When he resurfaced, “every fingertip was stacked with gold coins ... During the legal battle, the Spanish government never asserted an interest on the lost treasure and so it has no claim ...

A Florida family of professional treasure hunters has struck gold after discovering over $1 million worth of coins and jewelry in a huge Spanish shipwreck from the 18th century, Florida Today reports.

The find includes 51 gold ... Spanish ships in a hurricane off Florida on July 30, 1715. After the fleet went down, taking with it more than 1000 lives, Spain recovered much of the sunken treasure ...

The Spanish galleon, discovered in 2015 ... A 300-year-old shipwreck in the Caribbean is believed to hold gold and silver coins, emeralds, and other sunken treasures that could be worth $20 ...

Florida treasure hunters have found a trove of US$4.5 million worth of Spanish gold coins, 300 years to the day after the fleet of ships carrying it sunk in a hurricane while en route from Havana ...

The 37 gold coins were snatched from the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet and have a total value of $1 million, according to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission press release.