Spanish Galleon Found, Treasure Hunters Say
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Treasure hunters have found what they believe are the remains of a gold- and silver-laden Spanish galleon sunk by pirates in 1792 in the River Plate’s muddy waters off the Uruguayan capital’s coast.
Ruben Collado, an Argentine who heads a team of 15 divers searching for the galleon El Preciado, told reporters Thursday that he had located the spot where the ship went down.
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