July 31, 2012 is Fleet Day and will mark the 297th anniversary of the 1715 Fleet disaster. But July 31st also marks another important but lesser-known Fleet anniversary. On July 31, 1992, the late Captain Stephen Shouppe found 384 reales and 39 escudos on the mysterious Cannon WreckLocated about 2.3 miles south of the “Cabin Wreck”. At this site in August 1992 Captain Steve Shouppe of Galleon Research Incorporated, found 39 gold coins dated 1697 – 1714. The coins were obvi... More. Among Shouppe’s finds was this beautiful and rare Lima 1708 eight escudos.
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