You dont know what you are talking about. Treasure hunting around the coast is perfectly legal, people have been doing it for decades here in Florida. If you are referring to international waters, its a different story.
There is an exception if its a shipwreck 3 miles out from US coastal waters. That belongs to the State. The rest, about 200 nautical miles, are Federal Waters, and fair game.
International waters is actually riskier, because the US government doesn't protect its citizens like it used to. Look to the $500 million bounty of the Spanish shipwreck, which SHOULD have gone to the Odyssey, but instead went to the thieves in the Spanish Government, for obvious political reasons. Counties can claim them to be a "part of their heritage" and steal the property from you.
Anthony Ross
Is that skeleton flipping me off?
Adrian Williams
Maybe they just didn’t go far enough in the cave to find the real treasure....
Thomas Edwards
Also your not allowed to plunder warships as they are classed as burial sites
Nolan Diaz
The only treasure you should be hunting is oil.
Jackson Reyes
I'm a type of treasure hunter but I'll never tell you what I do or how much money I make :)
Juan Stewart
come up to the beautiful canadian rocky mountains and find the lost lemon gold mine.