This article mentions Mike Perna. Mike just happens to be a Fleet Society Advisory Board member.
By Mark Price, The Herald
Image: Diver Levin Shavers holds a rare flintlock found as a salvage team explored a shipwreck site linked to a Spanish treasure fleet that sank off Florida in a 1715 hurricane. Photo courtesy Mike Perna
Treasures and mysteries are still being found in equal measure on the seafloor off Florida’s Atlantic Coast where a fleet of Spanish ships sank during a 1715 hurricane.
Among the latest finds over the summer: 200 silver coins, a flintlock, an unusual tan vase and a mysterious set of bronze keys, according to a news release from 1715 Fleet – Queens Jewels LLC.
Even more startling, Capt. Mike Perna and shipmates Milan Kalelkar and Levin Shavers found “the remains of a wooden box that has been submerged in the ocean for over 300 years.”
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https://www.heraldonline.com/news/nation-world/national/article296821429.html
