newsday.com — Originally published: February 24, 2012 5:09 AM Updated: February 24, 2012 2:12 PM By The Associated Press MITCH STACY (Associated Press) TAMPA, Fla. - (AP) -- A 17-ton haul of silver coins, lost for two centuries in the wreck of a sunken Spanish galleon, began its journey back to its home country on Friday after the deep-sea explorers who lifted it to the surface lost their claim to ownership.