Colombia recovers the first treasures from the 300-year-old San Jose shipwreck, believed to hold $20 billion in riches

More than three centuries after it sank off the coast of Cartagena, the Spanish galleon San Jose has finally given up its first physical treasures. In November 2025, a Colombian-led expedition recovered five objects from the wreck: a bronze cannon inscribed with the word Sevilla, a porcelain cup, three hand-struck gold coins known as macuquinas, and fragments of additional porcelain, using underwater robotic vehicles to reach the site nearly 2,000 feet below the surface.

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