A team of divers made a historic discovery by locating the treasure of a wrecked Spanish ship in 1715, off the coast of Florida, United States. At the scene, more than a thousand gold and silver coins were found, with an estimated value of about $ 1 million (approximately 850 thousand euros).
The wreck dates back to the so -called “1715 fleet”, consisting of Spanish vessels that carried wealth from the new world to Europe and were eventually caught by a hurricane. The discovery joins other historical recoveries made over the last few years in this region, known for hiding numerous submerged treasures.
Treasure hunters uncovered Spanish coins worth a million dollars off the coast of Florida after spending years searching for a wreck sunk by a hurricane in 1715.
– DW News (@dwNews)
Over 1,000 silver and gold coins were found from a shipwreck that happened in 1715 off of Florida’s Treasure Coast. The coins and gold artifacts are worth a staggering $1M. The coins were minted in the Spanish colonies of Mexico, Peru, and Bolivia and still had legible dates and…
— Robbie Mouton (@mcgmouton57)
