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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.
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.
Clues for where the treasures were buried are provided in a puzzle book named The Secret produced by Byron Preiss and first published by Bantam in 1982. [1] The book was authored by Sean Kelly and Ted Mann and illustrated by John Jude Palencar, John Pierard, and Overton Loyd; JoEllen Trilling, Ben Asen, and Alex Jay also contributed to the book. [2]
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.
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.