But nobody could have guessed that these were money-bags.

By remaining so long in the salt-water, they had become covered over with a crust which had the appearance of stone, so that it was necessary to break them in pieces with hammers and axes.

When this was done, a stream of silver dollars gushed out upon the deck of the vessel.
The whole value of the recovered treasure, plate, bullion, precious stones, and all, was estimated at more than two millions of dollars.

It was dangerous even to look at such a vast amount of wealth.

A sea captain, who had assisted Phips in the enterprise, utterly lost his reason at the sight of it.