A treasure hunter is accused of selling eight of 50 rare gold coins — worth over $1 million — found in a 2015 dive on the famous 1715 Fleet of Spanish ships that wrecked off the Treasure Coast in a ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced Tuesday they have recovered 37 stolen gold coins from the historic 1715 Spanish Fleet shipwrecks that occurred off the Treasure ...

A team of excavators has uncovered a load of long-lost Spanish coins buried for centuries under the surf and sand along a stretch of Florida known as the “Treasure Coast.” This week, shipwreck salvage ...

FORT PIERCE – The man accused of selling Spanish gold coins stolen during a 2015 salvage operation of the famous 1715 Fleet shipwrecks will serve a year and a day in state prison, a judge ruled May 20 ...

Onion glass bottles over 300 years old were retrieved from the Atlantic Ocean off Indian River County in 2021 and 2022. While the exact ship carrying the onion glasses remains unknown, the vessel was ...

The 1715 Treasure Fleet, one of Spain’s famed Plate Fleets, has sat shipwrecked off the coast of Florida for over 300 years. This summer, a certified salvage company maneuvered to the fleet and pulled ...

The Treasure Coast of Florida includes Indian River County, Martin County and St. Lucie County. The Treasure Coast of Florida got its name in part because of the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet maritime ...

More than 1,000 silver and gold coins valued at about $1 million have been recovered from the remains of a Spanish fleet that sank over 300 years ago off Florida's Treasure Coast, the salvage company ...