Concepcion Shipwreck 4 Reale Cob Silver Piece of 8 14K Gold Pendant | Artifact #3005

Before Mel Fisher's Atocha, there was Burt Webber's famed Spanish galleon, Concepcion...and her glittering silver shipwreck Pieces of 8 from the waters of Silver Shoals Reef, now in an heirloom Legacy Collection pendant Please Note: This is an authentic Concepcion Shipwreck Treasure Coin, and you will receive the exact pendant in the photographs and description. FOR PENDANT SIZE SEE COIN DETAILS BELOW On September 20, 1641, the Spanish treasure fleet set sail for Seville, Spain, from Havana, Cuba, loaded with tons of silver Pieces of Eight from New World mines. On the 28th, the fleet was hit by a massive hurricane, and the fleet was tossed by the towering waves and scattered. Badly damaged, Nuestra Señora de La Pura y Limpia Concepcion was abandoned by the fleet and left to fight for her survival alone. With makeshift sails, she desperately sought a safe harbor. But on October 31 she ran aground on a reef in the middle of the Caribbean, 70 miles from land. The reef would become the fa