200-year-old ciphers may reveal the location of treasure buried in Virginia

Re:200-year-old ciphers may reveal the location of treasure ... by wet_grass_sound on Sunday June 17, 2018 @04:13AM (#17331412)

What is point of finding it if the govt is going to claim it?

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Re:200-year-old ciphers may reveal the location of treasure ... by nighthawk1 on Sunday June 17, 2018 @05:02AM (#17331533)

After black swan, it seems like big treasure hunting is close to hopeless https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Swan_Project

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Re:200-year-old ciphers may reveal the location of treasure ... by sethrin on Sunday June 17, 2018 @01:38PM (#17333339)

> "The ineffable truth of this case is that the Mercedes is a naval vessel of Spain and that the wreck of this naval vessel, the vessel's cargo, and any human remains are the natural and legal patrimony of Spain."

Legal opinion seems to be fairly solid on this point. Perhaps the lesson instead should be to not pillage national warships.

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Re:200-year-old ciphers may reveal the location of treasure ... by macintux on Sunday June 17, 2018 @09:18AM (#17332241)

Virginia has a finders keepers law per the article.

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Re:200-year-old ciphers may reveal the location of treasure ... by killaken2000 on Sunday June 17, 2018 @10:26AM (#17332492)

I hear that money has a connection to crime. Time for a civil asset forfeiture.

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Re:200-year-old ciphers may reveal the location of treasure ... by behringer on Sunday June 17, 2018 @10:18AM (#17332451)

Don't store your treasure in the US...

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