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The Treaty of Utrecht formally concludes hostilities between Spain and Great Britain during the War of Spanish Succession. As a result, Spain’s treasure fleets were able to sail again.
I will bet that there are a fair number of Fleet Society members out there who do not know about our time capsule. “What time capsule?”, you might ask. Well, for those of you who...
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As we mentioned on March 29, the Society will be revealing for the first time important new original research conducted by Advisory Board member Jorge Proctor. The final draft of that research is being reviewed...
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Our featured treasure for April is this double dated 1710 eight escudos from the Spanish colonial mint in Lima, Peru. As can be seen in the image a double dated coin contains two dates, one...
Read moreAs expressed on our website, the mission of the 1715 Fleet Society is to research the history of the 1715 Fleet, its loss, rediscovery and recovery. In keeping with this mission, Fleet Society member Jorge...
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One of our goals here at the Fleet Society is to expand our membership far and wide. Until recently we had 144 members from 24 US states and, in addition, Canada (Nova Scotia), Puerto Rico...
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Bob Evans is best known for his involvement in the recovery of the S.S. Central America, more popularly referred to as the “Ship of Gold”. Since the autumn of 1983 Bob has been on the...
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Climate change is a hot topic in the news these days. Whatever you think about this subject, we who live in Western Pennsylvania have experienced wild weather changes for decades. To illustrate the point, the...
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Although our focus here at the Society is about all things 1715 Fleet related, I couldn’t help posting this story about a non-Fleet related shipwreck found off the coast of Florida in 2010. Divers with...
Read moreAs a follow up to our post of August 25, 2021 (Chest of Silver Found) here is a link to a story posted March 1, 2022 by WPEC (CBS 12, West Palm Beach). Treasure hunters...
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March’s Treasure of the Month are these two intact K’ang Hsi porcelain tea cups from the 1715 Fleet. What is remarkable about these pieces are that they are intact, which is quite rare. Produced by...
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Kip Wagner. The modern day hunt for the treasure of the 1715 Fleet had its origin with an unpretentious man from Miamisburg, Ohio. That man was Kip...
Read moreKip Wagner, founder of the Real Eight Company, dies at the age of 66.
The 1715 Fleet Society is now a 501 c(3) non profit corporation. Should you choose to contribute to the Society, those contributions can now be a tax deduction. If you itemize, all contributions to the...
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Here is a report filed by Allen Balogh (Fleet Society member # 37) who was in Fort Pierce to witness the unveiling of a centuries old cannon that was recovered in 2018. 1715 Fleet Members:...
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Upon recommendation and approval of the Board of Directors, the 1715 Fleet Society has appointed Charlie Winn as a new member of our Advisory Board. Over the last several years, Charlie has been compiling data...
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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...
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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
Before you are PLVS VLTRA-ed to death, let us call your attention to the initialized version of this motto which resides in the center row of characters on certain coins from Lima and Potosí: P....
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