Phillip Masters was a regular cab driver with a strange obsession of researching about the infamous pirate Blackbeard. Masters even learnt Spanish for researching the Seville library when he found a clue to a pirate ship named the Queen Anne’s Revenge which was ultimately found by Masters and his group off the coast of North Carolina. It turned out one of the most complete pirate ships ever.
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This treasure hunting duo discovered Spanish Gold to the tune of $1 million in a shipwreck discovered off the coasts of Florida. A few months later they found another haul of 350 coins that fetched them $4.5 million. The treasure was from a Spanish fleet that had sunk in a hurricane in 1715. But! Here’s the interesting part. The treasure was found in just six feet of water near Vero Beach where people had been swimming around for years without noticing.
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This real-life Indian Jones escaped death several times during his quest for treasure form lost shipwrecks off Nova Scotia. The area near Cape Breton Island is known as Death Coast due to the dangerous reefs and current. Surprisingly, Mckinnon found treasure and Silverware from President Madison’s table which was stolen by British and Canadians who had raided the White House during the war of 1812.
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Bayerle with his eye patch looks like a real-life pirate and was also convicted of manslaughter for murdering his wife’s lover. After being released from jail in 2009, he went on to discover the wreck of The Republic, the largest ever ship at the time just off New England. Bayerle didn’t find the rumored $2 billion god treasure that ship was said to be carrying but he found a very well stocked wine cellar with 100 year of wine and champagne.
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