10 Most Incredible Treasures Found Recently

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10 Most Incredible Treasures Found Recently

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Buried treasure is one of those things that sounds like it only exists in stories. But throughout
history, valuable objects—coins, jewelry, crowns—have often been either deliberately buried or
just lost to the ages. Let us look at the 10 most incredible treasures found recently.
Number 10.) 330 years old Spanish treasure
Finding treasure in your back yard is very hard and most people aren’t that lucky. But when you
spend your life looking for treasures, then you are bound to find something that can change your
life. A family of treasure hunters found more than $1 million worth of gold artifacts off the coast
of Florida. Eric Schmitt, a professional salvager, was scavenging with his parents when he found
the crumpled, square-shaped ornament on a leisure trip to hunt for artifacts in the wreckage of a
convoy of 11 ships that sank in 1715 during a hurricane off central Florida’s east coast. After the
discovery in 2014, a team of Spanish historians realized the piece fit together with another
artifact recovered 25 years ago. It formed an accessory called a pyx, worn on a chain around a
high priest’s neck to carry the communion host. The dollar value is uncertain, but estimates were
around 1 to 2 million dollars. Not only that, but they also found gold coins worth more than
500,000 dollars in the same shipwreck. Maybe it’s time we change our profession to treasure
hunting.
Number 9.) Tipu sultan’s treasure
Wrapped in a newspaper and forgotten in the corner of a dusty attic in a townhouse in the
English county of Berkshire, a couple discovered a hoard of highly-valuable gold-encrusted

swords and guns from the legendary pillaged armory of Tipu Sultan. Tipu was an 18th-century
Muslim leader who took on the might of the East India Company and was one of the most feared
soldiers in the subcontinent. In 1799, the Duke of Wellington’s forces defeated Tipu Sultan in
the final battle of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War between the East India Company and Indians.
The collection of unique and valuable artifacts discovered in the Berkshire attic was originally
stolen from Tipu Sultan's palace and brought back to England by Major Thomas Hart of the East
India Company. the artifacts “were passed down through his family and now belong to a couple
who have kept them wrapped in newspaper in their dusty attic. This 220 years old treasure was
worth millions when it was auctioned.
Number 8.) the Silverdale hoard
This spectacular collection of Viking silver was discovered in mid-September 2011. It is the
third-largest collection of Viking silver found to date and was unearthed by a keen metal
detectorist near to the village of Silverdale in North Lancashire. It had been buried for more than
1,000 years. Most of the pieces were contained in a lead 'pouch'. The survival of this container is,
in itself, a rare occurrence that adds significance to the find. The Silverdale Hoard comprises
silver items including arm-rings, coins, ingots and chopped up pieces of silver known as
'hacksilver'. Alongside the lead, the pouch is a couple of fragments of lead and iron and one
silver-plated, base metal coin - a contemporary fake! The hoard is believed to have been
deposited at approximately the same time as the Cuerdale Hoard, in 905 AD, meaning it is
around 1,100 years old. It will never be known why this prized collection was left behind, but the
original owner's loss is certainly our gain. The hoard reveals the truly international nature of
Viking society - with coins minted as far away as current-day Baghdad in Iraq.
Number 7.) St. Albans Hoard

In September 2012, a middle-aged man Westley Carrington went into a shop in the English town
of Berkhamsted and bought a beginner's metal detector. He then went out to hunt for coins on a
farm field. What Carrington found was one of the largest hoards of Roman gold coins ever found
in Great Britain. It included 159 Roman Solidi, which date to the late fourth century A.D. This
was when the Roman occupation of Britain ended. The coins were struck during the reigns of
Emperors Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I, Arcadius, and Honorius, and they were far more
valuable than the typical silver, and bronze Roman coins. During the fourth century A.D., St.
Albans was the important Roman town of Verulamium, and the coins are now displayed at the
Verulamium Museum. The value of these coins was estimated to be $100,000

Number 6.) SS Gairsoppa
Over the centuries, the hunt for sunken treasure has captured imaginations and inspired dreams
of adventure and discovery. In 2013, 61 tons of bullion from the SS Gairsoppa, a British cargo
ship that sank in 1941 about 300 miles off the Galway coast