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    Planes leave for Spain, hauling shipwrecked silver

    By MITCH STACY | Associated Press – Fri, Feb 24, 2012

    TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Two military planes carrying 17 tons of silver coins recovered from a Spanish ship sunk in 1804 have taken off from Florida. The treasure is being flown back to Spain after a nearly five-year legal struggle with the U.S.-based explorers who found and recovered the silver.

    The planes that took off just after noon on Friday were packed with more than 594,000 coins and other artifacts. Odyssey Marine Exploration, which is based in Tampa, Fla., brought the coins to the U.S. in May 2007.

    The deep-sea explorers found and recovered the treasure from a Spanish galleon sunk by British warships as it traveled back to Spain from South America in 1804.

     

    18 comments

    • Kevin
      Kevin  •  3 mths ago
      "Gracias for finding, salvaging, maintaining and storing this silver we originally stole from those poor SOBs in the Americas...we will just take it right back to Spain, your screwed."
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Jacksonville, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      Next time use the "Finders- Keepers" rule.and above all keep quiet about your exploits.
      You did all the dirty work and them Spaniards get the spoils. Not funny.
    • SnowCrash
      SnowCrash  •  3 mths ago
      That seems fair. They did nothing at all to attempt to find the shipwreck. They didn't recover the silver. So of course they certainly deserve it.
    • x
      x  •  Boston, Massachusetts  •  3 mths ago
      The sad thing is that it was the US Court system that awarded them this money. I hope those JUDGES find themselves out in the middle of the ocean, their motor breaks down and the Odyssey Marine Expedition is the ONLY ONE to hear their call for help... If that was me, I would just turn off the radio...
    • michael
      michael  •  3 mths ago
      As a side note Spain actually stole the silver in the first place. Mexico should be sueing the Spanish for return of the silver under this wacky ruling.
    • michael
      michael  •  3 mths ago
      Typical example of the theft by governments with more guns. The current Spanish government no more owns this silver than it owns say California or Texas or Mexico. This is just theft and until we change our politians and laws you are liable to be relieved of everything you own by some government bureaucrat who wants something you have.
    • AMERICANE
      AMERICANE  •  3 mths ago
      I'm sorry, but if I was the one who recovered this treasure it and myself would be in Luxemburg and I'd tell Spain and the idiot judge to kiss my #$%$
    • tim
      tim  •  3 mths ago
      they triple stealing that silver!
    • The Guffaw Conspiracy
      The Guffaw Conspiracy  •  3 mths ago
      If the planes go down in the Atlantic does the whole cycle start over again?
    • Michele
      Michele  •  Corpus Christi, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Who is palying for the US Air force Flight to deliver the silver??????? The US taxpayers......Why didn't we tell Spain to come and get it themselves?????
      • Bess
        Bess 3 mths ago
        I do believe that they did come and get it themselves.. According to an earlier story...
      • SteveR
        SteveR 3 mths ago
        It was Spain's airforce planes retard. Oh your from Texas, nevermind.
    • old far*
      old far*  •  3 mths ago
      That should have been sent back to South America using the same Bull#$%$ rule
    • Jess
      Jess  •  3 mths ago
      Americans are thieves and criminals !!....and please, return the Hawaiian islands to the Hawaiian King !
    • fairminded
      fairminded  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  3 mths ago
      Finders Keepers, Losers Are Weepers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • Ida
      Ida  •  New York, New York  •  3 mths ago
      thats the world we live;killers,rapers,stealers got rewards and the rest just do nothing..,poor countries been washing the brains with religions and poor education
    • Orang-Utan
      Orang-Utan  •  Santa Rosa, California  •  3 mths ago
      They should have just taken it back out to sea an dumped it over a large area then told Spain to find it.
    • dr know
      dr know  •  3 mths ago
      obama would require Spain to share the wealth with Greece
    • Holly
      Holly  •  Rock Hill, South Carolina  •  3 mths ago
      Well, The US is known for give-away, we must be submissive to every other nation.
    • Clifford
      Clifford  •  3 mths ago
      Bummer. But at least they didn't have to wake up to the terror in Syria.
      And it was a hell of an adventure. And how was your Saturday??
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