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Anton Fugger

For a subsequent investigation, the minors have learned that the symbol was used by Anton Fugger, which was the richest financiers belonging to the Renaissance Europe. It was not enough to understand why was it there.

They used a bulldozer

The unconscious minors of the treasure hide under the sand decided to know more with the help of bulldozers. The previous discovery of a diamond had already made this very popular place and the discovery of lingot had been added only at the mystery.

What did they find?

The workers have found many things under the sand. They continued to discover pipes, wood, metal and instruments that can be used on a ship. The minors who worked for a company called Namdeb Diamond Corporation could not understand what was. They informed the society of their strange conclusion.

To help

Dieter Noli then received a phone from the Namdeb Diamond Corporation. The company wanted it to work with them and unravel the mystery extends over the desert. Noli who initially was surprised by the conclusion that felt that this case was somewhat different. Well, the call has changed his life.

On the surface

The geologist told him about all the strange things they found on the surface of the beach. They had discovered woods, a half-sphere of copper, pieces of metal and perhaps a copper or bronze pipe. They also sent him a letter wearing the picture of one of these "pipes". Fortunately, Noli discovered that it was a piece belonging to the artillery of the sixteenth century.

The pipes were ...

"I phoned the [Chief Geologist Juergen Jacob] and told him that those pipes were actually enough old car head loading cannons. "How old?" He wanted to know. '1535, give or take two months, I suggested. Since the ship was injured from 1533, it was pretty close! "

A shipwreck and its treasure

The chief archaeologist, Mr. Noli said, "It looked like a disturbed beach, but there were pieces." He initially thought: "Oh, no no, it's certainly a sinking." But how is it different from all other ships. "Well, keep reading more.

Not the only

For your information, the area is busy with many shipwrecks. However, all these shipwrecks are recent because they are not depressed in the last 120 years. The oldest shipwreck they could find in the region wasThe VlissingenWhat was washed in 1747 in Meob Bay.

Musket

Noli also said, "Once], the half-spheres of copper had beaten me." "But then I saw the wood stock of a mousquet of matchlock lying at my feet. The picking up, I saw that the style of the stock - made to hold against the cheek, rather than against the shoulder - indicated It was from the beginning of the century, corresponding to the age of the cannons. "

High-spirits

"Although I know we had a ship from the beginning of the 16th century and that there would be a lot to find in very good nick, because if the stock of a musket has survived, many other things would have as well made. "

Ground

Once the man realized what he had found, he decided to continue with the investigation. He managed to convince Namdeb Corp. to leave him and his team go ahead with their work on the site. This may seem easy, but it was a difficult task of the heavy cost of drying the site for a few weeks.

Much more

The archaeologist and the team were very excited. A treasure world under the sand was waiting for them. They soon found a mousquet of 500 years composed of elephant defenses.

The most important shipwrecks

Archaeologists take a very important discovery and believe that this sinking is the oldest that we found on the sub-Saharan African coast. Not only that, according to them, they are also the most important shipwrecks. Minors exclaimed astrological tools, swords, cannons, time capsules and compasses.

Amazing discovery

The company itself was losing word. A spokesperson said: "The site gave a wealth of objects including six bronze guns, several tons of copper, more than 50 elephant defenses, tin dishes, navigation instruments, weapons and thousands of Spanish and Portuguese gold coins, struck at the end of the 1400s and early 1500s, "

The Bom Jesus?

Although there is no deposit, it is believed that this ship could be the Jesus Bom - "Good Jesus". The aforementioned vessel failed from time to time around this vessel was blocked. According to popular belief, the Bom Jesus disappeared on the African coast. It was a Portuguese ship directed to India but has never been seen to navigate beyond the South Atlantic.

Responsible things

According to the theory postulated by Noli, the high cargo on the ship and the bad weather surrounding the ship forced the captain to make a decision. He decided to navigate the ship to the shore. The captain pulls anchor and started running the ship to the ground. However, things worse when he collided with a blinder.

DAS Armadas Memorials

A 16th century book named "Memorandum Das Armadas", highlights a light on the contents of the ship. According to this, the ship had a cargo on it that was filled with gold and many other precious articles. The historians believe that he was dated 1525 and 1538.

In six days

Noli remembers: "I made them preached [the minors] for a dozen years that" one day ", they would find a sinking and let me know when they do it. I knew we had a ship from the beginning of the sixteenth century And there would be a lot of things to find in a very good nick. Like luck would have, we found the treasure chest on the second day. "

Coins

They found several pieces that were in mint. These pieces were important because they provided a great idea of ​​Dr. Nolie and his team. Only 45 minutes had passed to the first gold coin and they had already discovered a treasure weighing 11 kg.

No doubt

He also said: "The academic arguments are very good, but once you literally filled your hat with a mixture of 25.5 lbs of Spanish and Portuguese gold coins (there was indeed swords too), The value of the site is no longer in doubt. "

The lost vessel

Well, all the evidence found on the site only indicated in this direction. Maybe they had found the Bom Jesus. They did not stop investigating and they even proposed another interesting detail. They thought why the ship sank.

Collision

Dr. Noli explained everything in an interview. He said the storm forced the ship in a giant rock. The folded ship and finally handled in two pieces. It is buried in the sea with a box full of fortunes. So what do you think? Have they had riches or not?

