Diamond miners literally struck gold when they discovered a 500-year-old shipwreck loaded with £9million worth of gold and coins, off the coast of Africa.
The wreck was first found along the coast near Oranjemund by geologists from the mining company De Beers in April 2008. One reason it took centuries to find is because it was underneath the ocean floor.
It belonged to a Portugese ship, called the 'Bom Jesus', or 'Good Jesus'. It was captained by Sir Francisco de Noronha, and vanished, along with its entire crew, while on a voyage to India.
The shipwreck was found by the miners as they drained a man-made salt water lake along the Skeleton Coast, and was the oldest and the first to be found loaded down with coins and ivory tusks.
The miners first stumbled upon strange pieces of wood and metal along the beach, before they discovered the shipwreck which was buried under the sand
However, it was only on the sixth day that they found a treasure chest full of gold.
The Bom Jesus cargo contained German copper ingots, West African ivory, Portuguese, Spanish, Florentine and Venetian gold and silver currency, weapons, including swords an knives, clothing, and, of course, skeletons.
The miners also discovered bronze bowls, and long metal poles which were used in the ship's canona, as well as a musket compasses and astrological tools.
It has been named as one of the most significant shipwreck finds of all time and the discovery has led to the site being placed under the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage.
Archaeologist Dr Dieter Noli told FoxNews.com that the Namibian government will keep the gold.
"That is the normal procedure when a ship is found on a beach", he said.
"The only exception is when it is a ship of state – then the country under whose flag the ship was sailing gets it and all its contents.
"And in this case the ship belonged to the King of Portugal, making it a ship of state – with the ship and its entire contents belonging to Portugal.
"The Portuguese government, however, very generously waived that right, allowing Namibia to keep the lot.'
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