A bronze chest filled with gold, jewels, and other valuables worth more than $1 million and hidden a decade ago somewhere in the Rocky Mountain wilderness has been found, according to a famed art and antiquities collector who created the treasure hunt. Forrest Fenn, 89, told the Santa Fe New Mexican on Sunday that a […]
A trove of Spanish coins dating back to a 1715 shipwreck during a storm have been found along a beach in Florida. CBS affiliate WPEC-TV reported that 43-year-old treasure hunter Jonah Martinez located the coins using a metal detector. He was able to dig out 22 silver coins he estimates are worth about $6,000. Twelve Spanish […]
A treasure hunter using a metal detector found 22 silver Spanish coins dating back to a 1715 shipwreck. TC Palm newspapers report that 43-year-old treasure hunter Jonah Martinez located the coins, worth about $7,000. Twelve Spanish galleons laden with treasures from the New World were bound for Spain on July 31, 1715, but 11 were […]