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

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

July 31 1715 A fleet of 11 Spanish galleons set sail for Spain from Havana Cuba loaded with untold riches of silver gold and jewels A few days into their voyage the entire fleet sank of the coast ...

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 ...

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 state and federal law ...

is named after the 1715 shipwreck of a Spanish treasure fleet. Originally home to the Ais and Jaega tribes, the region experienced growth with the arrival of the Florida East Coast Railway in the ...

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 ...

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 ...