Salvage crew finds $1 million treasure

[RadishRose]

on 300-year-old shipwreck VERO BEACH, Fla. (WPTV) - Over $1 million worth of silver and gold coins have been recovered from the remains of a Spanish fleet that sank off the Florida coast 310 years ago.​

The shipwreck happened due to a hurricane on July 31, 1715, while the Treasure Fleet was transporting New World riches back to Spain. An estimated $400 million worth of gold, silver and jewels were lost in the disaster, which has been marked as one of the greatest maritime tragedies of the Americas.

Salvage crew finds $1 million treasure on 300-year-old shipwreck
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[Muskrat]

I love these old shipwreck stories. “Ship of gold” one of my favorite books…

 

[Aunt Bea]

I wonder who’s got the other 399million, better check their pockets?

 

[Murrmurr]

I would've looked at that and thought, "Oh yay, a box of rocks."

I'm guessing that was the colonist's taxes being shipped to the king of Spain?