Florida treasure seekers made an amazing discovery worth $4.5 million en course to Cuba
Florida prize hunters discovered a collection of US$ 4.5 million well worth of rare Spanish gold coins 300 years after the fleet of ships sank in a hurricane while en route to Cuba.
On July 30, 2015, off the shore of Vero Beach, Brent Brisben, the captain of the watercraft S/V Capitana discovered 350 coins, consisting of nine uncommon pieces, referred to as royal eight escudos. These nine coins were specially created King of Spain Phillip V in the early 1700s, reported UNITED STATE TODAY. Each of the 9 coins are valued at US$ 300,000 per piece.
“People love treasure stories. It resonates with everybody—every demographic, young and old, rich and poor,” Brisben told USA TODAY. “People freak out that we’re literally 10–15 feet off the beach in 2–3 feet of water.”
Inning accordance with Brisben, the King's firm, 1715 Fleet-- Queens Jewels, owns the civil liberties to the 1715 wreckage. Brisben also added that there were only 20 such coins that existed before this discovery of the nine unusual items.
The team selected the Vero Beach, Florida, for prize hunting since it was extremely near to the previous discovery that was made.
Eleven treasure-filled Spanish galleons were tossed into the waters off the Florida East Coast in 1715, which eventually penetrated the ocean. Today, that wreck is scattered over a larger area-- the coins recouped by the team are part of the scattered prize.
William Bartlett, the scuba diver who recuperated the coins from the sea bottom, said that the entire procedure took 5 days to complete and the staff made use of the watercraft's propeller to make a hole in the sea floor in order to reach 2.4 meters down, reported MailOnline.
“It’s been magical. What’s amazing about this is we found it on the actual anniversary. We found 230 gold coins on the 30th, and the hurricane started on the evening of the 30th (in 1715),” Brisben said in an interview with CBS This Morning, reported USA TODAY.
According to the legislation, the recovered gold belongs to the United States District Court of Florida; the state is entitled to 20 percent of the whole haul, while the rest of the share would be divided among the staff members.
source: ntd.tv
