The Lost Dutch Treasure Ships Off The Coast Of Australia | Search For Sunken Treasure | Timeline
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Much of the west coast of Australia was discovered by accident when Dutch treasure galleons ploughed into its fringing coral reefs and left chests of gold and silver on the coral floor.
Ben Cropp has discovered hundreds of shipwrecks, including the famous Pandora of Bounty fame but there are thousands more still hidden in a watery grave. For example, its believed the Japanese pirate Yamada Nagamasa buried his enormous loot on Magnetic Island. It is rumored to be worth $100 million, and has never been found. Ben finds a strange symbol carved in a prominent rock on Magnetic Island, opposite the only bay a ship could safely anchor in. Is this symbol the proverbial x marking the spot?
So what became of all the gold and silver that fate often cruelly snatched from its rightful owners? Some were recovered, some lost forever, but much still remains for the intrepid treasure hunter who is prepared to research the facts, sift through the legends, and give it a try.
Ben's film will take us around Australia to where these sunken treasures lie.
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A divers helmet in the mangrove swamp? What a find! It couldn't get much better than that
Any treasure that I’ve found over 34 years isn’t much to talk about but I would never give anything I find to any greedy government
Then how will we learn about those things. The stories will be lost
If I found treasure of historical value, I’d sell or donate it to someone who could properly care for it AND make it available to the public.
Let's hope you continue to find sod-all then mate, so you can continue to not share it with the academic world.
@@Grendel650😂😂😂
@@asburycollins9182the stories will be lost if people don’t search for them. And how can people afford to search for them if they can’t sell them? And who’s to say the governments use for it is any better than another person who is willing to pay more?
I think government didn’t like the competition so it outlawed treasure hunting. Now many artifacts will be lost to time.
He walks straight towards the helmet and pulls it up with no caution so it was planted there
@ 41:35 ...."I showed the symbol to a renowned psychic and she assured me that a fabulous treasure is indeed buried here...." Right. I hope that worked out for you.
If I found something it would fall under the Finders Keepers Act
Not if it's Dutch Spanish or English you get finder fee try to take it and they come after you.
@@onsterfelijke who is they?
Did they see you take the item, items
How many ?
This world is filled with too many followers. When the apocalypse arrives we know who's going first.
@@lop8828 when and if i find anything its mine
Facts like if someone found jack ward lost ship you tell me they would put everything back lol right and I believe guy that was diving’s kept some of the stuff
@@onsterfelijke hķìhğû
Love Ben Cropp! Thank you very much for including him in another of your videos. Love it!
I love how respectful and professional and knowledgeable these treasure hunters are.
Maybe on camera
Ben crop is an Aussie legend 👏
That divers helmet was a good find
10:46 - the Alinity throw!
Ben Crop, You are a wonderful story teller. I could listen to you all day! ❤️👍
The Australian Government should treat this a treasure trove, like the British government. The finder would be given market value. That way it's more likely that treasure would be found and declared.
Market value+cost of finding and research+recovery+ What the PERSON who invested enough interest in finding it and recovering it thinks it worth. If governments paid for this then they can keep it. But museums should pay what's it cost to pull it up .. on top of it's value
If you find it u keep it 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Sam Bellamy.
A democratic and merciful pirate. He collected around $140 million in just a year. He was heading to his home on cape cod (possibly to his sweetheart) but a bad storm capsized Bellamy's ship. Nearly everyone died, including Bellamy.
0:15 wow this so awesome they even found a video from before one of the wreck
That's got to be one of the luckiest of dogs going for these adventures!
No he's not. He's not even allowed to keep what he found. He clearly said that it all belongs to the Communist Australian Government.
@@justinwilliamson6355 I think he meant the literal dog, the pet.
At 32:25 note the anchor fluke sticking out of the water. Must have been a tough find.
Well thanks Ben .
A blast from the past
a leader and legend of diving.
My favourite book was your hand book for spear fishing .
Recently attend Hugh Edwards
talk on sharks and ship wrecks.
You guys are the best .
I enjoyed this video, thanks for posting it. This guy is pretty knowledgeable I would go diving or treasure hunting with this fellow any day. Does anyone know of any more videos with this guy in them???
The guy you are referring to is called Ben Crop, and I believe he is getting on in years now around 84 yrs, but his knowledge and his experience and expertise in exploring maratime history was pretty awesome.
@@darryljentz3281
Thanks for that. Cheers
Absolutely love it !!
Spectacular
Great great video so exciting the leader of this treasure hunt is really a unique man this is so knowledgeable so impressed honesty is above all of this video me and you don’t see so many nice honest videos thank you very much for preserving what you didn’t need is just like nobody would do that congratulations great video till the next one.!
Now that was fun to watch!
Dunno why they didn't bring metal detectors, and if the government owns them I'd leave them where I found them and ask the government if they're willing to pay a finder's fee. I mean, if they're not even willing to help pay for the gas they shouldn't get the benefit of the ride, now should they?
