Spain claims $500M in shipwreck treasure from Tampa company

A shipwreck that has yielded an estimated $500 million in treasure is Spanish and a Florida deep-sea exploring firm that recovered the booty should give it all back to Spain, a lawyer for the Madrid government ...

[Ditto Head]

Spain says "its ours we stole it fair and square".

[okw]

They should throw it all back in the ocean and let Spain find it and retrieve it themselves. All these years have gone by and the Spanish government could have retrieved it themselves but they didn't even try.

[Chester DeGrasse]

I agree with okw. This reeks. World Court is nothing but a bunch of anti-American liberals.

[Marcus Antonius]

Finders keepers...

[John Kelly_ Seville_ SP]

I think Odessey thought they could pull a fast one. If they thought that the Spanish government would stand by and let them come in and take it w/o working closely with the Spanish authorites, they aren't very smart. They now 'may' end up with nothing or maybe just expenses (if lucky) but I agreee with 'okw' but I doubt the courts would allow them. From what I read over here, the Spanish did not have the technology to go after the treasure even if they knew where it was.

[Hmmmmmm]

Marcus Antonius wrote:

Finders keepers...

Losers weepers....

[later gator]

Marcus Antonius wrote:

Finders keepers...

lol, ditto.

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Chester DeGrasse wrote:

World Court is nothing but a bunch of anti-American liberals.

What part of "U.S. federal court" did you not understand?

[Fly_Moe]

If spain gets the gold and silver back, then how about they give it back to the Aztecs or who ever they stole it from?

[Dave]

Pay the salvors what they're owed. That's the law.

[Robert Truth]

Give Spain the BOAT and keep the cargo.

[FLguy]

" Bitter, party of one?"

Too bad Spain. You shouldn't have waited over two hundred years to go and look for it yourself. You deserve nothing because you did jothing to find and retrieve it.

Cry me a river.

[Fair is fair]

Fly_Moe wrote:

If spain gets the gold and silver back, then how about they give it back to the Aztecs or who ever they stole it from?

Did you read the article? This was an 18th century shipwreck. There weren't any Aztecs around at that time. Spain owned the land that all that gold came from.

If you want to start talking about how Spain stole that land from the Aztecs, then we need to start talking about all the land that WE stole from the Native Americans. If you're willing to start making reparations to them, then maybe we can demand that Spain hand over that gold to whatever Aztec descendants may still be alive.

[elaygee]

International Maritime law says that the treasure belongs to the person who found it, especially after 300 years. The statute of limitations on such lost items is way over.

[hmmm]

elaygee wrote:

International Maritime law says that the treasure belongs to the person who found it, especially after 300 years. The statute of limitations on such lost items is way over.

Looks like the courts have ruled against you.

[Fly_Moe]

Fair is fair wrote:

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Did you read the article? This was an 18th century shipwreck. There weren't any Aztecs around at that time. Spain owned the land that all that gold came from.
If you want to start talking about how Spain stole that land from the Aztecs, then we need to start talking about all the land that WE stole from the Native Americans. If you're willing to start making reparations to them, then maybe we can demand that Spain hand over that gold to whatever Aztec descendants may still be alive.

I was just using Aztecs as an example. If you notice in my post I said "or who ever they stole it from". If you think Spain didn't steal it, then you need to go back and read some history books.

And as far as the Native Americans go, we have given them reparations. We've given them land to build their reservations on. Is it enough for what we did to them - no. But it is what it is. Also, speaking of reparations, how come we don't give any land or money to the Native Hawaiians for stealing their islands? No one ever talks about that.

[Okie Dokie]

Fly_Moe wrote:

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I was just using Aztecs as an example. If you notice in my post I said "or who ever they stole it from". If you think Spain didn't steal it, then you need to go back and read some history books.
And as far as the Native Americans go, we have given them reparations. We've given them land to build their reservations on. Is it enough for what we did to them - no. But it is what it is. Also, speaking of reparations, how come we don't give any land or money to the Native Hawaiians for stealing their islands? No one ever talks about that.

I agree! If you start talking reparations, they you have to go back to the beginning of time and start figuring out who owes reparations to whom. In reality, we will all owe reparations to everyone else. There is not a land or nation on this earth that has not been invaded, over taken, burnt down, pummeled or plundered at one time or another. So you reparation people need to get real.

[F Spain]

Remember the slaughter of the South America tribes for that gold.

F*ck Spain!

[Liberals Hate Facts]

LOL....hey Spain....."F" you!

If you wanted it so bad...then YOU should have invested the time and effort to find it! TOO DAMN BAD!

[Liberals Hate Facts]

Robert Truth wrote:

Give Spain the BOAT and keep the cargo.

Now that idea I like!