(WSVN) - Florida Fish and Wildlife announced the recovery of 37 Spanish gold coins that were stolen nearly 10 years ago.
The conservation group say they found 37 coins dating back to a 1715 shipwreck off Florida’s Treasure Coast.
50 coins in total were reportedly stolen and sold in 2015 by Eric Schmitt, a diver working to salvage the wreck.
Investigators executed search warrants and recovered most of them from private homes, safe deposit boxes and auctions.
They are worth about $1 million.
13 coins are still missing.
Schmitt is facing charges.
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