For decades, treasure hunters in search of gold have been diving to explore shipwrecks off the Florida Keys. In 1985, a mother lode gold haul was found inside the Nuestra de Atocha Spanish galleon which, heavily laden with precious gems and metals, tobacco, bronze cannons, and indigo, was ripped apart by a hurricane in 1622. Leading up to the anniversary of that epic find, on July 19, second-generation treasure hunter Zach Moore found a gold coin worth $98,000 at the wreck. It is the first Atocha gold coin found at the site since 2001, Mel Fisher’s Treasures stated, as well as the 121st Atocha gold coin found, to date. Moore, an engineer from Vero Beach, Florida, joined the crew of Mel Fisher’s Treasures salvage vessel J.B. Magruder a few years ago. His father, William Moore, had been part of the crew that recovered the mother lode of Atocha in 1985. “During one …
Diver Finds Gold Coin Worth $98,000 in 400-Year-Old Spanish Shipwreck off Florida Keys
August 16, 2021
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