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1. The Treasure of Caesarea
Value as of right now: $240,000*
When it vanished: more than a millennium ago
Year Found: 2015.
Not all incredible finds made underwater are the result of expert divers looking for a long-lost shipwreck. Sometimes it's just a coincidence. A diving club member was idly taking pleasure in their pastime in Caesarea, Israel's port, in 2015 when they noticed something dazzling.
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It proved to be an old cache of more than two thousand coins. The treasure's estimated value in current dollars is $240,000. Some could counter that the find is extremely valuable due to its significance. It's not like you unearth anything over a millennium old every day.
2. The Retaliation of Queen Anne
Value as of right now: unknown
Year Vanished: 1718 Year Found: 1996
Not every treasure that is discovered at the ocean's bottom is worth a lot of money. For historians, it can occasionally be worth just as much as a gold bar. The Queen Anne's Revenge was captained by the infamous pirate Blackbeard, but the ship sank in 1718.
The Retaliation of Queen Anne ©Juha Flinkman, SubZone OY, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
It was discovered in 1996, somewhere off the coast of North Carolina, but it wasn't confirmed until 2011, many years later. A sword that many believe may have belonged to Blackbeard himself is among the types of treasure discovered; even though it isn't filled with emeralds, this blade is still rather spectacular.