Because so much metal
Government doesnt want to take the time to get the money, so they made it that if people do, its illegal to keep it. So then the government still gets the money.
The rule for all politicians, its legal if it makes them money, its illegal of it doesnt make them money.
@@manofchaitea6904 bingo
One day they will stumble across the treasure ship but no gold will be in it. The crew mutinied, took the gold, sank the ship, and decamped.
Excellent documentary 👏
I had to stop watching after the dive helmet find. As a treasure hunter myself, if i found something like this with a crew of people not only would i be excited but my crew would have some reaction to the find. Here this is little to know excitement and cuts to another scene.
Those old diving suits, I reckon, could still be used today. That is for very deep sea diving (like below 200 m), with alterations, like own breathing apparatus.
your right and I find that such an "artifact" still lying about so close to the surface very unlikely...
@@flipflopski2951 I agree, it had to be planted there for the show. No one was even excited about this awesome "find". I would have been jumping up and down screaming "OH MY GOD, look what I found!" Those people didn't even bat an eye like it was no big deal. ☠☠
I luv this dude what a hero !!!
🏴☠️ A Pirate's life for us all 🏴☠️
What a lovely group of divers...gorgeous people...hope you find the treasure!!
Your comment looked lonely. We can't have that,right.😂
@@stevewheatley243 Pardon? 🤓
@@helenrosetipper3200 You didn't have any likes after a month. Didn't want you having hurt feelings.😂
@@stevewheatley243 my dear man, the comment is not egocentric, know what I mean?
@@helenrosetipper3200 Of course,but we all want our comments to be understood and appreciated. Maybe I'm just silly.🤔
The government doesn’t know what you found until you tell them
OK, but there are a few historical errors e.g. the Brown Bess was not a rifle and the assassination of William of Orange (William the Silent?) was not the cause of the 30 Years War.
"a renowned psychic" 😂
This man is incredibly fit inspire his age, wish I could as fit as him when old
Fantastic movie!
The dog ICANT
wow. jut happened to find a dvers helmet while the crew was filming
Y'all found coins within 10 mins, I wouldn't stop searching, get a metal detector it'll help...
Ilove this picture of ❤ 😍 💕 💖 💗 and ❤ 😘 💖 👍 😍 💕
a life well lived, not many accomplish in lifetime what ben cropp has
Yeah, this is awful. He clearly put the old timey dive helmet there so he could "find" it.
Seems like an awful lot of trouble for something he barely showed...
He must of put all those ships down there too
clearly lol the brass was still shining. you dont just find a $5000 helmet
Really interesting man and film , thank you .
Very well done and filmed ,not scripted looking or sounding. The dog was too cute, nice they showed him too . interesting his synopsis on Spanish galleons it would indeed be rare in Australian waters possibly a lost Manila galleon which is even more interesting
Wonderful channel.
God bless you.
top show well done as my nan used to say nothing is ever lost your just looking in the wrong spot i live by this saying best of luck on your next Hunt
This guy reminds me of Richard Roxburgh. Awesome Actor... Love that guy.
Meanwhile, back at the same anchor, a new shipwreck.
This is Amazing and Awesome and puting things back so otheres can find do sane
Great to see you hanker after GOLD without a care in the world for any archaeology.
Yeah no way that helmet would come out that easy
The guy in charge reminds me of Moses in the Sinai just wandering around.
I have seen the half hull of the original Dutch ship Batavia at the Australian maritime museum shipwreck gallery in Fremantle Australia
It's actually the WA Maritime Museum
What's the point of even looking for Treasure, if the Government is gonna just take it from you?
I agree, finders keepers, coins should be sold to coin collectors, like me. If I found coins I would not tell anyone
@@shanemike3070 Yeah. If you find Gold, just secretly take it to Kuwait and sell it and then just take the money you get, to Belize. :)
I wouldn't be telling anyone if I found any treasure. I think it is very stupid of the government to take all findings away they are just going to lose all that history. What a bunch of bozos. At least pay fair market value for it
Sunken treasure make great mysteries found.
I love this kind of documentary, I've just purchased my first ever decent metal detector and although not of any value the very first signal I dug was a modern 5p and in a 90 minute session I found 4 more coins and a variety of tin foil and coke cans but I don't care its like fishing your not gonna break records every outing and this kind of program keeps fanning the flames. I was only testing the detector and their were several signals too deep to dig after breaking the only 2 trowels I had with me. I'll be going back....
This guy sounds so knowledgeable. 👍
Brilliant show A1
Brilliant video thank you 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
As an Indigenous person I'm in two minds about this kind of stuff. As much as i want records to be kept, i know once these sacred sites get destroyed by tourism/ rubbish and people literally trying to scrub it off or paint over it.
Please if you ever go to these Caves, DO NOT TOUCH.
I know it may sound like I'm spitting nonsense, maybe if you can't believe a Kamilaroi man, you can go and watch Adam Greentree's content on why he wont reveal the sites & locations that he was shown by the local tribes. It's too common for our culture to be destroyed. That its far better to be cautious/prevent these things rather than sad & trying to mend broken stuff.
