The box of contents discovered in a home in tampa fla also includes a ring coins and treasure map.
Pirate treasure found in attic.
Maybe my great grandparents were pirates mike lopez said.
What you don t expect to find is treasure.
The legend of gaspar began making its way into other writings after that without any other historical evidence to back it up.
When you go in the attic you expect to find something old.
Florida family finds pirate treasure in attic mike and maria lopez said the box contains coins a map a mummified hand and a picture of their great grandparents.
His sister found a box in their.
Well that certainly is a hand tampa bay history center curator rodney kite powell says in footage from the news station.
Treasure does exist and some people have made their fortunes because of it.
But just when treasure hunters feel disheartened they are reminded that loot has been found sometimes quite by chance in a backyard or a dusty attic.
Kite powell said the treasure map is likely a blueprint from the 1920s or 1930s and the coins look too thin to be authentic spanish treasure or even very old.
Severed hand found in attic sparks talk of pirate treasure.