discoverynews: Record Treasure Hauled From Shipwreck Deep-sea explorers have pulled up 48 tons of silver treasure from three miles below the surface of the North Atlantic in what may be the deepest, largest precious metal recovery in history.  The record haul was retrieved from the S.S. Gairsoppa, a 412-foot steel-hulled British cargo ship that sank in February 1941. keep reading Photo: The silver recovered from the S.S. Gairsoppa, as seen by scanners of the Odyssey expedition. Credit: Odyssey

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Record Treasure Hauled From Shipwreck

Deep-sea explorers have pulled up 48 tons of silver treasure from three miles below the surface of the North Atlantic in what may be the deepest, largest precious metal recovery in history. 

The record haul was retrieved from the S.S. Gairsoppa, a 412-foot steel-hulled British cargo ship that sank in February 1941.

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Photo: The silver recovered from the S.S. Gairsoppa, as seen by scanners of the Odyssey expedition. Credit: Odyssey