
(Left to right) Hillary, Rick and Eric Schmitt found three pounds of gold chains, five gold coins and a gold ring 15 feet below the surface off the coast of Fort Pierce this weekend. The family runs a company named Booty Salvage but this is the biggest loot they’ve ever found. The haul is believed to have been lost at the bottom of the ocean after a fleet of Spanish ships carrying the treasure was struck by a strong hurricane on July 30, 1715.
