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500 year-old shipwreck loaded with gold found in Namibian desert
Fox News.com ^ | June 7, 2016 | Walt Bonner

Posted on 06/07/2016 3:47:41 PM PDT by Kaslin

Diamond miners recently discovered a ship that went down 500 years ago after draining a man-made lagoon on Namibia’s coast. While shipwrecks are often found along Africa’s Skeleton Coast, this one just so happened to be loaded with $13,000,000 worth of gold coins.

It also answers a centuries–old mystery and is what some archaeologists are calling one of the most significant shipwrecks ever found.

The wreck was first discovered along the coast near Oranjemund by geologists from the mining company De Beers in April 2008. One reason it took centuries to find is because it was underneath the ocean floor.

“The mining site concerned was actually located in the surf zone, where the violent action of the waves theoretically made mining impossible,” archaeologist Dr. Dieter Noli told FoxNews.com. “So what the chaps do is push up a huge sea-wall with bulldozers parallel to the beach, with the ends running back to the beach. The result is a large man-made lagoon, with the surf pounding on the outside. Then they pump the sea-water out of the lagoon.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: africa; ageofsail; ancientnavigation; bomjesus; debeers; diamonds; dieternoli; godsgravesglyphs; gold; goldcoins; india; namibia; oranjemund; portugal; shipwreck; skeletoncoast; sperrgebiet; thebomjesus; thegoodjesus; treasure
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To: Kaslin

No way


21 posted on 06/07/2016 4:02:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Tax-chick

He did and it was made into a movie.


22 posted on 06/07/2016 4:03:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32; Fresh Wind

I answered first. You are both too late.


23 posted on 06/07/2016 4:03:59 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Kaslin

Drat.

I should have staked the team, huh. H.A.W. Boots.


24 posted on 06/07/2016 4:04:34 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: BenLurkin

We saw it. Quite amusing.


25 posted on 06/07/2016 4:04:35 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("The world is a dangerous place whose inhabitation always ends in death."~Theodore Dalrymple)
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To: Kaslin

So, that’s where I left it.


26 posted on 06/07/2016 4:06:28 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: MrBambaLaMamba

It will disappear promptly.


27 posted on 06/07/2016 4:08:01 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: Larry Lucido

You may expect to hear from my lawyer!


28 posted on 06/07/2016 4:09:55 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hey now baby, get into my big black car, I just want to show you what my politics are.)
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To: Tax-chick

That became a movie. Lol Yup!


29 posted on 06/07/2016 4:10:41 PM PDT by sheana
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To: Fresh Wind

I AM your lawyer! You are so screwed (to quote Lazamataz).


30 posted on 06/07/2016 4:11:18 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Kaslin
Reminds me of THIS old movie!


31 posted on 06/07/2016 4:18:09 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Larry Lucido

I had a barrister AND a princess. (ups the bet - flips chips in his hands, hoodie down, with sunglasses).

Your bet..:)


32 posted on 06/07/2016 4:19:22 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (www.greenhornshooting.com - Professional handgun training.)
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To: Biggirl

what you say


33 posted on 06/07/2016 4:22:44 PM PDT by dontreadthis
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To: Fresh Wind

You were very smart to jump on this opportunity right away and send the king your bank account details.


34 posted on 06/07/2016 4:23:02 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: Tax-chick; Zarro

***Clive Cussler***
POSH!
More like Geoffrey Jenkins. He wrote a novel of smugglers hunting hidden treasure in a 500 year old ship on the Coast of Skeletons. The landmark is a WWII German sub sunk at the site.

See my post #31.


35 posted on 06/07/2016 4:26:32 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Huh, I’d never have known.


36 posted on 06/07/2016 4:27:29 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("The world is a dangerous place whose inhabitation always ends in death."~Theodore Dalrymple)
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To: Kaslin

“Sahara” coming to life!


37 posted on 06/07/2016 4:27:30 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Kaslin


38 posted on 06/07/2016 4:33:58 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Once is happenstance. Twice is circumstance. Three times is enemy action.)
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To: Tax-chick

Clive Cussler - Sahara - currently streaming on Netflix.


39 posted on 06/07/2016 4:36:27 PM PDT by GunsAndBibles (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing)
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To: GunsAndBibles

Wrong desert, though.


40 posted on 06/07/2016 4:40:16 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("The world is a dangerous place whose inhabitation always ends in death."~Theodore Dalrymple)
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