After the debacle with the Spanish treasure, Odyssey announced three deals with the British government to recover sunken treasure on shipwrecks in the Atlantic.

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Madrid suspects the 17th Century sunken treasure galleon may either have been Spanish or have gone down in Spanish waters.

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His fascination also extends to the deep - he has explored much of the water off Sri Lanka, once discovering a sunken galleon full of silver treasure.

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