5 Hidden Treasures That Are Still Waiting to Be Found

1. The Wreck of the Galleon San José – $20 Billion at the Bottom of the Sea

Sometimes called the “Holy Grail of shipwrecks,” the Spanish galleon San José was carrying one of the most valuable cargoes in history when it sank in 1708—up to 200 tons of gold, silver, and emeralds worth an estimated $20 billion today . The wreck was finally discovered off the coast of Cartagena, Colombia, in 2015, resting nearly 2,000 feet below the surface . But here’s the catch: no one can agree on who actually owns it. Colombia claims it, Spain wants it back, a U.S. salvage company is suing for half, and indigenous Bolivian groups say the treasure was mined by their ancestors under forced labor . The ship sits there, full of gold, while lawyers fight over who gets to bring it up.