Discovering a treasure of 4.5 million USD on the seabed

A group of divers in Florida, USA discovered 350 gold coins off the Vero Sea believed to be a ship wrecked 300 years ago.

According to RT, off the coast of Vero, Florida, divers Brent Brisben, along with three members of the S / V team of Capitana divers Jonah Martinez, Bartlett and Dan Beckingham have discovered the treasure contains about 350 Spanish gold coins located. off the east coast of Florida.

The group of divers found the treasure.

Nine of these coins are the Royal bronze , made specifically for the Spanish King Phillip-V in the early 1700s. Estimated value of treasure is about $ 4.5 million.

Brisben said it had to use the ship's propeller to blow the whirlpools of water into the seabed 2.4 meters deep to find gold coins. The search process lasts up to 5 consecutive days.

According to divers, this amount dates back to the 18th century but when discovered it is still intact.

Gold coins are found on shipwrecks.

The incident happened at the time of the 300th anniversary of the sinking on 12 ships carrying millions of gold coins and jewelry, including the jewelry of the Spanish queen on her way back from Havana, Cuba. The shipwreck occurred due to the impact of a terrible storm at sea. It also claimed the lives of more than 1,000 sailors.

Brisben is currently the director of 1715 Fleet Queens Jewels LLC, which owns the above assets.