August 6, 2019 DATELINE: Sebastian, Florida New Fleet Recoveries
We recently received an e mail from Bill Black (Fleet Society member # 93) who informed us of a recent recovery of 1715 Fleet coins and artifacts from the Cabin Wreck site near Sebastian, Florida. His salvage vessel is the C31 “Carib”. The captain is Kym Ferrel and the crew consists of Mike Penninger, Jeff […]
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Cuba Conference Update – August 2, 2019
The Fleet Society has been quietly moving forward with our planned Conference in Cuba scheduled for March, 2020. Here is an update from Dana Reed who is making the arrangements through his Tampa based company, ASC International USA. Also, the Conference agenda is in its final stage and should be available soon along with the […]
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August 2019 Treasure of the Month
Our Treasure of the Month for August is this group of coins and artifacts recently liberated from Neptune’s grasp in late June 2019. The “liberator” of these items was none other than Eric Schmitt, a well-known diver, credited with finding the famed “Tricentennial Royal” in June 2015. This particular coin was featured as our Treasure of the […]
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Bruce Ward Estate Update – July 23, 2019
As an update to my June 12, 2019 post on the Bruce Ward Estate, here are images of coins that will be for sale in an upcoming auction. As of yet, we do not have an exact date for the sale. But for further information in this regard contact Cargile Auctions, Searcy, Arkansas, the company […]
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