Florida Family Finds Sunken Treasure Off Florida Coast
Florida Family Finds Sunken
Treasure Off Florida Coast
Florida Family Finds Sunken
Treasure Off Florida Coast
BBC News: Florida family finds sunken treasure
Click to viewHunting for sunken treasure has finally paid off for one family as they find $300.000 of gold off the Florida coast. Rich Schmitt and his family found Spanish gold chains and coins from the wreckage of a convoy of ships that sunk after being hit by a hurricane in 1715. The state of Florida will take some of the gold for display in a museum. Anne-Marie Tomchak reports.
Family finds $300,000 worth of gold coins, jewelry off Fort Pierce Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013
Family finds $300,000 worth of gold coins, jewelry off Fort Pierce
FORT PIERCE - A treasure-hunting family struck it rich last weekend when they discovered about $300,000 worth of gold coins and chains off the coast of Fort Pierce.
The latest discovery by the Schmitt family is likely from a fleet of Spanish ships that was destroyed by a hurricane while returning from a voyage to Cuba in 1715.
The weekend haul includes eight gold chains (weighing about 3 pounds), five gold coins and a gold ring. It's the biggest find the family has ever made in their 13 years of searching.
The Schmitts subcontract for a company called 1715 Treasure Fleet. Florida will get 20% of the value first, then 1715 Treasure Fleet and the Schmitts will divide the rest.
Schmitt family discovers $300,000 worth of gold coins, jewelry off Florida coast
Schmitt family discovers $300,000 worth of gold coins, jewelry off Florida coast
09/03/2013 By: CNN Wire
The Schmitt family has spent every day of the last 13 summers searching for gold off the Treasure Coast of Florida. And it looks like their hard work sifting through trash in the Atlantic Ocean has finally paid off: They've just discovered a trove of gold that could be worth more than $300,000.
It started with a single gold coin, spotted over the Labor Day weekend by Dale Zeak, a diver and friend of the Schmitt family. Zeak then spotted more coins and gold chains that he saved for 26-year-old Eric Schmitt, who brought them to the surface Sunday.
"Eric's the one who picked that spot that day," said his sister, Hillary Schmitt. "It was his turn to bring something up."
Eric, who is currently on another dive and could not be reached by phone, shared his experience with Scripps Station WPTV.
"It was a lot of emotion," he said. "The first was excitement followed by a lot of almost ... crying."
All told, the family's recent discovery included eight gold chains (weighing about three pounds), five gold coins and a gold ring. It's the biggest find the family has ever made, and they've been doing this a long, long time.
Hillary and Eric's father, Rick Schmitt, learned to dive early in life and went on his first treasure hunt when he was a teen. After retiring and selling his pest control business in 1999, Schmitt decided to start a new company, Booty Salvage.
"My dad wanted to share that experience with us kids," said Hillary, 20, who has been diving since she was 5 years old. She adds that there's something special about seeing gold for yourself in the water. "We love doing it. It's a family effort. ... Not only are we doing something that's really fun, we get to do it as a family. It's a pretty awesome experience."
The family leaves the dock every day at 7:30 a.m. during the summer. They'll stay out on their boat, "Aarrr Booty," as long as the weather will allow, usually packing up by 5 p.m. to make it in before sunset.
The latest haul by the Schmitts is likely from a fleet of Spanish ships that was destroyed by a hurricane while returning from a voyage to Cuba in 1715. All 11 ships in that fleet were wrecked, according to Brent Brisben, owner of the 1715 Treasure Fleet - Queens Jewels. His company has the exclusive rights to salvage the remains of that fleet, and he subcontracts the work to several individuals and families, including the Schmitts.
Their find is just one of many made from the fleet since Brisben bought the salvage rights in 2010 at the urging of his dad, who "has been enamored with the allure of treasure most of his life."
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