00:00Finally this morning, if you've ever dreamed of finding buried treasure, well, somebody actually
00:07has. Searchers pulled more than 1,000 silver and gold coins worth the cool million dollars
00:13from the ocean floor of Florida's aptly named Treasure Coast. The loot comes from a Spanish
00:19fleet that sank more than 300 years ago in a hurricane. And yes, they are legitimate pieces.
00:24How neat is that? They were discovered by Captain Levin Shavers and his crew aboard the MV
00:30Just Right, which sounds like the kind of boat that would stumble on a pirate payday, right?
00:35Historians say the coins may have spilled from a single chest as the ship broke apart. Some
00:41still have visible mint marks from Spanish colonies like Mexico, Peru, and Bolivia. How neat is that?
00:48And the best part? These coins are not just treasure. They're tiny time capsules from the
00:53Spanish Empire's Golden Age.
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