Location |
24° 51.90' 80°
40.72'
The wreck location is 1.25 nautical miles off Lower Matecumbe Key
and 1 nautical mile off Indian Key. |
Hundreds of Spaniards, many heavily weighted with smuggled gold
and emeralds, undoubtedly dropped their personal fortunes all along that
harrowing route, a line drawn from the shipwreck to Indian Key,
and 50 yards to either side, would outline a rewarding area to search,
as the professional salvage companies had no time for small scale
searching, and the Spanish salvors were unconcerned with personal
losses. There are many bare sand patches in a line from the wreck to the
key, and any of these could yield a fortune in gold and emerald
jewelry!
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