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MrPink2018 Pillar of the Community United States 2457 Posts	Posted 05/10/2026 11:46 pm i searched around before posting this, I couldn't find anything worthy of tacking these pictures onto, so I decided to start a new thread. i'll understand if mods decide to make any corrections. my neighbor the sheriff's deputy brought an atocha coin to the cave today & showed it to me. it's authentic: 1614! wow... it got me thinking, 'i wonder if there's a thread on ccf for shipwreck treasure'... I searched and found little, so I thought i'd start this and see where it goes. ...so, who else has a stash of shipwreck stuff, coins, artifacts, etc? I don't have any, though I've been thinking about it the past several months. Report this Post to the Staff

I6609 Pillar of the Community United States 1227 Posts	Posted 05/11/2026 04:36 am I was in Key West a few years back and stop into Mel fishers and looked at some of those coins . They are extremely expensive. It was way more than I was willing to pay. Nice coin though. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187446 Posts	Posted 05/11/2026 09:32 am Very nice! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 94636 Posts	Posted 05/11/2026 10:19 am very nice coin MrPink Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73579 Posts	Posted 05/11/2026 11:21 am Nice addition, MrPink2018. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
MrPink2018 Pillar of the Community United States 2457 Posts	Posted 05/11/2026 5:58 pm Quote: I was in Key West a few years back and stop into Mel fishers and looked at some of those coins . They are extremely expensive. It was way more than I was willing to pay. Nice coin though. yes. the atocha coin pictured above was purchased at mel fisher's shop in key west. the sheriff's deputy who owns that piece said that he paid $400 for it. I know almost nothing about these types of artifacts, although I have sort of wanted one for my treasure chest. I don't know that I want to pay that much money for such a small chunk of silver, despite the date. I understand it's historical significance. actually, I was looking over a list of shipwrecks online yesterday; there were numerous shipwrecks around the keys & state of florida, mostly due to storms shoving ships into things like reefs, sometimes entire fleets of galleons were lost. that's a harsh way to learn about hurricanes... Report this Post to the Staff
Brandmeister Pillar of the Community United States 6449 Posts	Posted 05/11/2026 6:06 pm Back in the 1980s, my mom's cousin became an investor in a treasure ship expedition. I believe it might have been Mel Fisher's salvage of a Spanish ship. At the end, he received a little bit of gold treasure. I don't think it was a coin, it was a small piece of jewelry or something from the shipwreck. It was pretty cool. He passed a few years ago, I assume one of his daughters inherited it. Report this Post to the Staff
I6609 Pillar of the Community United States 1227 Posts	Posted 05/12/2026 04:24 am Mr pink the numbers I saw where considerably higher than the number you quoted they started at $1000 and went up to $11000 for the real nice ones with a lot of details. But those were also 8 real. Didn't see meany smaller coins from that ship. Report this Post to the Staff
MrPink2018 Pillar of the Community United States 2457 Posts	Posted 05/12/2026 8:44 pm Quote: Mr pink the numbers I saw where considerably higher than the number you quoted they started at $1000 and went up to $11000 for the real nice ones with a lot of details. But those were also 8 real. Didn't see meany smaller coins from that ship. i'll have to ask the deputy when he acquired it, because when he said $400 I immediately thought that was a very low price judging by the things I have seen up close. I know those coins are very expensive. I think I was in mel fisher's shop twenty years ago, but I didn't buy anything and I wasn't in there very long. there are shipwreck coins/treasure from other fleets in some of the jewelry shops in kw. the jewelry shop on the corner where I had been working the hot dog stand gig had a handful of shipwreck coins, most were small, 'no date'-types of things... anything that had a date- or partial date- was quite pricey. Report this Post to the Staff
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