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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jaceravone, post: 899074, member: 9474&quot;]Ok gang, I have a question for all of you.&nbsp; There is a question here, but I want to give some background info first....</p><p><br /></p><p>I was catching up reading some of my coin mags last night and caught a comment in the letters to the editor section about the salvage company that found this sunken ship that Spain has claimed.&nbsp; From what I understand, whenever a treasure is found, the company that finds it has to file a claim within the court system.&nbsp; It was at this time that several entities claimed title to the treasure.&nbsp; Spain was one of those entities.&nbsp; Spain argued that the treasure belonged to them.&nbsp; Apparently, two US courts have sided with Spain.&nbsp; This court battle has been going on for a few years now and during this time, it appears that the salvage company went and brought up some or all of the treasure.&nbsp; The US courts are now saying that they have to turn this treasure over to Spain.&nbsp; This is the part where it gets a bit murky for me.&nbsp; I believe I read this somewhere, but can&#039;t confirm this......that Spain does not have to reimburse the salvage company a dime for their efforts.&nbsp; So basically, they spent millions of dollars salvaging a treasure that they can&#039;t keep.&nbsp; My questions is whether or not this is true?&nbsp; And if so, what would prevent the salvage company from pushing the treasure off the back of their ship and telling Spain to go get it themselves.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I know nothing about this subject, but always enjoy reading articles about these treasure finds and articles about this particular find keep popping up here and there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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