{"id":1325,"date":"2026-03-05T21:05:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sticculli.com\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2026-03-05T21:05:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:05:47","slug":"fishermens-unexpected-find","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sticculli.com\/?p=1325","title":{"rendered":"Fishermen&#8217;s Unexpected Find"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">A fishing crew hauled a rusted container from the sea off Cornwall\u2014and found a fortune in ancient artifacts inside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The\u00a0Sea Serpent\u00a0crew initially thought they&#8217;d snagged debris. Instead, they uncovered Roman pottery, Greek bronze figures, and Celtic jewelry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">&#8220;We nearly fell overboard,&#8221; said Captain Tom Hawkins. &#8220;It was packed like a time capsule.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The container reportedly belongs to Italian billionaire Alessandro Rossi, whose cargo ship lost several containers in a 2022 storm off Ireland. The collection was destined for his private museum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Recovered items include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Roman amphorae<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Ancient Greek figurines<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Celtic jewelry<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Roman shield fragment<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Maritime archaeologist Dr. Eleanor Vance called it &#8220;a miraculous discovery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Rossi offered a reward at the time, but the search was abandoned after six months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Marine expert Captain Robert Shaw said: &#8220;Finding this intact three years later? Better odds than winning the lottery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The fishermen now wait to learn their salvage reward while authorities secure the artifacts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fishing crew hauled a rusted container from the sea off Cornwall\u2014and found a fortune in ancient artifacts inside. The\u00a0Sea Serpent\u00a0crew initially thought they&#8217;d snagged debris. Instead, they uncovered Roman&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sticculli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sticculli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sticculli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sticculli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sticculli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sticculli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1327,"href":"https:\/\/sticculli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325\/revisions\/1327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sticculli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sticculli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sticculli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sticculli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}