Just off Florida’s Treasure Coast (a region that includes Indian River, St. Lucie, and Martin counties and some parts of Palm Beach County), divers from the salvage shipwreck company Queens Jewels have found Spanish coins they appraised at around $1 million.
The company reports that just over 1,000 silver and gold coins were recovered, and they believe these coins originated from the Spanish colonies of Bolivia, Peru, and Mexico.
Historian group, 1715 Fleet Society explains that centuries ago, there was a group of Spanish ships carrying gold, silver, and jewels taken from what was known as the New World, sailing back to Spain when the ships were hit by a hurricane on July 31, 1715, causing the shipments to be lost at sea…