| Vero Beach mother, daughter team find solid gold bird statue from 1715 treasure fleet off Fort Pierce |
“I remember asking myself, ‘Is this real?’” Schubert recalled Wednesday as the 5.5-inch-tall statue she found Aug. 15 was revealed to the public at her home in the Vero Shores neighborhood of Vero Beach. |
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VERO BEACH — Bonnie Schubert couldn’t believe her eyes when, about 1,000 feet off Frederick Douglass Beach near Fort Pierce, she came face to face with a solid gold statue of a bird that had lain under the Atlantic Ocean exactly 295 years and 15 days.|
1715 Fleet - Queens Jewels, LLC is a Historic Shipwreck Salvor focused on the exploration and recovery of the famous 1715 Plate Fleet. We currently operate the largest permitted salvage operation in Florida waters. Our goal is to bring the amazing story of the 1715 Fleet and The Queens Jewels to the public. We hope the recovery of these historic artifacts will help educate people about the Spanish colonization of the new world and life on the high seas in 1715. Not to mention more than 2 million silver coins and an untold amount of gold yet to be recovered.
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