Diver find $1 million in gold coins

Explorers find $1 million in gold coins and chains from the Spanish ship 1715 Fleet that shipwrecked off the Florida coast on July 31, 1715.

A Florida man made the find of a lifetime when he uncovered gold coins and artifacts worth just over a million dollars. The diver made the discovery among the wreckage of a 1715 Spanish fleet that sank in a storm off the Florida coast three centuries ago.

1.5 Billion Treausre found in Sunken Spanish Ship

The diver, Eric Schmitt, found the not-so-deep sea treasure located just off Fort Pierce, nearly 130 miles north of Miami. The find included 51 gold coins of various denominations and 40 feet of ornate gold chains.

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Watch the full footage of the moment when he stumbled onto the treasure:

Listening to his excitement when he realized what he had found was fantastic. "Bwrrrgh brwrrgh!" indeed, mister diver! Let's just hope for his sake that these gold coins don't hold a deadly curse...