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    1715 Fleet Society Web Analytics Increase in Q1 2022

    Fleet Society Director Ben Costello asked me to post an update related to web analytics for the first quarter of 2022. Altogether the results were fantastic and we saw the 1715 Fleet Society Web Analytics

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    April 11, 2022 No Comments

     April 2022 Treasure of the Month

    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

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    March 30, 2022 No Comments
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    Recent Find on Florida Beach

    Recently I was contacted by Fleet Society member Dale Justice (membership #103) regarding an interesting item he found just north of Vero Beach. Dale is an accomplished beach hunter who has hunted area beaches for

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    January 15, 2021 No Comments

    January 2021 Treasure of the Month

    We begin the new year with our Treasure of the Month for January, this pair of earrings from the famous “Queen’s Jewels” find of 1993. What were the “Queen’s Jewels”? Well, here is the story.

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    December 31, 2020 No Comments
    November 2020 Treasure of the Month - 1715 Fleet Society

    November 2020 Treasure of the Month

    November’s featured treasure is one of the rarest and coveted items ever recovered from the wreck sites of the 1715 Fleet—a gold Royal. Specifically, in this case, a 1713 eight escudos Royal from the Spanish

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    October 30, 2020 No Comments

    This Day in Fleet History – July 30-31, 2015

    The Tricentennial Hoard, consisting of over 352 gold coins of all denominations, is found by Queens Jewels, LLC. The recovery was at the Corrigan’s Beach Wreck site, north of Vero Beach, Florida

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    July 30, 2020 No Comments

    Cobb Coin Company vs. The Unidentified, Wrecked and Abandoned Sailing Vessel, etc.(1982)

    Finding myself “sheltered in place” for the last 7 weeks has allowed me the rare opportunity to devote many uninterrupted hours to reviewing archival material that I have gathered over the years. I have always

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    May 6, 2020 No Comments
    The gold religious artifact

    November 2019 Treasure of the Month

    Not long ago our Treasure of the Month for November was quietly resting at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. It was recovered from its hiding place on June 4, 2019 by Kenton Dickerson, while

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    October 30, 2019 No Comments

    September 2019 Treasure of the Month

    Our Treasure of the Month for September is this intriguing little 6.9 gram artifact recently recovered (August 10, 2019) near the Corrigan’s Beach  Wreck site north of Vero Beach. This tiny item is a 1/8

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    August 29, 2019 No Comments

    This Day in Fleet History – July 30-31, 2015

    The Tricentennial Hoard consisting of over 352 gold coins of all denominations is found by Queens Jewels, LLC. Corrigan’s Beach Wreck site, North of Vero Beach, Florida.

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    July 30, 2019 No Comments

    April 2019 Treasure of the Month

    Our Treasure of the Month for April is something that has never been photographed before and is likely never to be photographed again. It is a neatly stacked group of gold Royals from the Spanish

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    March 31, 2019 No Comments

    December 2018 Treasure of the Month

    For this month’s featured treasure we travel back to the summer of 2013 when this beautiful 1697 Lima one escudo was recovered from Neptune’s grasp. Found at the Corrigan’s Beach wreck site by Queen’s Jewels, LLC.

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    November 30, 2018 No Comments

    November 2018 Treasure of the Month

    Our featured treasure for November is the emerald-studded gold cross (below), found by Frank Giovenco at the Corrigan’s Beach wreck site in 1984.  Frank’s fabulous find measures 1 – 5/16 inches tall and 7/8 of

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    October 31, 2018 1 Comment

    This Day in Fleet History

    July 30 – 31, 2015 The Tricentennial Hoard, consisting of over 352 Gold coins of all denominations, is found by Queen’s Jewels, LLC. Corrigan’s Beach Wreck site, north of Vero Beach, Florida.

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    July 30, 2018 No Comments

    July 2018 Treasure of the Month

    For this month’s featured treasure we go back in time three years to July, 2015 and the Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of the loss of the 1715 Fleet (July 30-31, 2015). During the week leading

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    July 1, 2018 1 Comment

    DATELINE: Corrigan’s Beach, East Coast of Florida – Turtle Trail Coin Update

    In a previous post (January 18, 2016) I described a Mexico eight reales that was found at Turtle Trail near Corrigan’s beach on December 26, 2015. This coin has sentimental value because it was found

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    February 17, 2016 2 Comments
    Mexico Eight Reale found at Turtle Trail Near Corrigan's Beach

    DATELINE: Mexico Eight Reale found at Turtle Trail Near Corrigan’s Beach – East Coast of Florida

    During my travels here in Florida following the FUN Show, I came across an interesting item which I purchased for sentimental reasons. This Mexico eight reales was found at Turtle Trail near Corrigan’s Beach, six

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    January 18, 2016 1 Comment

    1715 Treasure of the Month – April 2015

    The 1715 Treasure of the Month for April 2015 is this attractive, well-struck two escudos from the Colombian mint at Santa Fe de Bogotá. This coin is a recent discovery, found at the Corrigan’s Wreck

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    March 30, 2015 No Comments

    DATELINE: Corrigan’s Beach, 6 miles south of Sebastian Inlet, East Coast of Florida

    On the 1500th day before the 300th anniversary of the 1715 Fleet disaster, we have heard from Mike Brown, who is working the Corrigan’s Beach site this summer. Here’s Mike with a minty 1714 two

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    June 18, 2011 No Comments

    DATELINE: Corrigan’s Beach, 6 miles south of Sebastian Inlet, East Coast of Florida

    Mike Brown of Albany, GA, woke up on the morning of July 31, 2010 not realizing that he was about to make history. For it was on that day, the 295th Anniversary of the 1715

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    June 15, 2011 No Comments

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