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Treasure Hunting Infographic

Sunken Treasure What's it Roally orth To u? Hauls of gold coins, ingots and jewels continue to be discovered at the bottom of our oceans. The booty is valued at hundreds of millions of dollars but even if you find it, it may not make you the fortune you hope for. TOP 3 HAULS O US $500 Million Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (Discovered ao07) US $450 Million Nuestra Señora de Atocha (Discovered 198s) US $150 Million SS Central America (Discovered 1987) WRECKS WORLDWIDE 3 Million 0.01% deemed O valuable CHANCES OF A FIND SLIM! "We know more about the surface of the moon than what's at the bottom of the sea." 100% of moon mapped 5% of ocean floor explored COST TO SALVAGER -123 An average mission in deep water can run into the millions - just to locate a wreck! For every $ı your treasure is worth, you'll spend approx $10 on recovery, treatment and the preservation of items once out of the sea. FINDERS KEEPERS? NOPE! Your legal claim to treasure will be disputed by: Insurance Companies • Governments You could have a long wait to get your hands on the booty or lose the treasure altogther! • Finders of the biggest haul in history - $500 Million from the Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (no.1 above) - had to give it all back to Spain. • Finders of the $450 Million treasure from the Nuestra Señora de Atocha (no.2 above) got to keep it – but only after a 7 year wait and hefty legal battle with the State of Florida. THE MORAL Don't give up your day job, me lads – sunken treasure only works for real pirates. Aarr! Sources: Presented by http://weather.aol.com/2012/10/00/treasure-huntera-greateat-underwater-discoveriea http://www.noaa.gow/ocean.html http://acience.n http://www.wikipedia.org nce.nationalgeographic.com TRADE BOATS

Treasure Hunting Infographic

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Bought to you by "Trade Boats Australia" this infographic delves into the murky depths of treasure hunting. With hundreds of millions of dollars worth of "sunken treasure" laying on the ocean floor it...

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