Florida family of explorers discovers treasure from 1715 shipwreck

A family found $1 million dollars in gold and other artifacts off the Florida coast from a fleet of ships that sank 300 years ago. Vladimir Duthiers spoke to the Schmitt family to find out what it takes to excavate underwater.

[tooge]

Lesson here: do NOT speak a word, simply sell your find one coin at a time discreetly

[BrasspineappleProductions]

I'm happy for them.
I live in Southwest Florida myself.

Its pretty much every Floridians dream

[kat]

State of Florida should pay 20% of their expenses too

[jimswordsnchords]

When the pirate was asked, "Why do you keep a steering wheel in your pants?' He replied. "Aargh, it's drivin' me nuts!" lol

[tooge]

The IRS will be along very soon to take THEIR cut.
'Land of the Free my hiney

[sean_relics]

I have an assortment of items from the same wreck: an 8 reale, half reale, musket ball, a copper spike, and a few cannonball shards, but I hope to one day get a hold of an escudo from the wreck

[antoniogutierrezjr]

I’m a Spaniard fascinated by dreaming bout these treasures of my ansestors

[heRIOT]

Ok so don't tell them how much you actually found. Easy fix...

[brucebaird-]

Family: Guess what I found!?

Government: what ever it is, you technically don’t own it 😈

[ambler]

The news reporters look so pissed off LOL

[johnscanlon]

Lol that illustration of the prop wash deflector was hilarious, like it has 100 ft of pipe hanging off the back down to the seabed, what the guy dropped off the back of the boat is it the wash does the rest

[TaylorHaubrich]

where he fucked up is by telling everyone about his discovery. he ain't too smart.

[ElCincoSiete]

Going to buy a diving gear right now!! say hello to the new treausre hunter.

[ronniewilliz]

Holy crap thats the coin we have, but pewter

[KirksCORNER]

ppl need to stop talking and hide what they find..

[qmoonp]

"company that owns the rights to the wreckage" lmao. Easy way for future discoveries to go unreported.

[SodaPop]

Congratulations! You found golf artifacts, sell them to Mel Fischer's museum or any museum for the public to see.

[hankterreros]

"AARRRR", matey, shiver me timbers, pirates.

[PeterOkeefe]

how is the public area owned by anyone??...the people share it

[jamesjones-biyh]

Why would the state get anything you found from 300 years ago in the sea? Wouldn't give them one red penny!