I'm doing a flashback today to remember a historic find that was made nearly five years ago.
We are nearing the fifth anniversary of the amazing 300th Anniversary 1715 Fleet find of 350 gold coins. The 350 coins were found on July 30 and 31 of 2015 by Captain Jonah Martinez and the crew of the Capitana on the 300th Anniversary of the sinking of the 1715 Fleet.
Since we are quickly approaching the 5th anniversary of that historic find, I thought it would be a good time to review and celebrate that historic find once again.
I knew of the find long before it was posted, but was asked to hold the news until it was made public. It was first announced to the world by Brent Brisbane on the CBS This Morning show with Charlie Rose. After it was made public I posted the news in Treasure Beaches Report as follows. After the flashback you'll find new information on the current storm situation and a few additional comments.
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
8/19/15 Report - YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS! New Treasure Finds From The Treasure Coast - Just Released.
Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.
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| New Treasure Found On The Treasure Coast This Year Photo provided by Captain Jonah Martinez of the Capitana. |
I had to hold onto the pictures until they were released. Now I'm able to show them.
Brent Brisben, co-founder of 1715 Fleet Queens Jewels LLC, showed some of the finds on CBS News this morning. Congratulations Brent!
Here's the link.
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/spanish-gold-coins-worth-millions-found-off-florida-coast/
Can you imagine how excited the divers were when they saw the glitter of gold on the bottom.
I remember when I got the picture of all the musket balls. I thought, they are close. I was right.
You'll undoubtedly see more on the news in the coming days.
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| Another Picture Of The New Treasure Coast Finds. Picture provided by Captain Jonah Martinez. |
These are just the first of the pictures that I will post. There will be more. I'll have some bigger closeups and other nice views and details.
Captain Jonah picked the hot spot. Way to go Captain!
Thanks to Captain Martinez for sharing the pictures, and congratulations to the crew and all who were lucky enough to play a part in this great find!
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That is the way it was almost five years ago.
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Dan B., as a crew member of the Capitana on the day of the find, wrote a book of his experiences leading up to and including that historic find, but as far as I know never published it. I have a copy of the draft, and provided some editorial suggestions, but for some reason Dan didn't want the book publicized.
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In Allan Craig's Colonial Gold Coins in the Florida Collection (copyrighted in 2000), Craig stated the following.
Eventually there may be still be more additions to the state holdings from future divisions, but the great bulk of specie believed to be on board (based upon manifests) has already been recovered. The actual number of gold coins remaining to be recovered from the 1715 wrecks is probably not great....
That was 15 years before the 300th Anniversary find of 350 gold coins. Nobody knows how much more is out there, but it could be big.
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov |
Hanna is now a hurricane and is just off the coast of Texas.
Gonzalo is a tropical storm and looks like it will stay down around South America.
The other system coming off Africa is still too far away to say much about.
Happy hunting,
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