European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A two Silver coins recovered from a Spanish Gal Leskoff the Bahama islands in 1620. Real eight corp. Divers sift Spanish coins from trove reputedly Worth $20 million. A by Ben Funk a staff writer off the Rocky coast of Western England diver Geoffrey Upton swam through a dark and uninviting Hole into a subterranean Cave and suddenly the floor of the Ocean beneath him was carpeted with Gold and Silver coins. Searching icy Waters off Nova Scotia Alex storm found a Coral covered Coin that was to put him on the Trail of Fortune in French Gold. Off Scotland a barnacle encrusted Chest hauled fro the North sea spilled out a flood of Silver Duc Toons. These thrilling discoveries in recent months have been among the latest in a worldwide Hunt for sunken treasure touched off in 1964, when history s greatest haul of riches from beneath the sea was made off a Florida Beach. Gold Silver jewels and precious artefacts to which the sea had Clung tenaciously for centuries slowly Are be ing recovered from the Graves of Long dead and decayed ships treasure once believed lost forever. They Are being wrested from the oceans by a new Breed of treasure Hunters serious profession als who spend years in research com Mit major amounts of capital to expeditions and have modern diving equip ment necessary to do a Job once in  biggest lures for the Hunters Are the galleons lost Between the 16th and18th centuries when Spain looted the fabulously Rich Aztec and inca empires of the new world and a Cascade of Gold Silver and precious stones flowed into ports on the Caribbean. Once a year Spanish ships made the rounds of the ports rendezvoused at Page 12 Havana then sailed for Home. But the route up the Florida East coast to Cape Kennedy and across to the Bah Mabank and Bermuda was a treacherous one. Whole fleets hurled onto the jagged reefs by hurricanes spilled their riches into the sea. Part of the trea sure was salvaged by the Spanish and the buccaneers who dived Over the wrecks when the hulls Lay clearly exposed on the Bottoms of shallower  incredible wealth remained to sink slowly into the Ocean floor As the Gal leons decayed. The first important find of modern times was made in 1948 by Art Mckee Best known of the Veteran american treasure Hunters. He located most of the 19 vessels of a 1733 Fleet that vanished in a raging storm with Silver valued at $65 million. Unfortunately for Mckee the ships Sank in the clean shallow Waters that Wash the Florida keys and the Spanish did a thorough Job of Salvage under Ideal conditions. But Mckee found enough treasure to Stock a museum and enrich the smithsonian institution and he set off a frenzied treasure Hunt around Florida and in the Bahamas. Then the fever spread around the world when Kip Wagner and his associates of the real eight corporation made a discovery beyond most men s wildest dreams. Within shouting distance of the Beach South of Cape Kennedy they found the remains of an Armad that perished in a Hurricane in 1715, dumping from $14 million to $20 million Worth of Booty and the bodies of 1,000 spaniards into the turbulent sea. From the burial grounds of these Gal leons Wagner s group has taken thou Sands of Gold doubloons still mint Brig Tafter centuries in Salt water piles of Silver pieces of eight Gold and Silver ingots jewelry and valuable artefacts. By the end of 1967, he had brought up $5 million in treasure arid Only two of the eight galleons located have Bee fully explored. The carpet of coins discovered of England probably came from the association flagship of a Mediterranean Leet commanded by sir Cloudesley shovel which Sank in a storm in 1707with treasure valued at $2.8 million. Upton was swimming 100 feet below the surface when he spotted a very dark and uninviting  the Only Way to get through it he said was to take off my breath ing set push it through first and swim after it. The Hole opened into a deep � � the Hole opened into a deep Gulley and suddenly i saw a carpet of coins stretching in front of me. The stars and stripes Gully and suddenly i saw a carpet of coins stretching in front of  Spanish treasure is not All that lie sin the submarine vaults of the ship lanes far from it. The sea Bottom Sof the world Are strewn with the wrecks of thousands of other vessels that went Down with valuable cargo. One