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Spain claims 500 million in sunken treasure from Florida deep-sea explorers

World May. 09, 2008 - 05:31AM JST ( 13 )

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SuperLibMay. 09, 2008 - 01:16PM JST

now held in a warehouse in Tampa

Anyone got an address? ;)
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mosc1May. 09, 2008 - 02:08PM JST

Spain loves to make grand claims. Their catholic barbarians "claimed" all of the Americas! The ship sank in international waters, thus making it fair game for any and all. Spain lost its empire, because they lazily sat on their collective behinds while industrious people produced wealth. Alas the religion of the shiftless remains: why work when its easier to steal.
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skipthesongMay. 09, 2008 - 02:20PM JST

Well, why didn't they go find it themselves?

Sorry, but issues like this, it is finders keepers for me.
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HughgarseMay. 09, 2008 - 02:46PM JST

def finders keepers!
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super delegateMay. 09, 2008 - 05:32PM JST

Aren't Euros cute?

Just what is Spain going to do if rebuffed here?

Are they going to refuse to sell us their olives?
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1keironMay. 09, 2008 - 07:04PM JST

Finders keepers loosers weepers IMO! But another country about to be peed'd off with America..funny stuff
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USNinJapan2May. 09, 2008 - 07:48PM JST

If Odyssey doesn't get to keep the loot, and furthermore if Spain refuses to pay for all costs incurred in the salvage of the treasure, then Odyssey should go dump it back in the ocean where they found it. Let Spain, if it has the technological ability, raise the treasure themselves if it means so much to them.
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franz75May. 09, 2008 - 08:10PM JST

Hehehe Spain is clever. Let the some guys finding the treasure then claim it's yours by international laws. They should give all money to the countries they looted, the cultures they destroyed.
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proxyMay. 09, 2008 - 09:01PM JST

Didn't Spain steal all that treasure from the Americas to begin with?
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SargeMay. 09, 2008 - 09:14PM JST

franz / proxy - LOL!

"Spain claims $500 million in sunken treasure"

Ha ha ha ha ha good luck!
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soothsayerMay. 09, 2008 - 09:26PM JST

Are they going to refuse to sell us their olives?

Or just throw them at us?
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AzraelMay. 10, 2008 - 01:27AM JST

Thieving is thieving. Give back the treasure of Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes and all remains! I'd rather see it in a museum, properly investigated and displayed - it's part of Ibero-American history. The US would do well in giving back the booty from excavations in Peru and other countries as well.
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presto345May. 10, 2008 - 07:37PM JST

I get an idea of where the sympathies lie. Personally I do not automatically side with treasure hunters and grave robbers. I am not too familiar with international treaties governing the matter, but it would seem to me that property lost on the high seas does not as a matter of course becomes the property of those who find it. The finder may be entitled to a percentage of the treasure, but certainly not all. I expect Spain and OME to work out a compromise.