Fleet Society Librarian Dave Crooks (member # 7) sent me this postcard which originated from the Real Eight Gallery of Sunken Treasure. The post card depicts a woman with a gold chain and an encrusted anchor which was located in the museum. This is just one of several postcards that were produced by the Real […]
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Here is an interesting article published in the St. Lucie (Florida) Tribune from the turn of the century (not this century but the last century). It appears that an “old wreck” was found in 1905 by a fishing party not far from the Fort Pierce Inlet. The wreck was surmised to be “an old vessel
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The final major sale of Fleet gold from the Real Eight Company was held at the Bowers and Ruddy Galleries in Los Angeles. The sale featured over 300 gold coins and several gold artifacts including a 9 ½ ounce “Cast Gold Splash”. (NOTE: Lot # 5001 was previously featured as our Treasure of the Month
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The Plus Ultra Newsletter was launched.
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Maria Luisa of Savoy, Philip V’s first wife, dies of tuberculosis at the age of 26. Philip remarried in September 1714. Photo credit: Miguel Jacinto Meléndez, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Josh “Captain Redbeard” Scott (Follow @redbeardsrelics — instagram.com/redbeardsrelics) Part 1 Link to Captain Redbeard’s original post #1 on Instagram: instagram.com/p/C1KckuARkT6/ I have seen and acquired so many amazing relics this past year including these few items! Every piece I come across has a story to tell and a history enveloping it. Which relics you have seen
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In May of 2021 we featured some gold coins recovered by Captain Mike Perna of the Mighty Mo during the 2019 and 2020 dive seasons. Recently Mike was a guest speaker at our conference in Vero Beach last month. After the conference he was kind enough to send me some additional pictures of some of his finds
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State archaeologist Carl J. Clauson reported that the wooden remains of a well dug in the sand by survivors of the 1715 Fleet disaster had been uncovered. Sections of wood, almost certainly from the wooden beams of wrecked ships used as casing for a surface well, were excavated. The well was dug a short distance
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Last August we reported that the first half of the Richards Library was delivered to the temporary Society Headquarters in Washington, Pennsylvania by Fleet Society Librarian Dave Crooks (see our post on August 1, 2023, HERE). The library was acquired by the Fleet Society through the generous contribution of Society member Rick Beleson (member #51).
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A major Real Eight auction of artifacts, silver and gold coins takes place at the Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York City.
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I came across a very interesting article from an unknown newspaper in February 1940. The article bears evidence to the fact that as early as 1940 residents along the “Treasure Coast” of Florida were aware that Spanish shipwrecks lie off the east coast of Florida. It was obvious that these folks were unaware of the
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Our Treasure of the Month for February is this intact gold and red-coral rosary (beach find) from the 1715 Fleet. Intact rosaries are quite rare, as the delicate chain parts often separated. Measuring 34” long and weighing 56.08 grams this item is a most impressive religious artifact. Most notably, all the coral and gold beads
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Regional Director for the Treasure Coast, Jim Wilson, packed the house last Tuesday at the Vero Beach Emerson Center when he gave a presentation entitled: “Quest for Spanish Treasure: The Legacy of the 1715 Fleet”. Jim has been a tireless worker for the Fleet Society. Even before his appointment as the Regional Director for the
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The Vero Beach Press Journal reports that Real Eight Company President Kip Wagner hopes to visit Spain later in the year in order to collect information about the 1715 Fleet from the Spanish archives located in that country. He believes that the archives may furnish clues that would help locate additional treasure related to the
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Recently we posted about our surge in membership since the beginning of this year. One of our new members, Russell Augustin of Willowbrook, Illinois, was our 200th member. In the past, we did a special post about our 100th member and our 150th member. So, in keeping with that practice here is a little bit about Russell Augustin
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Fleet Society membership recently passed the 200 mark and beyond just since the beginning of the new year. Since January 1, eight new members have joined the Society reaching 205 members on January 17. At the end of 2023, our membership stood at 197. A mere 21 days later we are at 205. Such a
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As I sit here writing this report I am “enjoying” snowy subzero (wind chill) weather with more snow on the way. Certainly, a far cry from the tropical climes of Florida. Nevertheless, I am persevering and so I thought this would be a good time to write up a postscript to our recent conference. Our
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Work is progressing rapidly on the Real Eight Museum of Sunken Treasure near the Cape Kennedy Hilton, City of Cape Canaveral. The Museum, set to open by mid-year, will house displays of Spanish treasure recovered by the group from the ocean floor off of the East Coast (From the Orlando Sentinel).
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Last week I had the pleasure of attending the 69th annual FUN (Florida United Numismatists) Show in Orlando. This year’s show featured over 600 dealers and was heavily attended judging from the foot traffic that I saw while there. We set up a table and offered books and other Fleet Society items for sale. We got
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The Real Eight Company makes its first significant recovery of Spanish silver coins at the Cabin Wreck site, near Sebastian, Florida.
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