Treasure Hunters Scour Florida Coast for Riches
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PlusTreasure Hunters Scour Florida Coast for RichesTreasure Hunters Scour Florida Coast for RichesThe Associated PressOff the coasts of Florida, it's the start of salvage season, sending treasure hunters into the water looking for riches buried in sunken Spanish fleets. (June 8)[Notes:VO MS of equipment going into water] FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN ... A SEARCH FOR SECRETS.SOT: Very first one of the ship ever found ...SOT: This is a piece of copper ... [Notes:VO various of ship, crew on board, ocean, TS pointing to map]IT IS SALVAGE SEASON ALONG FLORIDA'S COASTS ... WHEN THE SEAS ARE CALMER ... FROM MAY TO AUGUST, TREASURE HUNTERS PLY THESE WATERS. FLORIDA IS SAID TO HAVE MORE SHIPWRECKS THAN ANY OTHER STATE. SPANISH FLEETS LOADED WITH RICHES PASSED BY HERE ON THE WAY TO EUROPE. HURRICANES STOPPED SOME, SENDING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.SOT: We haven't even scratched the surface. The majority of the treasure is still at the bottom of the ocean.BUT FINDING WEALTH HERE IS DIFFICU
LT ... [Notes:NATS UP] [Notes:VO search tools, people at cooler looking through objects]HUNTERS USE HISTORICAL MAPS, SATELLITES, METAL DETECTORS ... COMBING THROUGH AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF OBJECTS. TREASURE COULD BE ANYWHERE.SOT: Some of it just may be nothing ...DOUG POPE IS CAPTAIN OF THE POLLY-L. HE WEARS A SPANISH SILVER DOLLAR AROUND HIS NECK ... HIS FIRST TREASURE FIND IN 20 YEARS OF SCOURING THE SEA. WHO OWNS WHAT CAN STILL BE HAZY, WITH SPAIN STILL WAGING LEGAL FIGHTS OVER SOME FINDS.BUT THE SEARCH GOES ON ... TODAY, A PIECE OF COPPER SHEATHING ...SOT: That's what they used to put on the bottom of the ships to keep the worms out of them. You see the square holes. They used square nails back then. So, that's pretty much what we're looking for ...TOMORROW, IT COULD BE GOLD ... A DREAM THAT KEEPS PULLING THESE TREASURE HUNTERS BACK INTO THE WATER. ___ ___, The Associated Press.
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| wow thats sooo cool ( 5 months ago by xrockgirlyx) |
| wow thats sooo cool |
| it very interesting ... ( 5 months ago by xrockgirlyx) |
| it very interesting.. how do you guyz like.. find that stuff? |
| As long as all ... ( 5 months ago by AntiChrist67) |
| As long as all valuable findings are returned to Spain, I'd say let those hunters have their fun. |
| and why they have ... ( 5 months ago by clibanarii) |
| and why they have to returned them to Spain? If Spain wants them, Spain have to looking for them |
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