1715 TREASURE FLEET FIND: 200 MORE COINS

 

Treasures and mysteries are still being found in equal measure on the seafloor off Florida's Atlantic Coast where a fleet of Spanish ships sank during a 1715 hurricane.

Among the latest finds over the summer: 200 silver coins, a flintlock, an unusual tan vase and a mysterious set of bronze keys, according to a news release from 1715 Fleet – Queens Jewels LLC.

Even more startling, Capt. Mike Perna and shipmates Milan Kalelkar and Levin Shavers found "the remains of a wooden box that has been submerged in the ocean for over 300 years."

The artifacts were recovered along a mile-long "trail of shipwreck scatter" created when as many as a dozen treasure ships spilled their cargo.

Perna said he has been salvaging artifacts off 1715 Fleet for 25 years, and this is the first flintlock he has ever found.

For that reason, he suspects it may end up in the hands of Florida's Division of Historical Resources, which has a collection devoted to the unusual artifacts pulled off the wrecks.

His team was working in about 12 feet of water when they found the weapon concealed in 5 feet of sand. It was surrounded by other artifacts linked to the 1715 Fleet.

The 200 silver coins, found scattered and in stacks, are what most people want to imagine finding on shipwrecks.

 

To read the complete article, see:
A cocked flintlock and 200 silver coins found on 1715 shipwreck off Florida, divers say (https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article296821429.html)

For more images, see:
Mighty Mo strikes again! (https://www.1715treasurefleet.com/single-post/mighty-mo-strikes-again)

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