Eric Pearce Schmitt, 38, and other members of their family-run business, Booty Salvage - owned by his father, Richard “Rick” ...

“Five stolen coins were reclaimed from a Florida-based auctioneer, who unknowingly purchased them from Eric Schmitt.” Schmitt had also apparently taken three of the gold coins that he didn’t ...

For nearly a decade, Brent Brisben believed a treasure hunting family he hired to salvage the famous 1715 Fleet shipwrecks had been wildly successful by finding 51 Spanish gold coins, including a ...