The Fleet Society received this YouTube video from Mel King and Faye Asano of Big Blue Wreck Salvage, Inc., Denver, CO. Mel and Faye were on the deck of the Capitana when lead diver, Bill Bartlett, came up holding his glove, later dubbed the “Golden Glove” which was filled with gold coins including a gold Royal. […]
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During July, I spent a considerable amount of time in Florida getting things ready for Commemoration Week. Although my duties took up most of my time, I did manage to contact some folks to see if they had time to meet with me while I was in the area. All of these folks had some
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Hello all. As promised in a prior Newsletter post, what follows is a summary of the events of the 300th Anniversary Commemoration week, July 27 – 31, 2015. For those of you who were fortunate enough to be there during that time you may find that this wrap up will, hopefully, bring back some pleasant
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Today, Brent Brisben of 1715 Fleet-Queens Jewels, LLC., announced the recovery of over 350 gold coins including nine Royals on July 30 – 31, 2015. This announcement came within weeks of the news conference held in Sebastian, Florida which revealed the discovery of 53 gold coins and a gold Royal dated 1715 recovered by the
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Hello all. I am now back home following my month-long trip to Florida. Now that I am back I will be working on a Newsletter item which summarizes last week’s events together with pictures. I have several hundred images to review so it probably will take me about a week to get it posted. I
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Mike Brown, noted diver and author from Albany, Georgia has been formally inducted into the 1715 Fleet Society Honor Roll. The Society’s Honor Roll recognizes individuals whose efforts in discovery, recovery, archaeology, writing or research have enriched our lives and expanded our knowledge regarding the 1715 Fleet. Mike has personally been involved in recovering several significant
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The Treasure of the Month for August 2015 is the “Tricentennial Royal.” Named for the 300th Anniversary of the loss of the 1715 Fleet, this superior fully dated 1715 eight escudos gold Royal was found on the Douglass Beach site near Fort Pierce, Florida, on June 17, 2015. The discovery of this Royal was not
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