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August 2014 Treasure of the Month

For this months’ treasure we feature the complete gold rosary consisting of chain, crucifix and medallions. Weighing a hefty 64.2 g, this impressive item from the 1715 Fleet is completely intact and impressively stunning. Found

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August 1, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: West Palm Beach, Florida

1715: Two hundred ninety-nine years ago today, thousands of Spanish colonists awoke to find themselves in a horrific situation; they had survived the overnight tempest which beset the fleet in which they traveled. The surf

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July 31, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Sebastian, Florida

Hello friends. Well, here we are one year away from the 300th Anniversary of the loss of the 1715 Fleet. It is hard to believe that this event is a mere twelve months away. When

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July 31, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pennsylvania

Development continues on the re-design of the 1715FleetSociety.com website. We have completed the initial design and are currently adding code for major functionalities of the home page, sub pages, and the article archives. Again, during

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July 24, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pennsylvania

OrgSpring, a Pittsburgh based web design and development firm, is honored to be working on updating the design of the 1715FleetSociety.com website. The new site will feature an updated look, while still maintaining the excellent

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July 5, 2014 No Comments
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July 2014 Featured Treasure

Our Treasure of the Month for July is a dazzling display of silver eight and four Reales from the Spanish colonial mint at Mexico City. No Independence Day fireworks can match these coins for eye-popping

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July 1, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Colorado Springs, Colorado

Recently we received a press release from Douglas Mudd, Curator, Edward C. Rochette Money Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado, regarding their new exhibit called “Treasures of the Deep: Galleons, Storms and Archaeology”. The exhibit, which opens

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June 10, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pennsylvania

The Fleet Society would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those individuals who have contacted us offering their help and support regarding the upcoming 1715 Fleet Commemoration in July of 2015. This

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June 9, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pa

In less than two months we will be one year away from the 300th anniversary of the loss of the 1715 Fleet. As visitors to this website already know the Fleet Society is working on

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June 3, 2014 No Comments

June 2014 Treasure of the Month

Our featured Treasure of the Month for June is this gorgeous, fully dated 1714 Mexico eight escudos from the Spanish colonial mint at Mexico City. The coin’s Fleet provenance is obvious. What is not obvious

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June 1, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Fort Pierce, Florida

A few miles south of here on May 24th, 1964 one of the greatest discoveries in the history of 1715 Fleet recovery was made. Mel Fisher, and his crew, uncovered a carpet of gold the

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May 24, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pennsylvania

In an effort to keep everyone instantly informed regarding events being planned for the upcoming commemoration in July of 2015, the Fleet Society is putting together a select list of e-mail addresses belonging to individuals

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May 13, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pennsylvania

Today marks the third anniversary of the launching of the 1715 Fleet Society website.  At this time we would like to thank all of those individuals who have been kind enough to support us with

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May 1, 2014 No Comments

May 2014 Featured Treasure

Our featured treasure item for May is this 64 lb. bell metal ingot recovered by Rex Stocker of the Real Eight Company at the Cabin Wreck site in 1964. Bell metal is a hard alloy

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May 1, 2014 No Comments

1701 Gold Escudo Hybrid of Santa Fe from 1715 Fleet

by Herman Blanton The “171S Fleet-Queens Jewels, LLC” treasure salvage operations recovered a cache of gold escudos on 13-July-2013 on a site called “Corrigans” at Sebastian Inlet near Wabasso Beach, Fl. Other artifacts including a

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April 26, 2014 1 Comment

DATELINE: Sebastian, Florida

As a follow up to our newsletter item of March 28, 2014, the official 1715 Fleet Banquet commemorating the Anniversary of the 1715 Fleet will be held on Thursday, July 30, 2015 at the Inn

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April 22, 2014 No Comments

April 2014 Treasure of the Month

The Treasure of the Month for April is a group of coins (cobs) fresh from the Spanish colonial mints of El Peru, specifically Lima and Potosí. This image is a companion to our Treasure of

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April 1, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Sebastian, Florida

With less than 500 days remaining until July 31, 2015, we here at the Fleet Society are busy organizing events, lodging, a banquet and other activities in conjunction with the upcoming 1715 Fleet Anniversary.  So

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March 28, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Vero Beach, Florida

Recently Mike Brown represented the 1715 Fleet Society at the Treasure Coast Coin Club’s annual banquet on March 11, 2014. His topic was a brief history of the 1715 Fleet followed by questions and answers.

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March 17, 2014 No Comments

March 2014 Treasure of the Month

Our Treasure of the Month for March is a fully dated 1713 silver eight reales cob from the old colonial mint in Mexico City. Currently on display at the Museum of Florida History in Tallahassee,

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March 1, 2014 No Comments

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