Another Day, Another Diver Found a Buried Pirate Treasure In The Ocean

USA Today – It’s been quite a summer for treasure hunting in Florida. Less than a month after the Schmitt family of Sanford announced their $1 million sunken treasure find,Brent Brisben announced his $4.5 million discovery. On July 30 and 31 off the coast of Vero Beach, Brisben, who is captain of the S/V Capitana, and his crew recovered 350 gold coins. Nine of the coins found are known as Royals and valued at $300,000 apiece; these were specially made for King of Spain Phillip V in the early 1700s. “People love treasure stories. It resonates with everybody — every demographic, young and old, rich and poor,” Brisben said. “People freak out that we’re literally 10-15 feet off the beach in 2-3 feet of water.” The treasure finds have significant meaning because July 30, 2015, marked the 300th anniversary of the 1715 Fleet shipwreck. On July 24, 1715, eleven ships traveled from Havana to Spain to deliver “the queen’s jewels” — at least $400 million worth of jewelry and gold. All was lost at sea, however, when a hurricane hit July 31, 1715.

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Are you serious? These people were snorkeling and found $4.5 million in gold coins, or as the boss calls it “no thanks”. They found these coins worth $300,000 each 10-15 feet off the beach in waist-deep water. How angry is the old man on the sand with his metal detector? Guy has been living his whole life for that moment and all he had to do was dip his big toe into the ocean and he’d be 4.5 million dollars richer. And this comes just a month after some asshole found $1 million dollars in gold coins from the same wreck. So my question is, what are we doing here? The article says that boat had $400 million of jewelry and gold. We should all be going down to Florida. Go for the meth, stay for the gold. If I don’t find any pirate treasure the next time I’m at the beach I’m going to be so pissed. All I ever find are seashells and the occasional dead jelly fish. I don’t want to be the jabroni that goes to the beach and doesn’t find treasure. Ugh. The worst.