Key West Diver Finds 17th-Century Coin on the Vandenberg

Diver Finds Silver Coin off Key West

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Two years ago, documentary filmmaker Pat Clyne hid a valuable 17th-century silver coin from the Spanish Galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha in the wreck of the 523-foot warship Hoyt S. Vandenberg, which was sunk as an artificial reef off Key West. The rare coin was worth $2,400, and Clyne said that any diver who found it could keep it, and he even provided clues to the location on YouTube. This past weekend, one lucky diver finally located the sunken treasure. To read more, click here Vandenburg Coin.

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