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Eleven ships, a hurricane, and a fortune that vanished into the sea more than three centuries ago. Now a crew of divers has surfaced something no one on board expected to see.
By Melissa Ait Lounis
A crew of Florida divers has recovered more than 200 silver cob coins from the 1715 Treasure Fleet, a group of Spanish ships lost in a hurricane off the state’s east coast. The haul came within a couple of days, which the boat’s captain called “a very exciting start.”
The 1715 Treasure Fleet is one of the better-known wrecks in the region, so nobody expected much. Yet more than three centuries after the ships went down, treasure hunters are still combing the site and still turning up finds.
For the divers on this latest trip, the discovery was as emotional as it was valuable. One described it as “almost numbing,” a reaction that says plenty about how rarely a search like this pays off so quickly.
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https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/10/spanish-shipwreck-200-silver-coins-florida/