Also please do not be like Ben, do not bring your dog in to dig holes, please don't touch the walls/ paintings, its all incredibly disrespectful!
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou??
Yikes! 11:02 - just say "no" to Speedos
I have met Ben numerous times,great bloke!and no,s his stuff👍
Why did the wine spoil? I would think it would have kept well being permanently chilled in the ocean water.
Turns to vinegar or taste's like it
Thanks a lot!
I know they have to get the coral off but as a coin collector I'm cringing at them cleaning those coins in acid
user-zw8zl7qp5r, that was all silver. There was no gold shown in these videos.
the second time this guy has shown the same cave paintings in one of his documentaries. lol so much filler it really kills the vibe for me. its like vacation video mixed in with some documentary stuff, mostly vacation videos though lmao.
Plus he showed bare feet and said high heels. Go figure.
That guy sure knows his history one the sunken ships of the area, to bad they cant sell the coins
too bad? Thank god for that, or everything would end up in private rooms.
He needs a metal detector.
Silly that, having to put the items back in the sea.
I wish he hadn't of opened the bottle of boz they found lol
Ben Cropp has all of his films on TH-cam with way less adds...
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Did that dude lose his pants?
You fellahs got some serious imiginations
Extra cool I love Treasure Hunting but and home..
Its Nice to see👍 but , its a little bit overproduced. From the Old brass/ copper diving helmet they found without any oxidation, til the moment ,,,,,,,50:00min. That 8 piece reaal looks fake to me. Even the sound they make ..
Yeah, I like how the centuries old silver was found only lightly tarnished (and at least one of them still shiny) carefully nestled in a log cradle to prevent any from being lost in the sand while filming.
@@polarguyinak1 that is what i mean. I have the same silver from shipswrecks,, 1500 til 1700 and only the crust on them is at least 3 mm on each side.
So it is bogus! Fake!
What about the beautiful pipe he found...??
I wonder how many people take things that are more than 75 years old?
No doubt. I want to see the footage of the real pirates
Hey!! Did y’all update the maps?🤣🤣🇺🇸🤣
They obviously don’t know the common rules of being eco-friendly.
SO COOL 2 find an old divers helmet! Incredible!
That was fake lol
Those old diving suits, I reckon, could still be used today. That is for very deep sea diving (like below 200 m), with alterations, like own breathing apparatus.
Salty be on the drop! He is the ol man of sea trying that drink for sho
I would leave Pandora well enough alone they didn't call it that for nothing.
Really injoying if ya need a hand let me on lol take care
I wonder if H on the picking bags is Herbert B ,the owner of a pearling fleet in the Northern waters his lugger named HB . Herbert Bartholomew , was apparently the Main vessel mother ship still afloat today nice connection if it is hopefully the paintings are still untouched
I bring my dog everywhere to.
As a fellow diver these people are making me SO MAD. The first thing you are taught is LEAVE THE FISHES AND CORAL ALONE, but these guys are turning over anything thats not stuck to the seafloor. They are even physically pulling the fishes out of their hiding places so they can film them. WHAT IN THE NAME OF NEPTUNE DO THEY THINK THEY ARE DOING?! These people aught to be arrested
cry some more. im sure itll help
Arrested for moving a fish 14 inches to one side? Are you mad? You do realize the fish can *and will* simply move back to where it was 5 minutes later, right?
Oceania have the luck off sightabel water almost over ther year ; nice knowing you .
If you have to put everything back,why would you be able to salvage gold o r coins?
A good classic!
Top show.
Why does everything have to be put back? Don't museums want to preserve finds
Like to see his private vault.
He has a nice big boat... Maybe not ALL the coins and treasure goes to the Australian government 🤫
His "wife" looks great for being 50+
really enjoyed this video, so so cool
Its not right to take what is lost to show the World to see
Is Freedom a Malcolm Tennant design?
vinding a diving helmet like its the most common vinds !
Interesting and impressive knowledge. However, credibility seeks the door when "psychics" are introduced. 🙄
The video was fine but it was really bothersome watching him throw stuff back in the ocean to rot that is surly valuable if not financially at least for historical reasons. I know laws and stuff but lol whats not on camera cant be proven
I will say i didnt see him throw the coins back at least
hes probably commissioned by the AU govt if i had to guess
Absolutely 💯👌🏽
i dont know that if a Japanese pirate would be using western surveyor's symbol's
Martin Weaver took a gold coin off a ship wreck he was diving in Western Australia
Dumb Australian laws. They would rather the treasure stay at the bottom of the sea then be of some use and value to somebody. Whatever Politicians made that up I really don't like
It's to prevent treasure hunting and the destruction of historical property.
@@onsterfelijke There is no historical property until it's found. There is no finding it without capital incentive.
onsterfelijke, the natural elements are in the ongoing process of destroying the property. Recovering it can ensure it's preserved and put a stop to corrosion and calcification. Also, what's the point of "protecting" the ability of tye ocean to devour and permanently lose the artifacts? That makes no sense whatsoever.