Record Wreck Found Off Cornwall

A record haul of half a million silver and gold coins from a 17th Century shipwreck may have been found just 40 miles from Land’s End. US treasure hunters said the coins, worth an estimated £253m, were recovered in the Atlantic Ocean. But Odyssey Marine Exploration, who described it as the largest find of its kind, refused to pinpoint the location. US coin expert Dr Lane Brunner said there was evidence the shipwreck was lying off the Cornish coast