A Florida family of treasurehunters have made their third discovery in three years, this time finding Spanish gold worth more than $1million from a 300-year-old wreck.
The find includes 51 gold coins and 12 meters (40ft) of ornate gold chain, which were recovered exactly 300 years after a fleet of 11 galleons sailing from Havana to Spain sank during a hurricane.
The amazing find was announced by Brent Brisben, the owner of the 1715 Fleet – Queens Jewels LLC salvage company which bought the rights to the wreck in 2010.

But it was made by Eric Schmitt who was diving near Fort Pierce during his yearly treasure-hunting trip with his wife, his sister and his parents on the family salvage vessel named ‘Aarrr Booty’.
It was the third discovery made in the area by the Schmitts who subcontract the right to treasure the wreck site from Brisben’s company.
Under US federal and Florida state law, 20 percent of the find will go for display in a state museum, while the remainder will be split between Brisben’s company and the Schmitt family.

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