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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.
In the novel Supernatural: Bone Key based on the American TV series Supernatural, protagonist Dean Winchester is infused with all of the ghosts on Key West to fight a vengeance spirit called the Last Calusa. Mel Fisher is one of the spirits infused into Dean who relives Mel's burning desire to find the shipwreck.
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.
Key West Heritage House Museum and Robert Frost Cottage: Key West: Monroe Florida Keys: Historic house Key West Light House and Keeper's Quarters Museum: Key West: Monroe Florida Keys: Maritime Lighthouse and museum Key West Museum of Art & History: Key West: Monroe Florida Keys: Multiple Art and local history Key West Shipwreck Historeum ...
The company then enlisted 20 women to travel to department stores and women's conventions—all using the name "Kaye King"—to teach the techniques featured in the film.
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 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 hunt is accompanied by his new book, There’s Treasure Inside, a 243-page guide filled with origin stories of the treasures, maps, and puzzles designed to lead curious hunters to the loot.