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5. The ship Pandora
Current Estimated Value: $10,000 Reward for Locating It
Year Vanished: 1791 Year Found: 1978
Another ship that met an untimely end on this list was HMS Pandora. When the ship was launched by the Royal Navy in May 1779, many people who caught a glimpse of it soon learned to fear it. After tracking down Bounty mutineers, HMS Pandora apprehended fourteen of them.
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It is believed that a typhoon destroyed the ship during its return journey from Tahiti, plunging it to the ocean's floor. Both crew members and prisoners descended from the ship. After learning about the Pandora mythology, independent searchers John Heyer and Ben Cropp would need centuries to locate the wreck.
6. The Hoard from Cuerdale
Estimated Current Value: $3.2 million* Years Disappeared: 903–9010 Years Found: 1840s
On May 15, 1840, a group of laborers excavating a river embankment came upon the Cuerdale Hoard. A lead box with multiple goods and bundles inside got submerged in the sea. Upon opening the chest, the men discovered more than 8,600 pieces of treasure.
The Cuerdale Hoard ©Shutterstock/TTony Baggett
The $3.2 million hoard included silver coins, hacksilver, Carolingian and English jewelry, and ingots. It was one of the biggest Viking silver hoards ever discovered. The Vikings of Eastern England are thought to have sunk the treasure between 903 and 910 after being expelled from Dublin, as evidenced by the majority of the coins.
