[8bitsrule]

This ship [0] went down offshore of Cornwall in 1641, with 60 men, 100,000 pounds of gold and 500,000 pieces-of-eight aboard. Cornwall is not known to be friendly to wrecks. And yet, nearly 400 years later, she's not been found. They say.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Royal

[learningwebdev]

Okay, who's joining me for an expedition? Finders keepers, right?

[clort]

You might find some argument about that when there is a lot of money involved, here was a previous controversial find on the bottom of the ocean

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190908-a-shipwreck-worth-b...

In the UK there is some dispute about 'finders keepers' in any case, there was a case last year where a couple of guys got jail time for stealing a hoard

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-50516...