Skip to content
  • Happy Health
  • Happy Mindset
  • Animal Wonders
  • About Us
    • Team
  • Subscribe
Menu
  • Happy Health
  • Happy Mindset
  • Animal Wonders
  • About Us
    • Team
  • Subscribe
Happy News

The Million Dollar Ocean Treasure Discovery

Salvage divers working for Queen’s Jewels LLC have pulled over 1,000 silver and gold coins worth approximately $1 million from a Spanish treasure fleet that sank off Florida’s coast in 1715 when a hurricane sent 11 ships carrying an estimated $400 million in gold, silver, and jewels to the bottom of the ocean. The haul includes five gold escudos that surfaced just as gold prices hit all-time record highs, along with silver Reales known as pieces of eight that were minted in the Imperial colonies of Peru, Bolivia, and Mexico, each telling a story through visible minting dates, designs, and mill marks. Captain Levin Shavers and the crew of the M/V Just Right discovered the bonafide pirate treasure at a site along Florida’s “Treasure Coast,” pulling up coin after coin in what Director of Operations Saul Guttuso calls both rare and extraordinary for finding 1,000 pieces in a single recovery.

The discovery represents tangible links to people who lived, worked, and sailed during the Golden Age of the Spanish Empire, with each coin serving as a piece of history from the ill-fated Plate Fleet that lost every penny and all hands when the hurricane struck. Evidence suggests the coins were held in a burlap sack, which might mean up to 2,000 more coins are still waiting on the seafloor where divers have already looked, still waiting to be found after three centuries underwater. Salvager Mike Perna admits he’ll never finish in his lifetime because they’ve barely scratched the surface, noting that the storm took 10 minutes to deposit what is taking them years to find. This incredible discovery proves that sometimes the ocean holds onto its secrets for centuries before deciding the time is right to reveal treasures that connect us directly to dramatic moments in history when fortunes were made, lost, and now miraculously recovered.

PrevPreviousKoala Piggybacking On A Dog!!!

Recent Articles

Happy News

What Fishermen Are Seeing On Beaches Will Blow Your Mind

October 12, 2025

Early morning fishermen along Gujarat’s Saurashtra coast are witnessing something extraordinary as massive paw prints appear in the wet sand and lions emerge from nearby scrub, making the Arabian Sea shoreline their new home. The latest 2025 census records 891 Asiatic lions across India, including 134 now living along the

Read More
Happy News

The New Law Inspired By One Sleeping Baby

October 12, 2025

California just became the first state to ban those ear-splitting commercials that blast through your speakers during streaming sessions on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and YouTube, finally extending protections that have existed for broadcast television since 2010. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the groundbreaking legislation into law, forcing streaming platforms to

Read More
Happy New

How Bob Ross Is STILL Helping PBS

October 12, 2025

Thirty original paintings created by beloved artist Bob Ross are being auctioned off to help small and rural public television stations that are reeling from devastating federal funding cuts totaling $1.1 billion. The paintings, which span Ross’ career and include his signature serene mountain vistas and lake scenes, were mostly

Read More
« Previous Next »
  • Privacy Notice
  • Accessibility Notice
  • Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
  • Unsubscribe
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Privacy Notice
  • Accessibility Notice
  • Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
  • Unsubscribe
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2025 HappyNews.