Extracting valuables from the San José galleon (popularmechanics.com) 7 points by bookofjoe 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] dang 2y ago ↗ Related. Others?The international fight over a 300-year-old treasure-laden Spanish galleon - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31895748 - June 2022 (51 comments)
[–] iSnow 2y ago ↗ What the hell is wrong with their links? Some point to stories related to the galleon, but most seem inserted just based on random keywords in their headline. [–] qingcharles 2y ago ↗ Ugh, some horrid automated SEO process.
[–] jazdw 2y ago ↗ I wish they would go into more detail on the cargo. I want to see how they arrive at billions of dollars. [–] giraffe_lady 2y ago ↗ It says 200 tons of gold coins. I don't know anything about coin composition but even at 12k gold that would be billions of value in the raw material. [–] [deleted] 2y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
[–] giraffe_lady 2y ago ↗ It says 200 tons of gold coins. I don't know anything about coin composition but even at 12k gold that would be billions of value in the raw material. [–] [deleted] 2y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
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[ 5.3 ms ] story [ 37.4 ms ] threadThe international fight over a 300-year-old treasure-laden Spanish galleon - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31895748 - June 2022 (51 comments)