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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.
The Custom House currently serves as the Key West Museum of Art & History, which is one of four museums operated by the Key West Art & Historical Society. Exhibits include local history, famous personalities including Ernest Hemingway , maritime history, and works by local artists.
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.
Jon Collins-Black hid five treasure chests across the US for a public hunt. The chests contain valuable items such as a Casascius bitcoin, an emerald, and rare Pokémon cards.
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.
Pirate artifacts, formerly the Pirate Soul Museum in Key West St. Cloud Heritage Museum: St. Cloud: Osceola Central Local history Photographs, documents and artifacts of local history and culture, operated by the Woman's Club of St. Cloud St. Lucie County Regional History Center: Fort Pierce: St. Lucie Central East Local history
An audience at the U.S. Military Academy hoped to see military relics or historical documents pulled from the box. West Point archeologist Paul Hudson and West Point Museum curator Michael Diaz ...
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.