The treasure has remained safely

The ship had a chest that is too fallen into the sea with the ship. The chest collapsed from the captain's cabin and settled on the deepest part of the sea. Fortunately, the chest was well protected thanks to the heavy part of the ship that covered the chest and saved it from strong waves of the sea.

Intact

Dieter Noli, said the ship, "started breaking and chest with the coins were in the captain's cabin, and he fired and fell to the bottom of the sea intact ... Break, a game Very heavy on the side of the ship fell on this chest and leaned some of the coins. You can see the strength by which the chest has been touched, but it has also protected the chest ".

single site

There is a more theory. Noli explained: "Marine organisms can like wood, leather book covers, fishing spins, jute bag and leather shoes, but copper really puts them out of their food - so many things have Survees 500 years at the bottom of the sea that should really not have done. "All this adds to an extremely unusual situation, which led to the really excellent preservation of one in any case, unique site. »

A treasure of Haul

Bruno Werz, the marine archaeologist was greatly relieved when he found that the mail of the chest of gold, the ivory and the tin were safe and the right in their place. Well, we must not forget that this happened because of copper ingots is worth 44,000 pounds. "If she has not been for copper ingots all weight down, there would be nothing here to find. »

Crew?

So who was on the treasure found on the ship, but what happened to the crew? There are some details about this too. It is believed that the "vessel was commissioned by the captain of a Dom Francisco de Noronha, and transported about 300 sailors, soldiers, merchants, priests, nobles and slaves. However, "the only human remains recovered from the wreck are several bones of the toes in a shoe stuck under a wood mass. »

Dias Bartolomeu

The company assumes that the remains of man and jewelry associated with how to give royalty to the possibility that it is the caravel of Portuguese Explorer, Bartolomeu Dias. He disappeared off the Cape of Good Hope in 1500.

Violent storms!

The seas are full of strong storms. For obvious reasons, the chest that remained under the sea Tic Tac had to meet a lot of devastating storms. Not only that, the waves breaking had the potential to sweep the sinking.

A precious opportunity

The head of the nautical archeology (under the Ministry of Culture) and the Dean of Portuguese Maritime Archaeologists Francisco Alves have called the discovery of a valuable opportunity to learn more about this great old ship.

Finally SAFE

"It's only the second ever searched by archaeologists. All the others were looted by treasure hunters ".

Sperrgebiet

The sinking carried away on the sperrgebiet coast that always remains strongly kept. This is the reason for treasure hunters have refrained from exercising their hunting work on this site. Therefore, these precious remains remained in oblivion for a long time.

Task

In words Dr. Dieter Noli, "the mining site concerned was in fact located in the surf area, where the violent action of the theoretically waves makes the mining impossible. "While guys are doing is to push a huge wall of the sea with bulldozers parallel to the beach, with the current ends towards the beach. The result is a large artificial lagoon, with surf waves outside. Then they pump the sea water from the lagoon ".

Searching for history

The representatives of the Namibian government and Beers have stopped smoking to work on the wreck site looking for the diamond and is now to help the archaeologist to dig more pieces of history.

Portuguese shipping vessels

Historians have found many interesting objects on the Shipwreck diamond which means that the coming years have been completely packed by the study of these objects. These objects were going to reveal a lot of things about the rigging, the design and evolution of Portuguese trading ships.

Insights get

The Professor of the University of Manchester Timothy Insoll explains: "This is a very important discovery, especially the elements of support such as religious objects and clothes, which can give us a fascinating overview of what was a very important period of the story. »

Coins

Ancient origin declared on the discovery, "the gold was in the form of pieces, more than 2000 in total, excellent mainly Spanish bearing the portraits of the Ferdinand and Isabelle monarchs, but also Ventian, Moors, French and other pieces of cash. »

Other objects

Insoll shared, "Portuguese sailors were about to open the world known around 1533, but historical sources have been limited to describe everyday life. The mixture of discoveries is particularly impressive - and the bones can give archaeologists an idea of ​​typical diet of sailors, for example. Although, of course, the gold that seizes the titles, the other objects found on the vessel are potentially even more exciting moving forward. »

Protection

The responsibility to protect the vestiges of the sinking is on the safety of the diamond mine. They kept muskets, cannon balls, wood, and wet swords as they used to be since the 16th century. In particular, these remains have been retained in a secret place.

GOE GOES TO

So who would get all these gold? The answer is that the Namibian government. "The Namibian government - each room," Noli explained. "This is the normal procedure when a ship is on a beach. The only exception is when it is a ship of the state - then the country under the pavilion of which the ship sailed gets and all its content ".

Relaxed

"And in this case, the ship belonged to the King of Portugal, making it a ship of the State - with the ship and all its content belonging to Portugal. However, the Portuguese government, a very generously gave up this right, which keeps Namibia the lot. "

In public museum

The ship is one of the most amazing discoveries in history. So there are talks that the government could change the site in a public museum for people to see the magnanimate parts of a shipwreck that has remained hidden under the sand for about half a millennium.

Loot Precious

The ship will actually help a lot to learn about the life of this time. In addition to ivory and gold, the vessel also contained cooking articles and navigation instruments that will help researchers find much more on the widespread personalized on the ship and what kind of a baggage door that helps them on such trips.

Polar

So, how do you like this thrilling story? It is incredible to see how an accidental discovery has led to the most important discovery of all the time in the world. The one who was part of this company still cherishes the moments when they continued to find new things every day.