Fleet was carrying gold, silver, pearls, diamonds, emeralds and other jewels when the 11 Spanish ships sank in a hurricane ...
For nearly a decade, Brent Brisben believed a treasure hunting family he hired to salvage the famous 1715 Fleet shipwrecks had been wildly successful by finding 51 Spanish gold coins, including a ...
Thirty-seven gold coins that were taken by salvagers from a shipwreck nearly 310 years old off Florida’s coast have been ...
It’s believed they were stored in a wooden chest that tumbled into the ocean when a fleet of Spanish treasure ships collided with a hurricane in 1715. Perna was in 12 feet of water when he ...
Florida authorities announced the recovery of several centuries-old gold coins that were stolen in 2015, linked to the infamous 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet. The Florida Fish and Wildlife ...
“In 2015, members of the Schmitt family — working as contracted salvage operators for 1715 Fleet-Queens Jewels, LLC, — uncovered a treasure trove of 101 gold coins from the wrecks off ...
In November, state agents arrested Eric Schmitt, of Fort Pierce, after discovering 50 gold coins had been stolen in 2015 from ...