The 1715 Treasure of the Month for April 2015 is this attractive, well-struck two escudos from the Colombian mint at Santa Fe de Bogotá. This coin is a recent discovery, found at the Corrigan’s Wreck Site in July of 2013. At that time a small group of Santa Fe escudos was found by Queens Jewels, LLC. […]
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The 1715 Fleet Society is proud to bring you a Video Interview with Lou Ullian, one of the original Real 8 Company Members. Louis J. Ullian was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1932. He gained a mechanical engineering degree from Purdue University in 1955 and from there went directly into the Navy. He served in
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The 1715 Fleet Society is proud to bring you a two part video interview with Colonel Dan Thompson, a native of Savannah, Georgia and an electrical engineering graduate of the Air Force Institute of Technology. Colonel Thompson was Director of Range Safety Operations with the Eastern Test Range based at Patrick Air Force Base. An Air Force
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The 1715 Fleet Society is proud to bring you a Video Interview with Dr. Kip Kelso, one of the original Real 8 Company Members. Kip Kelso was born in 1918 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a long time resident of the Sebastian/Indian River County area in which he was the last descendent of four generations
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Over the last several years, the 1715 Fleet Society and representatives of Florida United Numismatists worked with the State of Florida’s Bureau of Archaeological Research to organize an exhibit featuring the State of Florida’s collection of 1715 Fleet artifacts. The plan was to have the exhibit in the year 2015 which would mark the 300th
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Recently, John de Bry, Director of the Center for Historical Archaeology and a 1715 Fleet Society contributor, sent us this incredible photograph which is being shown here publicly for the first time. It depicts a 1715 Fleet treasure chest being recovered from the Cabin Wreck site in 1967. What is unique about this image is
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The Treasure of the Month for March 2015 is this sharp little bracelet consisting of a replica of a Mexico eight escudos gold piece, and four Mexico silver reales. This bracelet was formerly owned by an employee of the Real Eight Company who acquired it in the early 1970s. It has been in her possession
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