Man Finds Enormous Chain on Beach — Then Learns Where It Leads

Spanish ship

Weeks later, the cavern yielded its final truth. A government research team descended, studying the chamber. Their findings made headlines: the vessel was a Spanish treasure ship, long rumored lost in 1612.

Shifts in the seabed had swallowed it, raising stone around it, sealing it in an air-filled tomb. No one had found it—until now. The ship’s mystery was explained.