Ads
related to: antique treasure box with key west open for travel
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The registered wealth included 166,574 silver “pieces of eight” treasure coins, more than 550 ingots of silver weighing approximately 10,000 pounds, and over 9,000 ounces of gold in the form of bars, discs, and bits. Additionally, there was a large amount of contraband treasure smuggled on board to avoid a 20 percent tax to the Spanish king.
The Key West Shipwreck Museum (formerly Shipwreck Historeum) is located in Key West, Florida, United States. It combines actors, films and actual artifacts to tell the story of 400 years of shipwreck salvage in the Florida Keys. The museum itself is a re-creation of a 19th-century warehouse built by wrecker tycoon Asa Tift.
The key is to get in early and get all of the good stuff.” Denver Designer Kristina Phillips, who is based in Denver, returns to many of the same local antiques shops time and time again.
In June 2011, divers from Mel Fisher's Treasure Salvors found an antique emerald ring believed to be from the wreck. It is said that the ring is worth an estimated $500,000. The ring was found 56 kilometres (35 mi) from Key West , along with two silver spoons and other artifacts.
After 16 years combing through the sea off Key West, Fisher’s salvage crew, nicknamed the “Golden Crew,” uncovered the Atocha site about 35 miles southwest of Key West on July 20, 1985.
Collins-Black said finding the leads in the text would require a close read — and a sharp but open mind. Collins-Black secured most of the pieces of treasure at auction and through antique ...
The St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum is a museum dedicated to pirate artifacts. Formerly known as the Pirate Soul Museum, the museum was located at 524 Front Street, Key West, Florida, United States. It was announced in February 2010 that the museum was being moved to St Augustine, Florida. It reopened there on December 8, 2010, as the St ...
“McKee's Museum of Sunken Treasure, Treasure Harbor, Plantation Key, Florida” by Boston Public Library Licensing This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.