Spanish gold coins worth millions found off Florida coast

The story begins in the 18th century when 11 Spanish ships were destroyed in a hurricane off the Florida coast. They were sailing from Cuba to Spain. Last month, 300 years to the day since the disaster, a Florida salvage company recovered 350 sunken gold coins. They are worth $4.5 million. 1715 Fleet Queens Jewels co-founder Brent Brisben joins “CBS This Morning” with some of the rare coins.

[@bobbymcdowell9694]

You. Find. Gold. Don't. Tell no one. Thay. Will. Steel. It. BOB

[@AllYouCanWatchChannel]

15% or more was given to the government. The rest was given to the founders. So basically you only say you have like 80 coins and the government will take like 12 of them. But in reality you actually found 150. You save yourself probably well over a million, yet the coins are accounted for and so they will increase in value. As long as the coins are historically accounted for then you ight.

[@gardensofthegods]

When the camera first went in on his face he had the same expression I've seen on baseball legend Pete Rose

[@22koga]

Its a joke that he gets to own rights to all of it when his father bought said rights with the treasure money he found !

[@woffwoff9939]

fantastic...

[@TJL2010]

Ain’t nobody finding gold in 2020 😆😂

[@luisvera865]

I might have one lol

[@UnknowngodYt]

@@luisvera865 me too lmao it looks similar but idk ima have to check

[@thebiggestcontroversy5881]

how about if i found portuguese gold coin in coast of malacca,malaysia???they came here before too

[@ssdiana1]

Hey Im from Malaysia, I also found Portuguese goldcoin in coast of malacca malaysia... 😅

[@TyroneBeiron]

It's great work for these salvage to find and return these treasures to the surface to be enjoyed again. 👍🏼

[@juanruvalcaba1823]

Stap is Spanish but that gold is from the Americas

[@m.m.6925]

Yes, and America is from the planet earth... Europeans.Of course they are stealing, from all over the world..

[@colacao6065]

@@m.m.6925 Throughout the world there have been empires and powers that have fought and conquered others throughout the history of humanity, the human being is like that. The same American empires conquered and oppressed smaller and weak tribes, such as the Aztecs or the Incas. In the same way that the European "evildoers" we have suffered more invasions than anyone in history. On the other hand, learn history before speaking, because the Spanish imperial system was one of overseas kingdoms and provinces (like Rome), and not a colonial system like 19th century European imperialism. About the American gold and silver, only 15% went to the king. For some reason viceregal America is so splendid and even today great monuments and architectural works of the viceregal era are preserved in America.

[@19azul89]

if those coins were made specifically for the King of Spain and were salvaged from a spanish ship then they should pay " the royal fifth " ( spanish tax ) to the current king of spain

[@thefreese1]

No ,salvage rights go to the salvors and the country/state of the place where they were found.. in other words , finders keepers really applies here .

[@asahutchinsonsuckslittledi1056]

You ain't never heard about the law of the sea man that gives you the right to Savage anything in the international waters every nation has signed that treaty if it's in the international waters it's yours

[@robnewman6101]

Wow, those coins.

[@duanewhite3184]

Sure wish I could have one of them coins for my collection

[@alvincook8888]

But the owner of the coins is Spain..legally.

[@rickpoole5795]

You mean it doesn't belong to the South American people who were enslaved to mine the gold and silver?

[@mrsoshadabaadman]

Didn't the Spanish government claim the gold back from a guy who found a much larger shipment.

[@bobbymcdowell9694]

Finder. Keepers

[@thomasmagda4580]

How is this news? They have been pulling treasure out of there since the 50's.

[@qh3012]

I watched this cuase I have a thing like that

[@hankterreros223]

lucky dudes

[@NPC1921]

*TWO GOLD DOUBLOOOONS!*

[@supahcomix]

*PLASTIIIC!*

[@benjaminanthony5201]

I found one too

[@KellyZullo]

“My dad bought the rights so all the coins are mine” says veruca salt

[@shaxdowblah3373]

Are you kidding me. Im stuck in Nebraska and I could be getting rich off the coast of florida

[@robnewman6101]

Spanish Gold Coins Ahoy.

[@miniatures1]

I can't fathom someone who finds millions of dollars worth of treasure and then proceeds to flap their jaw to everyone they know including government about what they have just unearthed you will find out real quick how many people think they can get a piece of your pie people take my advice if you find something that is worth 100's of millions of dollars or even all the way down to just a few hundred dollars DON'T TELL ANYONE ABOUT IT! Don't be stupid keep it to yourself only for your family to know about it because it's no one else's business but yours.

