How much gold and silver is on the ocean floor?

[fowledup]

Odyssey and the Lost Spanish Treasure - Businessweek
Interesting read, amazing how much gold and silver both lost and raw is on the ocean floor.

 

[russau]

Funny that you posted this question! I was just thinking to myself and said, "self, just imagine using one of them big ocean liner suction dredges with their 40 foot wide intake and cruise up and down the Nome coast past these claims. Imagine sucking up 20 foot of ocean bottom for each pass you make.youd be bound to get a lot of shells Now that's what id call a environmentally great thing to do for self! I only wonder how much I could barter the Cap'n for use of his boat and crewfor about a month?

 

[rodoconnor]

And Spain has laid claim to all of those sunken ships. They catch you messing around with them and they'll sick the fearsome Spanish Navy on you.

 

[goldenIrishman]

Let's see here. Three kids and an old man in a row boat?

 

[rodoconnor]

Let's see here. Three kids and an old man in a row boat?

Yeah but they're tough and wiry !! LOL