Treasure hunter unearths silver coins from 300-year-old Spanish shipwreck on Florida beach. Max Chesnes. Treasure Coast. INDIAN RIVER SHORES, Fla.

Two treasure hunters discovered $6,000 worth of silver coins on a southern Florida beach that came from the wreckage of a fleet of Spanish ships that sunk there in 1715.. Jonah Martinez, a 43-year ...

Following Spain’s arrival to the Americas, the kingdom began minting copper Maravedis in the early 1500s specifically for distribution among its colonies. By the discovery’s minting in 1661, Spain was ...

Martinez pulled 22 Spanish silver coins from the surf, each dating back to a shipwreck 305 years ago, he said. ...

Centuries-old coins, believed to be part of a $17 billion treasure trove on the shipwreck of the Spanish galleon ship San ...

The largest collection of Roman coins found in Spain is now on exhibit. The museum display features 50,000 ancient coins from ...

Besides the aforementioned cobs that were already long in circulation, Spanish mints stepped up their production of well-struck round silver coins in numerous denominations, ranging from a ...

There's silver and gold in the water. Over the past week, the crew found more than 50 Spanish colonial coins. "We found gold for the first time in the last 10 or 15 years, and we also found a 1659 ...

Some of the gold coins treasure-hunters recovered from the wreck of a Spanish cargo ship that sank off the Florida coast in 1715. Photograph by 1715 Fleet - Queens Jewels, LLC 300-Year-Old Spanish ...

Martinez pulled 22 Spanish silver coins from the surf, each dating back to a shipwreck 305 years ago, he said. ...

One coin alone could be worth upwards of $2,000. But while this isn't his biggest or most successful find (Martinez once found $6.5 million worth of gold coins), the thrill is still there, he said.