Treasure hunters recover artifacts, gold from 17th century shipwreckGold and other 17th century artifacts that treasure salvagers say they recovered from a shipwrecked Spanish galleon off Key West and estimated to be worth more than a million dollars were brought ashore Thursday.A gold bar, eight gold chains and 11 ornate gold pieces were among the pieces divers from Blue Water Ventures said they found this week.Duncan Mathewson, a marine archaeologist and partner in Blue Water Ventures, said the artifacts are from the Spanish galleon Santa Margarita that sank in a 1622 storm. The treasures were found in nearly 18 feet of water about 40 miles west of Key West, Mathewson said.
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