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When salvagers found a 300-year-old ship at the bottom of the Caribbean near the coast of Colombia three years ago, they claimed it was the “holy grail” of shipwrecks—the legendary San Jose galleon, a Spanish ship rumored to contain up to $17 billion in treasure. Now, the Associated Press, experts have identified the shipand confirmed that it’s the real deal.Remains of the Spanish galleon in Colombia in 2015. Dofus go. But details of the find are only now being revealed with the permission of the Colombian government and agencies that have worked on the search operation. The San Jose was launched in 1698 and served as part of the Spanish treasure fleet, a convoy of ships tasked with transporting valuable items from the Spanish Empire back to Spain.

That was risky business: At the time, Spain and France were involved in the War of the Spanish Succession, a conflict that pitted the two countries against England and that involved attacks on Spanish trade vessels like the San Jose.The massive, 64-gun galleon came under fire in 1708 and sank, its entire stash of emeralds, silver and gems intact. “The wreck was partially sediment-covered, but with the camera images from the lower altitude missions, we were able to see new details in the wreckage,” Mike Purcell, the WHOI expedition leader, told the AP. “The resolution was good enough to make out the decorative carving on the cannons.”Those carvings, which feature elaborate dolphins, were then used to confirm the ship’s identity.The ID is expected to play into ongoing legal battles about the ship. Heralded as one of the most significant finds in archaeological history, the shipwreck immediately sparked a bitter battle over which entity discovered it first.

Though the ship’s coordinates have not been revealed for security reasons, the dispute includes a over where the San Jose was found and when.For the time being, the ship’s loot remains at the bottom of the sea. UNESCO, the United Nations cultural agency, wants it to stay that way. Last month, reports the Associated Press, the agency Colombia to preserve the treasure instead of selling it.