Fleet was carrying gold, silver, pearls, diamonds, emeralds and other jewels when the 11 Spanish ships sank in a hurricane ...

In November, state agents arrested Eric Schmitt, of Fort Pierce, after discovering 50 gold coins had been stolen in 2015 from ...

50 coins were not.” The gold items are from the 1715 Fleet, a collection of Spanish treasure ships that sank during a hurricane off Florida’s coast in 1715. The artifacts are protected by ...

Thirty-seven gold coins that were taken by salvagers from a shipwreck nearly 310 years old off Florida’s coast have been ...

Diver Levin Shavers holds a rare flintlock found as a salvage team explored a shipwreck ... Spanish ships sank during a 1715 hurricane. Among the latest finds over the summer: 200 silver coins ...

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 ...

A treasure hunter is accused of selling eight of 50 rare gold coins — worth over $1 million — found in a 2015 dive on the famous 1715 Fleet of Spanish ships that wrecked off the Treasure Coast ...

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 ...