For hundreds of years, people knew the “greatest treasure in all of England” lay somewhere near the south bank of the River Ribble. They just couldn’t find it.
Lost mines of precious metals are purportedly all over the world, but Mexico is home to the elusive Tayopa silver mines which have been found and lost twice.
A valuable 200 year-old coin collection was recently found hiding in plain site at a library in Belgium. The box was dusted for years without anyone ever looking inside.
Hardly a month has passed and another silver-bearing shipwreck has been confirmed: the SS Mantola. Remarkably, the find is similar to the SS Gairsoppa rediscovery.
The Gairsoppa sunk in 1941 while carrying 219 tons of silver. If fully recovered, it will be the largest recovery of precious metal lost at sea.
Long ago, Vikings buried the Vale of York Hoard. It contains rare silver coins from all over the world and is the second most valuable English treasure discovered.
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