Thank you for sharing your treasure and your stories this past year. Thank you for reading our posts and for sending us your comments. It was wonderful to be with you in the festivities of the 300th Anniversary events in Florida this past July and we look forward to a busy and fruitful 2016. On […]
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As a follow up to our Fleet Society Research Update of December 3rd, here is another Fleet Society Research Update. We now have posted on our website the second of 3 installments of 1715 dated Mexican eight reales from the State of Florida Collection. Each installment includes 35 images of full or partially dated eight reales coins struck at
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On behalf of myself and the Directors of the 1715 Fleet Society (Ernie Richards and Phil Flemming) I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and all the best in 2016. We look forward to seeing our many friends at the FUN Show in Tampa next month (January 7 – 10, 2016). If you
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As a follow up to our Fleet Society Research Update of December 3rd, here is another Fleet Society Research Update. We now have posted on our website the first of 3 installments of 1715 dated Mexican eight reales from the State of Florida Collection. Each installment includes 35 images of full or partially dated eight reales coins struck
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For all of those planning to attend the 61st Annual FUN Show in Tampa, Florida, please note that the Show will begin on Thursday, January 7, 2016 and end Sunday, January 10, 2016. The 1715 Fleet Society will, as usual, be present and can be found at Table 2211. This year we will have some
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Crawford Entertainment of Lake Mary, Florida has announced the production of a special one hour documentary on the 1715 Fleet. “The Lost Treasure Fleet of 1715” is scheduled to premier nationally in June, 2016. The program features a host of luminaries including the well-known and widely respected Dr. John de Bry (Director of the Center
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What some call the “holy grail” of shipwrecks has been found off the port city of Cartagena, Columbia. The San Jose, a Spanish Galleon, has recently been found and is estimated to hold more than $1 Billion in gold, silver, gems and jewelry collected in the South American Colonies before 1708. The ship, sunk by the British during
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When Christopher Columbus (and those who closely followed) ventured to the New World, he sailed on a Spanish vessel, and he probably flew the ensign of the Catholic Sovereigns Ferdinand and Isabella. This banner is divided into four quarters, with lions occupying two diagonal spaces and with castles sitting in the other two. These symbols
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As visitors to this website are aware, the Fleet Society is deeply involved in encouraging and promoting research into all things Fleet related, and the purpose of this post is to provide you with a Fleet Society research update. That is why we were delighted to receive an e mail from Dave Rinehart of Melbourne,
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The December 2015 Fleet Society Treasure of the Month is a gold statuette recovered in 2010 at the Douglass Beach Wreck site, just south of Fort Pierce. Found on Sunday August 15, 2010 by diver Bonnie Schubert, this iconic relic stands a stately 5½” tall and weighs in at a hefty 177 g. This 22kt
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