VERO BEACH, Fla. - More than 1,000 gold and silver coins were found along Florida's Treasure Coast in the 1715 Treasure Fleet shipwreck.

The historic shipwreck salvage operation which found the coins, 1715 Fleet – Queens Jewels, LLC , said they were valued at $1 million.

The 1715 Treasure Fleet was shipwrecked by a hurricane on July 31, 1715, causing the ships to crash into the reefs along Florida's eastern coast.

Historians estimate that $400 million in treasure went down with the ships.

Pieces of history from the shipwrecks have been discovered over the course of nearly 100 years, according to the salvage company.

This most recent recovery of treasure was made by by Capt. Levin Shavers and the crew of the M/V Just Right, the company said.

Photos showed the coins as they w

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