Thursday, 8th May 2008 (419 views)

Gold seekers are hunting for the yellow metal and other silver in an 18th century shipwreck off St Lucie County in Florida

A vessel known as Polly-L is this week looking for a ship believed to part of a 1715 Spanish fleet that sank in a storm.

Legend has it that the stricken ship boasted holds full of treasure. There may also be wrecks off the Florida coast from the 1600s and the 1800s, reports Scripps News.

Veteran treasure hunter and salvage expert Doug Pope is leading the expedition.

"We live everyday with anticipation of finding lots of treasure. Who knows? The next hole could be the big one," he said.

"Our very first hole we dug we picked up a piece of copper sheeting from a ship."

Last month, a 500-year-old shipwreck brimming with treasure was discovered during a mining expedition off the southern African coast of Namibia.

 

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