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Metal Detecting Finds in Dominican Republic

1 published discovery in the Hoards category from Dominican Republic — coins, hoards, jewellery and artefacts recovered by detectorists and archaeologists.

Hoards from Dominican Republic

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FF 553

Famous findCoins struck up to 1641; wrecked 1641 · found 1978

The Concepción Silver: a Spanish treasure ship found twice, by William Phips in 1687 and Burt Webber in 1978

Dominican Republic · Hoards

The Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de la Concepción sank on the Silver Bank north of Hispaniola in 1641. William Phips raised tons of her silver in 1687, and in 1978 Burt Webber's team found the wreck again, recovering tens of thousands more coins.