Diver Finds Gold Coin Worth $98,000 in 400-Year-Old Spanish Shipwreck off Florida Keys

Courtesy of Mel Fisher's Treasures

For decades, treasure hunters in search of gold have been diving to explore shipwrecks off the Florida Keys.

In 1985, a mother lode gold haul was found inside the Nuestra de Atocha Spanish galleon which, heavily laden with precious gems and metals, tobacco, bronze cannons, and indigo, was ripped apart by a hurricane in 1622.