[@danielmoralez3]

I've just found a 1730's Spanish coin in my grandma's house when I was cleaning her house. Is there a way that I can get the verified that's it is real?

[@alvincook8888]

Go to a history professor of a University. If he cant help, he/she would know another professor.

[@tardwrangler]

Well?

[@blackghost1734]

Send to pcgs

[@tammycraig5460]

How can you tell these are real

[@user-hw7dm9ik4p]

not bad reason to legalize, every coin has not damaged, gold is quite soft metal

[@tardwrangler]

Legalize what?

[@user-hw7dm9ik4p]

@@tardwrangler to own gold cions(large), find reasons to legalize, or government will find reason to tax you

[@tardwrangler]

@@user-hw7dm9ik4p Where is it illegal to own gold coins?

[@user-hw7dm9ik4p]

@@tardwrangler Spanish ships...

[@tardwrangler]

@@user-hw7dm9ik4p I mean what country are you not allowed to own gold coins? China?

[@thatcoolkidjoey]

Monopoly🙄

[@user-to4on1fd8g]

Золотые макукины - это очень хорошие монеты! 👍

[@johno1544]

Just wait till Spain sues this guy to reclaim the gold. They tried with the Atocha.

[@tardwrangler]

money's tight

[@dougewing1571]

Only the rich and greedy and find it. They are already rich.. Just plain selfish greed

[@Splxtazy]

UMMMM I FOUND SOME OF THESE LIKE 4 YEARS AGO AND I WAS LOOKING AND THE VALUE

[@nicecoinsnumismatica-th3jh]

Che emozioni🫀🫀

[@chrisrivas8254]

Chris Rivas from San Antonio Texas ,😠😠 that's what money and greed would do to people and still their own brothers land and their Fortune it's all about the money who care where they got it from and where did it come from it belongs to Spain not the USA Florida is a very rich state and there are a bunch of greedy pigs always want to take that does not belong to them so rightfully all of the gold Everything belongs back to Spain

[@elyaqui5324]

Wtf? Hahaha No my friend it belongs to Either Mexico or Cuba. I dont know if there was gold in Cuba so it was most likely Aztec gold melted down into coins and gold bars it was easier to transport. The Spanish were greedy and brutal. They stole all the gold from tenochtitlan! So again that gold belongs to Mexico

[@therealmrfizz8292]

It is international maritime law that anything found on the high seas belongs to the founder.

[@Forests444]

Why did she say most of the story and then the guy did as well. Videos are dumb!!!!!!🤬🤬😡😡🤬🤬🤬

[@trulyblessed5236]

Those golds are probably from the Philippines. Spain stole a lot of golds in the Philippines Watch this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqHFiHWtm5yWa5Y

[@luisvera865]

Jk lol

[@silviayoonavarro6966]

Gold coins belong to Spain

[@KirksCORNER]

No they dont

[@paleo75]

I will never hand over all my escudos to anyone. Yeah Spain provided coinage to the rest of the the civilized world way back then but what's mine is mine. God I love metal detectors! Thank you Alexander Gram Bell

[@anactaneustheeleventh2542]

They belong to the king of Spain.

[@marcorubio3496]

Chelo Figueroa the spanish stole the gold from south america to begin with, these men spend years in the sun and salty waters its bad enough Florida capitalizing on the back of these men, spain can take a hike

[@redbug3485]

Not now! If they were Insured specifically than the company could Sue!

[@seanp3302]

glory to spain.

[@OakenShield.Gaming]

lol Spain lol lol Spain you guys were a world power what 200 years ago

[@paleo75]

Then why are they in my collection where they'll stay 😂

[@eriksanchez9897]

The gold need go back to Spain

[@FernandoGarcia-nz9el]

Erik Sanchez Spain?? It was stollen gold from the Americas.

[@joelc.1591]

No they dont 😂😂😂

[@seanp3302]

glory to spain.

[@paleo75]

Nope! It doesn't!

[@colacao6065]

@@FernandoGarcia-nz9el More than half of the gold and silver extracted stayed in America to build universities, hospitals, cathedrals, canals, aqueducts, roads, ports, cities, and much more. For a reason, viceregal America was richer and more prosperous than the English colonies of North America, even richer than half of Europe. What happens is that to justify the secessions and the failure in which your republics became, they have put into your head the idea that Spain stole your gold. And they don't tell you that with Spain you were really prosperous. Nor do they tell you that you are poor because the property of the mines in your countries is in the hands of British and North American companies, which are the ones that take the gold and silver from your countries without paying anything, while blaming Spain for your countries are poor. In two years, only from Mexico or Peru more minerals are extracted than everything that Spain extracted in 3 centuries from north to south of the American continent