Minted in Peru in 1707, the money bolsters the evidence that the wreck is the Spanish ship "San José," which sank off the ...

Following Spain’s arrival to the Americas, the kingdom began minting copper Maravedis in the early 1500s specifically for ...

Colombian academics have used high-definition images of coins to identify the ship as the San José, which was heading from ...

The ship was carrying 200 tons of gold and a treasure trove of diamonds and jewels, estimated to be worth USD 16 billion ...

A spectacular find off the coast of Colombia has provided a rare glimpse into the riches of one of the most valuable ...

FORT PIERCE – The man accused of selling Spanish gold coins ... was aboard the Aarrr Booty treasure hunting boat when her brother Eric Schmitt found 51 gold coins and 40 feet of gold chain ...

There's gold in them thar waters. So a Sebastian treasure hunter is seeking a federal permit to keep searching for treasures among 10 Spanish ships that sank just offshore of the Treasure Coast ...

The historical wrecks were laden with treasure, as the Spanish were carrying gold and silver from the "New World" to Spain to help pay for the country's costly wars, according to the 1715 Fleet ...

Thirty-seven of 50 gold coins which conservation officials said were stolen from a 1715 Spanish fleet shipwreck site by treasure hunters nearly a decade ago — valued at roughly $1 million ...

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.