A dive instructor found the well-preserved ring with a metal detector, and then used clues on the ring to try and track down its owner.
Tag: Treasure Troves
Divers in Baltic Find What Looks Like Champagne on Shipwreck
Polish divers think they have found cases of Champagne on a 19th-century merchant vessel that sank off Sweden.
Colombia Wants to Recover the San José’s Shipwreck’s Billions
The San José galleon was destroyed in 1708, sinking with goods now worth billions. Colombia’s government is planning a recovery, but not everyone wants to see the shipwreck brought to the surface.
After Ukraine’s Kakhovka Dam Disaster, a Hunt for Ancient Treasures
After the Kakhovka dam was blown up in June, the reservoir above it quickly drained, revealing a bonanza of artifacts that has electrified Ukrainian archaeologists.
Four Charged in Gold Coin Theft From German Museum
The arrests came about eight months after thieves cut fiber optic cables, broke into a museum in Bavaria and stole 483 ancient gold coins, the police said.
A Dutch Quest for Buried Nazi Treasure Comes Up Empty
The release of a map sketched by a German soldier had touched off a gold rush in a tiny village, but an early-morning excavation failed to solve the mystery.
The Hunt for Nazi-Buried Treasure in a Dutch Village
The public release of a map from the 1940s has drawn fortune seekers with shovels and metal detectors to a small Dutch village. Not everyone is excited.
Pants Recovered From Shipwreck Sell for $114,000 at Auction
The pants and other artifacts auctioned were salvaged from the S.S. Central America, a ship that sank in 1857.
Thieves Steal Ancient Gold Coins From German Museum
The theft played out like the plot of a movie. The artifacts could be worth $1.7 million if sold to dealers — or $260,000 if melted down.
Medieval French Coins Unearthed in Poland? A Mystery Begins
Could a scavenger hunter’s find be a part of the lost booty once extorted by Vikings to spare Paris from ruin? A full-scale excavation may tell.