Top 14 Incredible (& Valuable) Undersea Treasures Ever Found

13. Cà Mau

Value Estimate Present: Unknown Year Vanished: 1723 Year Found: 1998 This section of the ship was discovered by local fishermen, who also carried out the necessary excavations, revealing 130,000 objects within. Rich embellishments adorned the pottery on board, which was inspired by European requests for similar ceramics as well as Chinese designs.

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Silkroad Futures/CCà Mau The remaining works were put up for auction, with three Vietnamese museums having the option to choose which ones to show. Among the most well-known items on board were from Guangzhou in Guangdong and Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province.

14. A revelation

Estimated current value: $11.7 million, inflation-adjusted*; year of disappearance: 1857 Discovered in 1988 A gold ingot named Eureka was found almost 150 years after the SS Central America went down to the bottom of the ocean from its wreckage. The Panic of 1857 began when the steamboat carrying over 30,000 pounds of gold and other valuables sank.

Eureka ©The Collection of History/Alamy In 1988, Eureka, which weighed eighty pounds, was removed using a remotely driven truck. The ingot was thought to be the most valuable coin in the world when it was first extracted. It was sold to an unnamed "Forbes 400 business executive" for an astounding $8 million.