Priceless, exotic artifacts from Spanish galleons that went down off Florida Keys in 1733 uncovered at Captain Slate’s!
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One day Captain Spencer Slate, owner of Captain Slate’s Atlantis Dive Center, woke up to word that a treasure trove had been uncovered and brought up from somewhere in or around the
Florida Keys.
It was said to be at least a portion of a special shipment of priceless items known to be aboard one of the treasure galleons belonging to the Spanish Plate Fleet lost during a hurricane off these very islands in 1733.
Amidst specific rumors that the immense cache was found to include several dozen strong boxes filled with gold bars, treasure chests containing jewels and coins of the realm, and various items of ever more exotic-nature… Capt. Slate took a call from a good friend who informed him he had something he should see.
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His friend’s name was Max Walchuk - a firefighter and former commander with the Chicago Fire Department – and who just so happened to have served as a master underwater search and rescue diver with the elite Air/Sea Rescue Division .… before taking sudden - early retirement….
The long and short of it is that Max was known to spend a fair amount of his newfound spare time at a little place here on the island where he was known to fish, travel and take a boat out to go diving from.
It was during such travels that he came upon what was known to be a treasure trove of artifacts left behind from the fleet of galleons – and specifically from it’s massive 60-gun flagship - La Capitana El Rubi El Segundo - that had sunk more than 250 years ago off the Keys!
Not long after taking that call from Max, Slate found himself uncovering large crates delivered to Atlantis by the truckload… and found them to contain representative portions of exquisite artifacts from the huge ship.
“On account of the Commander Walchuk’s unbelievable generosity, actual artifacts from his personal collection will remain on exhibition at my dive center for all to see,” said Slate. “Feel free to stop by my facility down by the water, and you will be treated to a display that has been the subject of thousands upon thousands of photographs – the Ruby’s heavy cannon and her unbelievably enormous anchor – weighing nearly two tons and rising nearly two stories into the air!”
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