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Treasure found off Florida coast.......Wow

John(Tx)

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Treasure Hunters Find Gold Coin Trove Off Florida (ABC News)

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In July of 1715, a fleet of 11 spanish ships departed from Havana, Cuba. A hurricane struck on July 31, and all the ships sank. Fast forward 300 years, and 48 gold coins from the fleet have been discovered off the Florida coast.

Brent Brisben, who owns the shipwreck salvage company 1715 Fleet - Queens Jewels LLC, discovered the coins with a four-member crew as part of his excavation quest Saturday. A half hour into their quest, the crew was only 100 feet away from the shore when they discovered the coins.

"It's something I will never forget," Brisben told ABC News. "To be one of the first person to touch these things in over 300 years is amazing."

Brisben's company is responsible for salvaging items from the shipwrecks. He said six of the 11 ships have been discovered.

Brisben is estimating the value of the coins at $250,000, but says his archaeologist has to come in and provide the full value. He estimated that each coin is worth $4,000 to $5,000. The oldest one dates back to 1697, and the newest one 1714, he said.

Brisben plans to sell the coins to collectors. But he said Florida is entitled to 20 percent of the haul, and he needs to see what they want to take.

Mary Glowacki, the chief and state Archaeologist of the Florida Bureau for Archaeological Research, did not return calls for comment.

During the summer, Brisbenand his crew leave the docks at 6:30 a.m. and come back after sundown. He can only look for items in the summer, he explained, because the water has to be calm and flat, conditions which really only happen during the summer months. He spends the winter months conserving and documenting the artifacts.

In 2010, Brisben and his crew discovered a bronze cannon filled with 50 gold coins and 40 silver coins that were valued at half a million dollars. That same year, they found an "extremely rare" gold artifact appraised at $885,000 which the company sold to a private collector in San Francisco.

Brisben previously owned a real estate business, but has operated the salvage company since 2010. He also told ABC News his company is filming a reality show about treasure hunting.


Courtesy Brent Brisben/1715 Queens Fleet Jewels
 
Cool story.....but that last sentence sucks! Filming a reality show about treasure hunting. Great, just what we need...another inaccurate, treasure to be found every hunt and everywhere TV show.
 
Watch. The State of Florida will try to legally steal it from him.
I can see old Jebb Bush sitting at his kitchen table, running his
fingers through all the gold coins saying, "MINE. ALL MINE!"
 
I just hope that the reality show is based on offshore treasure hunting and not onshore hunting. It's a whole different 'ball of wax' hunting in waters that have sharks, jellyfish and the like. Plus the cost of owning a boat, diving gear, sonar, insurance and permits and all the equipment to do all this is out of the realm of possibility for most of us. I'm guessing a person would have to invest many thousands of dollars to do that. If it was otherwise, I'd be out there diving alongside them!!
It's like the gambler that wins big but he will never tell you what it cost him to get that win and I suspect the guy's that have found the coins have invested quite probably more than the $200,000 that the coins were worth....maybe, maybe not. I sincerely hope though they can find more gold because they are the one's risking their necks in the search. Dreams of finding gold doubloons though are free!!
 
If they're lucky, they will be left with enough money to be able to afford a new, Minelab detector. Doubt it though....
 
Diggin-it said:
Cool story.....but that last sentence sucks! Filming a reality show about treasure hunting. Great, just what we need...another inaccurate, treasure to be found every h
unt and everywhere TV show.


I was thinking the exact same thing
 
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