Treasure hunters discover $1m in silver and gold coins off Florida coast | Florida
Under the turquoise waters, a team of divers from a shipwreck rescue company hidden from a Florida, known as the “Treasury coast ,, was exactly $ 1 million of the Spanish treasury, which has been on the long-standing Spanish treasury.
1715 Fleet-Queens Jewels LLC this week on the Atlantic Coast of Florida, Bolivia, Mexico and Peru’nun Spanish colonies of more than 1000 silver and gold coins were thought to be printed.
Centuries ago, according to the 1715 Fleet Association, a hurricane was returning to Spain when he ruined the fleet’s ships and poured the treasures into the sea on July 31, 1715.
The rescue company, historians and mint signs can still be seen in coins that have been recovered.
“This discovery is not only the treasure itself, but also about the stories it tells,” the rescue company Sal Guttuso said. He said. “Every coin currency is a piece of history, a concrete connection to people living in the golden age of the Spanish Empire, working and sailing.
According to Florida laws, any “abandoned” or other historical artifacts in state -owned lands or state waters belong to the state, but excavators may be allowed to provide “rescue services .. The law requires that approximately 20% of the recycled archaeological materials be kept by the state for research collections or publicly open screen.
