July 20 will mark the 25th anniversary of Mel Fisher find of the $450 million motherlode of the 1622 shipwrecked Atocha. The search continues for the stern castle of the ship, where the church ...

Forty years ago, its namesake, Mel Fisher himself, went all the way to the Supreme Court, fighting against the state of Florida for ownership of the Atocha wreck and its riches. He won ...

Fast forward to 1985, long-time treasure hunter Mel Fisher and his team discovered the elusive Atocha off the coast of the Sunshine State. The 400-year-old wreck held a bounty of hidden treasures ...

The controversial treasure hunter-ship salvager Mel Fisher set out on a years-long ... to lay with the wreckage of “Nuestra Señora de Atocha,” a Spanish Galleon part of a fleet of 28 ships.

But two days after the Atocha set sail, tragedy struck. A massive Atlantic hurricane flung the ship into a coral reef ... when a chicken farmer named Mel Fisher set out to find it.

One can almost picture Mel ... Atocha’s precious cargo for the next 10 years. Finally, on July 20, 1985, Fisher’s crews discovered what he termed “the mother lode” of treasures from the ...

In 1985, diver Mel Fisher announced that a team of treasure ... or $1.1 billion today. The Atocha shipwreck was one of the most successful treasure finds of all time, and initially the state ...

emerald ring found in the Atocha wreck is on display during a press ... Diver and treasure hunter Mel Fisher announced in 1985 that his team had uncovered the main hull of the Atocha and recovered ...

Image Mel Fisher in 1986, examining some of the rough-cut emeralds that his team recovered from the wreck of the Atocha.Credit...Jeffrey Cardenas/Associated Press Encouraged by a close friend ...

Treasures from the world's most valuable shipwreck are being displayed in ... It wasn't until 1969, when former chicken farmer Mel Fisher began a relentless search of the area that the valuables ...

In 1969, American treasure hunter Mel Fisher began a quest to find Atocha ... on the 400th anniversary of the Atocha Shipwreck, and I know my late husband, Frank Perdue, would share my desire ...

His family-run company Mel Fisher Treasures still searches the Atocha shipwreck for sunken treasure and sells jewelry online and at a Duval Street shop. Key West has a Mel Fisher Maritime Museum ...