This mysterious 300-year-old lion was found 200 yards off Florida’s Atlantic coast and ... the custodian of the wreck site, concluded that “the primary function of this piece remains a mystery.” ...

Diver Levin Shavers holds a rare flintlock found as a salvage team explored a shipwreck site linked to a Spanish treasure fleet that sank off Florida in a 1715 hurricane. Photo courtesy Mike Perna ...