The Briton Howard Carter discovered in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, the grave of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The 100-pound Goldsarkopharg, the famous death mask and the valuable grave goods are regarded as the greatest treasure of the 20th Century.
The German Heinrich Schliemann came in 1873 during excavations in Turkey, on the Treasure of Priam, king of Troy.
1985 hid the American Mel Fisher in 1622 the charge of the vessel which sank off Florida, "Nuestra Senora de Atocha" ingots, coins and jewelry valued at 18 million €.
In Saxony-Anhalt treasure hunters found in 1994 the "Sky Disc of Nebra is the oldest concrete representation of the star world.
The American, Tommy Thompson raised in 1989 21 tons of pure gold from the Atlantic - the charge on the sunken "Central America".
