1715 fleet treasure bust

Can someone fill me in on the details so far, as to what has happened (how many coins recovered, was there a cache found, etc.)?
 

Well...no. The State HAS changed the time on a first degree felony to four years.
I stand corrected. Thanks for the update. If that's true everywhere I can breathe a sigh of relief...
See post 56, there was a picture of 101 coins sent to Brent and Queens Jewels only had 51 coins
Forensics be jammin' a brother up. I can understand why people commit crimes out of greed. But why would someone commit a crime when the evidence has already been documented in images? As they say, the perfect crime is one where it is never known that a crime has occurred. And what would the total value be for those 51 coins? Unless they are worth a million a piece, the risk doesn't seem anywhere close to worth it.
 

Do investors typically participate for one season at a time? As I recall, that was the Fisher Model to avoid SEC regulations.

I wrote an article about investing in sunken treasure hunting some time ago - some parts of the business probably haven't changed.

Good luck to all,

The Old Bookaroo
My cousin was an original investor with Mel Fisher. He wend down and dived with his son before his sons death. He dove the wreck often. He did very well on his investment and donated a large portion to a museum for tax reasons. The museum sold it. I really enjoyed handling the gold coins and he gave me some papered 8 reales .Part of his take were emeralds which he traded back for coins. Said the emeralds looked like melted coke bottles!
Shame on people who ruin good things for others.
 

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