Dikatakan sejumlah 350 keping syiling emas itu ditemui tak jauh dari kawasan pantai Florida, A.S.
Syiling emas tersebut adalah sebahagian daripada kargo berharga milik 12 kapal Sepanyol yang tenggelam ketika ribut petir ketika dalam perjalanan pulang dari Cuba ke Sepanyol.
Syiling diraja itu bertarikh 1715 dan telah dicetak pada masa pemerintahan Raja Phillip V of Spain (1683-1746).
Menurut salah seorang penyelam, William Bartlett,
“A find like this is the equivalent of winning an Olympic gold medal."
“This is what we [treasure hunters of the 1715 Fleet] all come here to do. For four months out of the year we eat, sleep and live treasure. When we're not actually treasure hunting, we're usually talking about treasure hunting. We hang out with other treasure hunters," said Bartlett.
He told Reuters later that the gold “looks like it fell into the water yesterday."
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