http://www.spanishgolds.com/2009/01/15/spanish-gold.html

This fresh website’s discussion is about looking for treasure and hoping to find those lost riches. The information on the site gives a short historical profile of where some of the gold and other treasures were bound for when the ships were lost. The profile states that during the 17th and 18th centuries Spain was one of the richest counties in the world. They produced gold in the countries of Central America and their colonies in the West Indies.
The gold produced was very high grade coming in at 22 carats. To learn more about Spanish gold, please visit www.spanishgolds.com/2009.