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January 2014 Treasure of the Month

Last month we featured two unmarked contraband silver wedge ingots. January’s Treasure of the Month is the corner of a gold bar from the 1715 Fleet. The corner weighs 225 g, almost a full half

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January 1, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, PA

In our last posting of December 24th we promised that a big announcement regarding another item that we had just finished producing would be forthcoming. The Fleet Society has just finished publishing a 2015 Commemorative

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December 31, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pa

Tomorrow is Christmas and we at the 1715 Fleet Society would like to wish all of our friends and supporters a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  It is hard to believe but

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December 25, 2013 No Comments

December 2013 Featured Treasure

December’s Treasure of the Month are two unmarked contraband “wedge” ingots. These two ingots are part of eight slices of an entire “cake” of contraband ingots that were smuggled in the bottom of a cask

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December 1, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Colorado Springs, Colorado

As many of you already know, the ANA (American Numismatic Association) publishes a monthly magazine for its members called The Numismatist.  Each month the magazine features a cover story. Some time ago The 1715 Fleet

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November 20, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Charleston, South Carolina

Personal Note from Ben Costello: Today I am in the beautiful and historic town of Charleston, South Carolina.  My trip here is mainly business, but I have had some time to do shipwreck research.  Not

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November 15, 2013 No Comments

November 2013 Treasure of the Month

The Treasure of the Month for November is a group of religious items consisting of a cross, a crucifix and a medallion. Unlike many gold and gem-studded religious artifacts, these are made of bronze. Nevertheless,

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November 1, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, PA

Our last newsletter of October 19th discussed our ongoing efforts to post recently acquired rare historical documents. A substantial portion of what we received consisted of newspaper articles. In order to post these articles it

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October 28, 2013 No Comments

Treasure Rediscovered

by John de Bry This past summer I had gone down to Juno Beach, Florida, to go out on a boat owned by a company involved in the commercial salvage of historic shipwrecks. The purpose

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October 26, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington PA

As an update to our last newsletter item of September 27th work continues on the posting of recently acquired rare historical documents. Some of the documents / articles that we received require copyright clearance which

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October 19, 2013 No Comments

October 2013 Treasure of the Month

Since October is the month of mystery, we decided to post a mystery item as the Treasure of the Month. This item may not look like much of a treasure, but it is extremely rare,

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October 1, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, PA

As an update to our last newsletter item of September 5th we have begun posting some of the recently acquired rare historical documents that we referenced in our newsletter item of August 27th. We are

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September 27, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, PA

As an update to our last newsletter item of August 27th we have copied and downloaded all of the rare historical documents provided to us by Frank Noga of Eastlake, Ohio. We are processing this

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September 5, 2013 No Comments

September 2013 Treasure of the Month

A decades old auction has provided us with September’s Treasure of the Month. In October 1965, French’s Numismatic Auctioneers and Dealers conducted its eighty-seventh sale in Richmond, Virginia. Held in conjunction with the now defunct

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September 1, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pennsylvania

As an update to our last Newsletter item of August 14th progress is being made to copy the cache of rare Fleet related historical documents provided to us by Frank Noga of Eastlake, Ohio. While

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August 27, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Eastlake, Ohio

Flash! The Fleet Society is happy to announce that it has recently been provided with a “treasure trove” of fleet related documents including letters, articles, newspaper clippings and photos, courtesy of our old friend and

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August 14, 2013 No Comments

August 2013 Treasure of the Month

The Treasure of the Month for August is a display featuring silver coins and other artifacts from the State of Florida Collection. In the picture above are numerous silver coins, silver wedges, and ballast stones.

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August 1, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Treasure Coast, Florida

Fleet Day 2013 Today marks the 298th anniversary of the 1715 Fleet Disaster. In commemorating this event we must always be mindful of the human tragedy that underlines the history and archaeology we so eagerly

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July 31, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Port Canaveral, Florida

The new Welcome Center at Port Canaveral will be featuring a painting that was previously commissioned by the 1715 Fleet Society.  “The Day After” by artist Ralph Curnow, 2008 The painting called “The Day After”

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July 30, 2013 No Comments

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