Silver treasure.. ARGH!!!

[Beladran]

well not pirate treasure but good lord could you amagine all that silver????
7,000,000,000 ounces.... if not more.. wonder how many silver bracelets you could make with that?


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/23/ss-gairsoppa-silver_n_3640689.html

 

[atexascowboy2011]

Too bad they didn't recover it when that Hunt boy was trying to corner the silver market back in the 70's or 80's.
It would have really thrown a kink in his catch rope!

 

[DakotaDocMartin]

well not pirate treasure but good lord could you amagine all that silver????
7,000,000,000 ounces...

The article says 61 tons. 61 X 2000 pounds X 12 Troy ounces per pound = 1,464,000 Troy ounces

 

[Beladran]

It was another article I saw that number on. They are saying there was "insured and uninsured silver" I'm guessing the rest must be the "uninsured" they haven't got to yet

 

[Beladran]

O crap I put to many "000" lol my bad wiki said 7million ounces

 

[leo]

I saw the discovery channel documentary they had to go back 3 times to get it because of the crucial weather the first thing they found was not silver it was copper bars the silver was hiding on the bottom hall of the ship it was funny cause they all were chewing there nails thinking that they were going to remove something with the robot and that would make the ship collapsed and they would not be able to get to were the silver was

 

[dlilazteca]

I read the article at the bottom it says that in the past they were ordered to give back some gold they had found to Spain. Spain should have been giving it back to Mexico because they're conquitsadors probably took it from there, but no that did not happen.

So if justice is not completely served why not let the people who found it in open waters keep it.




Carlos De La O III

 

[monk]

youall would dirty yer diapers to learn how much gold exists in a cubic mile of seawater ! it's there, just to be taken.

 

[atexascowboy2011]

Monk
We don't wear diapers.
Please keep your habits to yourself.
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