

Golden Rosary Chain Elements
Captain Josh Abt and the crew of the M/V Sea Reaper recently made a significant discovery on the 1715 fleet wreck site known as Corrigan's wreck. Divers Tilly Lowe and Jack Leede (Pictured below with Captain Josh) found several beautiful segments of a gold rosary chain! More segments of this chain can well be expected to be found by Captain Josh and crew. It is also very significant in that this represents the farthest off shore any gold items from Corrigan's wreck has yet be


Sea Reaper Strikes Silver
A few days ago aboard Dan Porter's salvage vessel the M/V Sea Reaper, captained by Mel Fisher's grandson Josh Abt, 26 year old Australian diver and crew member Ms. Matilda "Tilly" Lowe recovered her first Spanish silver coin, a nice 8 reale. She made the discovery while herself and the crew of the Sea Reaper were carrying out methodical excavations at the 1715 fleet site known as Corrigan's Wreck. Congratulations to Tilly, Josh and the crew of the Sea Reaper. #JoshFisherAbt #


Capt. Josh Fisher Abt adds to gold legacy
On Sunday, August 20th, Capt. Dan Porter of the M/V Sea Reaper was working on another 1715 fleet project and had Josh Abt, Mel Fisher's grandson, captain the Sea Reaper for the day. Capt. Josh returned to the area where the Sea Reaper and crew had been recovering gold coins over the previous three days and recovered an additional Bogota 2 escudo gold coin. Pictured is Capt. Josh, to left, and diver Rob Hill who actually brought up the coin. This makes Josh the third generatio


M/V Sea Reaper find more gold 2 escudos
On Friday Capt. Dan Porter and the crew of the M/V Sea Reaper continued their careful and methodical explorations of the area of the Douglas Beach Wreck site's debris field where they discovered two gold coins Thursday. Three more gold coins were recovered. All are 2 escudo specimens. One of the coins was dated 1698, and while the mint mark was not legible and the assayer's initial was weak, it appears this coin may have been struck at the mint at Cuzco, Peru. This is signifi