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PlusTreasure Hunters Scour Florida Coast for RichesTreasure Hunters Scour Florida Coast for RichesThe Associated PressOff the coasts of Florida, it's the start of salvage season, sending treasure hunters into the water looking for riches buried in sunken Spanish fleets. (June 8)[Notes:VO MS of equipment going into water] FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN ... A SEARCH FOR SECRETS.SOT: Very first one of the ship ever found ...SOT: This is a piece of copper ... [Notes:VO various of ship, crew on board, ocean, TS pointing to map]IT IS SALVAGE SEASON ALONG FLORIDA'S COASTS ... WHEN THE SEAS ARE CALMER ... FROM MAY TO AUGUST, TREASURE HUNTERS PLY THESE WATERS. FLORIDA IS SAID TO HAVE MORE SHIPWRECKS THAN ANY OTHER STATE. SPANISH FLEETS LOADED WITH RICHES PASSED BY HERE ON THE WAY TO EUROPE. HURRICANES STOPPED SOME, SENDING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.SOT: We haven't even scratched the surface. The majority of the treasure is still at the bottom of the ocean.BUT FINDING WEALTH HERE IS DIFFICULT ... [Notes:NATS UP] [Notes:VO search tools, people at cooler looking through objects]HUNTERS USE HISTORICAL MAPS, SATELLITES, METAL DETECTORS ... COMBING THROUGH AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF OBJECTS. TREASURE COULD BE ANYWHERE.SOT: Some of it just may be nothing ...DOUG POPE IS CAPTAIN OF THE POLLY-L. HE WEARS A SPANISH SILVER DOLLAR AROUND HIS NECK ... HIS FIRST TREASURE FIND IN 20 YEARS OF SCOURING THE SEA. WHO OWNS WHAT CAN STILL BE HAZY, WITH SPAIN STILL WAGING LEGAL ...
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