They look for him 5 years, but what they found on the ship is simply astounding!

The treasure hunters from the US state of Florida reported finding at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean 350 gold coins from sunken Spanish galleons. The cost of the most expensive coins valued at approximately $ 300 thousand. Unit



On detection of a large treasure on the ocean floor off the coast of Florida, said the US company in 1715 Fleet, which belongs to a professional treasure hunter Brent Brisbane, reports BBC BBC. The treasure was found in shallow water near the shore.

It is about finding 350 gold coins, and gold chains and utensils on board merchant galleons sunk about 300 years ago, while sailing from Florida to Spain.

Nine out of found coins are extremely rare. These coins were made specifically for the King of Spain, Philip V, at the moment the cost of one such coin is about $ 300 thousand., Said portal Florida Today. All discovery is estimated at $ 4, 5 mln.



Brent Brisbane and hired a team they discovered gold on 30 July but his finding Brisbane told the press only on 19 August. A total of 11 divers found the bottom of the ships, which formerly belonged to commercial fleets in Spain, he said.

Company Fleet 1715 searches conducted on this site since 2010.

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