of these was be Chambeau naval transport that sailed from France in 1725 with More than $1 million worm of Gold to pay French troops in to renew world. The ship Sank in a storm off Cape Breton Nova Scotia and has lain there for nearly 2% centuries with her cargo undisturbed except by the shifting  to recover the treasure in the 1920s were beaten Back by icy water Sand vicious currents that claimed the lives of three divers. Then storm and two partners Dave Mceacheran Hugh Macleod located the Hull and Are preparing to go after its Rich contents. It took three years of work of Scotland for a group of divers to bring up a Chest containing $168,000 Worth of Saver coins. It probably is from the wreck of the lie de a ship of the dutch bag India co. Which went to the Bottom?1711 with the loss of 300 lives. Olej Gander 29-year-old Canadian leading the expedition says millions treasure May lie under a layer of Rock  groups Are diving f for pos Ujj Bonanza in the Pacific off Japan Duj in the Atlantic off the coast of be wat omit 0 Amano of Tokyo Heads a group probing the Hulk of the Steamer Haya Maru which Sank in 1867 while report edly fleeing from Japan to Shang with the lost treasure of the Zokus is saturday ,1968 cd a tanks Are checked for use on treasure ship off scottish coast. A  it rests in soft mud 90 fee below the surface. The last of the shoguns ousted fro Power was said to have sent $10 Mil lion Worth of Gold and other treasure sin the Hay Amaru planning to follow the vessel to Shanghai. But the ship Sank under an overload soon after departure and All 98 persons aboard died. Three philadelphian or. William  Feo Louis f. Decerchio and Mario Buss claim to have found the remains of the British Sloop of War de Braak which capsized off Lewes Delaware in1798 with a reported $8 million in trea  Sloop which captured three prizes that year in raids on the Spanish main tilted Over in a Squall and Sank in 75 feet. The reports of riches aboard were strengthened by the fact that the British made All attempts to recover the cargo. Since then 15 private groups have failed in major efforts. Not All treasure finds Are publicized. Because governments insist on a Large share of the swag some wrecks most certainly Are worked in secrecy. On theother hand some finds Are grossly exaggerated by divers hoping to attract capital. One reported diving Over a Gal Leon in the Florida keys and finding the Bottom paved with Silver and  actually he found Only a few coins Ina wreck which had been totally salvaged. The coasts of Florida swarm wit weekend treasure Hunters. Occasionally one of them finds a Coin or a medal lion gets the fever quits his Job and goes at it full time. The affliction hailed to divorces and broken Homes. But important finds Are Seldom made the stars and stripes by amateurs or by Accident. Successful Hunters do Long expensive research diligently pursuing bits of historical Evi Dence and fitting them together into patterns. When they begin the search for their galleons they know where to look and what to look for. And great wealth is waiting to rediscovered on numerous ship lanes. Here Are estimates of treasure los along some of them �150 million be tween the Caribbean and Spain $30 Mil lion along the route of the South sea armadas from Peru to Panama $5million on the route from Peru to Spain by Way of Cape Horn $30 million fro the Manila galleons crossing the Pacific Between Acapulco and the philippines$50 million on the spice route Between Europe and the Middle and far East several million in australian Gold ship ments from Melbourne to England. _  the thousands of Rich unseal aged vessels Are two that stagger the imagination Grosvenor and Al Dorado. Grosvenor one of the richest treasure ships Ever to leave India lies 300 Miles South of Cape Vidal Africa within 200feet of towering Cliffs lining the Shore. Aboard when it Sank in 1792 was the Peacock throne of an Indian ruler fashioned of Gold studded with jewel Sand valued at $35 million. Also in the wreckage Are $6 million Worth of Gold and Silver and several chests of jewels valued at $3 million. Al Dorado was the flagship of a flee of 27 Spanish caramels beaten to pieces by a 1502 Hurricane against the shores of Hispaniola and the Mona islands. It Sank in 1,000 feet Depths in the Mon passage with a cargo that included a 3,000-Pound table made of Gold. Page 13