Colombia stated that it would try to recover the objects from a Spanish warship that had sunk off the coast of the city Cartagena back in 1708, the Associated Press mentioned on Thursday.
The shipwreck of San José galleon — popular as the “holy grail of shipwrecks” — is strongly believed to be loaded with billions of dollars worth of items, including over 7 million pesos, 116 steel chests loaded with emeralds, and about 30 million gold coins. It had sunk in a battle against the British vessels.