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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 23023, member: 112"]Well Jim - coins are exactly what I had in mind <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>You see, in just 1 hurricane over 33 Spanish galleons loaded to the gills with gold & silver coins went down off the coast of Fla. And that was just during ONE storm <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Needless to say - over the approximately 2 centuries during which Spain shipped gold & silver coins from the New World back to Spain, there were many, many, many hurricanes and many ships lost - the vast majority of them right off the coast of Fla.</p><p><br /></p><p>And where do you think many of these coins are found every time there is another storm at sea ? You guessed it - right on the beach by guys with metal detectors. While watching pretty girls I might add <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 23023, member: 112"]Well Jim - coins are exactly what I had in mind ;) You see, in just 1 hurricane over 33 Spanish galleons loaded to the gills with gold & silver coins went down off the coast of Fla. And that was just during ONE storm :eek: Needless to say - over the approximately 2 centuries during which Spain shipped gold & silver coins from the New World back to Spain, there were many, many, many hurricanes and many ships lost - the vast majority of them right off the coast of Fla. And where do you think many of these coins are found every time there is another storm at sea ? You guessed it - right on the beach by guys with metal detectors. While watching pretty girls I might add :D[/QUOTE]
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