even now many sectors are in pitiful condition.

It was brilliant of the Kerala Kings to hide the treasure, or that would have been taken also..
And still it is a miracle that such a large treasure was present in the possesion of Kerala Kings.

What about the other states and kings..
Most of them could have taken away, but still there is a chance that it was tried to kept hidden somewhere..
If We search, we may get...

magesmathew