13 Biggest Treasures Discovered

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These massive treasures will blow your mind with the crazy amounts that they are worth amazing stories of their discovery. Subscribe to Talltanic http://goo.gl/wgfvrr #8 Caesara Sunken Treasure Amateur divers were exploring an old sunken dock off of the coast of Israel when they discovered 2,000 gold coins hidden in the sea bed. The centuries old currency was miraculously unmarred by age or water damage at the bottom of the ocean. There is no current estimated monetary value of the 20 pounds worth of coins, but they are considered extremely rare and valuable to historians. Even at the time of their minting in 900 AD they were considered a royal sum of cash. #7 Fenn Treasure One of the most exciting and largest treasures on this list has come close to being discovered but hasn’t actually been found yet. In 2010 the successful art dealer, hobby treasure hunter, and eccentric millionaire Forrest Fenn had the idea of hiding a huge fortune in a treasure chest and burying it somewhere for someone else to find. Fenn hopes to share the fun and thrill of treasure hunting which he has enjoyed throughout his life with others. If you were to discover Fenn’s Treasure with the set of 9 clues he has put out, you would be looking at a sweet 1 to 3 million US dollar cash out of gold nuggets and precious stones. #6 Roman Coin Hoard For 17 centuries, a farm in Frome, Somerset was the hiding place for the biggest hoard of Roman coins ever found in Britain. Another British hobby metal detectorist was sweeping the field when he uncovered a massive clay pot buried less than a foot underground. The 350 pound treasure trove was eventually valued at 3.3 million british pounds. That’s more than $4.7 billion US dollars! #5 Tillya Tepe - the Golden Mound In 1990, during Afghanistan’s civil war, the Taliban targeted the National Museum and tried to destroy all of the exhibits inside, before they realized all of the valuable goods inside were already taken away and hidden somewhere else. For more than a decade these priceless heirlooms of Afghan history were lost, until finally found in 2003.This cache of lost treasure, called Tillya Tepe (or the Golden Mound) when it was rediscovered, is made up of 228 objects like weapons, gold and brass objects, and tools from 2200 BC - 200 AD, all of which are essential artifacts of ancient Afghan culture. #4 The Hidden Treasure Buried Beneath Hanuman Dhoka Palace In Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, a massive load of treasure was uncovered in the old royal palace. When the disused Hanuman Dhoka palace was being renovated in June 2011, workers found an old storage room that was packed with gold coins and other valuable offerings. It’s thought that these treasures were probably offerings to gods and goddesses. Excavators estimate the find to be about 650 pounds of shiny treasure. #3 Florida Sunken Treasure from 1715 shipwreck 60 rare gold artifacts were found in a shipwreck near Florida back in 2015. The ship was sailing from Cuba to Spain in 1715 and was meant to deliver a large payload of gold to the Spanish King Phillip V, but was ultimately wrecked in a hurricane off of the Florida coast. Professional scuba divers dove just 15 feet to find this hoard valued at over 1 million US dollars. #2 Treasure of Nimrud This treasure has survived against all odds. It spent nearly 3,000 years buried in the dirt in Northern Iraq before it was dug up and immediately locked into a vault. In there it lived through a residence with Saddam Hussein’s son, looters, a flood, a grenade explosion, and even U.S. missile strikes. The collection of treasures is made up of 100 pounds of gold, precious stones and other royal ornaments made in 800 BC. This hardy treasure is so valuable that they are considered to be priceless pieces of history and culture. #1 Underground Treasure of Sree Padmanabhaswamy In 2011 a mind blowingly expensive vault of treasure underneath a Hindu temple in Southern India was opened to find a giant cache of treasure. The Indian Supreme Court ordered a search of the vault, which had not been opened for more than a century. Underneath the temple were actually six separate vaults that were filled with an old royal families’ donations to the temple deity, all of which were filled with objects carved out of gold, diamond encrusted statues, and other extremely valuable treasures. Only 5 out of the 6 vaults were initially opened because the sixth one had an unusual series of locks with a snake on the seal. Apparently if this vault were to be opened, it would unleash a bad omen. Regardless, the contents of the vaults are astronomical with estimates starting at a conservative 22 billion USD.