1,000+ treasure coins pulled from 1715 shipwreck off Florida coast

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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 Just

00:31Right, which sounds like the kind of boat that would stumble on a pirate payday, right? Historians

00:36say the coins may have spilled from a single chest as the ship broke apart. Some still

00:42have visible mint marks from Spanish colonies like Mexico, Peru, and Bolivia. How neat is

00:47that? And the best part? These coins are not just treasure, they're tiny time capsules

00:52from the Spanish Empire's Golden Age.