US family finds gold treasure
A family which has spent years hunting for treasure has found $1million worth of gold artefacts in the wreckage of a fleet of 18th-century Spanish ships off the coast of Florida. Rick and Lisa Schmitt, their two children and daughter-in-law have used their salvage vessel Aarrr Booty to scour the ocean for treasure for the past two summers. In June, Eric, the couple's 27-year-old son, found and recovered gold coins and chains from the wreckage of the convoy, which has laid some 15 feet under the water off Fort Pierce, around 130 miles north of Miami since 1715. The well-preserved hoard includes 51 gold coins of various denominations and 40 feet of ornate gold chains featuring olive blossoms.
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