FWC said the gold was stolen in 2015 when contracted salvage operators uncovered 101 gold coins off Florida’s Treasure Coast. In partnership with the FBI, officials said those operators were selling the coins illegally over the last year. Arbutine finds ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has successfully recovered 37 gold coins stolen from the 1715 Fleet shipwrecks, valued collectively at over $1 million. The recovery marks a major milestone in a long-standing investigation into the theft and illegal trafficking of these priceless historical artifacts.

It's a modern-day pirate's tale. Florida Fish and Wildlife investigators have recovered 37 gold coins they said were stolen.

A professional treasure hunter has been charged in the theft of the 37 gold coins stolen from the wreckage of the 1715 Treasure Fleet.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) recovered 37 gold coins authorities say were stolen from a 1715 shipwreck off the Florida coast, according to a press release from the agency.

Dozens of gold coins stolen after the 2015 discovery of 1715 shipwreck off the coast of Florida have been recovered after investigators found one of the treasure hunters who made the discovery was allegedly linked to their illegal sale.

A member of a family who uncovered a ‘treasure trove’ of 101 coins from wrecks off Florida’s Treasure Coast is accused of selling multiple stolen coins between 2023 and 2024.

Investigators will continue searching for the remaining 13 gold coins missing from what the agency said was a “treasure trove” of 101 coins found in 2015.

Spanish treasure ships sank off Florida’s west coast during hurricanes more than 300 years ago, leaving their spoils on the ocean floor