Over the years, divers and treasure hunters on land and sea have come across numerous 1715 Treasure Fleet objects ... to 20% of artifacts found on each site after each salvage season for inclusion ...

and the area has been the site of treasure hunting for centuries. The Schmitt family, operating under their business Booty Salvage, worked as subcontracted salvage operators for 1715 Fleet ...

In November, state agents arrested Eric Schmitt, of Fort Pierce, after discovering 50 gold coins had been stolen in 2015 from ...

A treasure hunter is accused of selling eight of 50 rare gold coins — worth over $1 million — found in a 2015 dive on the famous 1715 Fleet of Spanish ships that wrecked off the Treasure Coast ...

For nearly a decade, Brent Brisben believed a treasure hunting family he hired to salvage the famous 1715 Fleet shipwrecks had been wildly successful by finding 51 Spanish gold coins, including a ...